Day 54 Williamsburg, MI-Frankfort, MI

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Jo Day 54:  We all left the Whitewater Township Park in Williamsburg, MI...and headed west, north, west, and then south!  Crazy itinerary for an eastward bound bicycle tour, eh?Janut, Bob and I took off to see the Grand Traverse lighthouse (not so grand, and not so tall...in fact the east/west boat traffic could not see the light until they rounded the bay), close to the lighthouse was an old 150+ year old northern white cedar tree, and there were some nice waves on Lake Michigan.  Just outside of Northport, MI, we stopped at a roadside fruit stand and bought (honor jar) some fresh honeycrisp apples, peaches, and homemade chocolate chip cherry cookies.  Yum!  We strolled through Glen Arbor...we saw a pole with various shoes hanging on it with a sign that said "Lost soles", cute.   Then just south of Glen Arbor, Janut and I did the "dune climb" at the Sleeping Bear Dune National Park...a cool view of Glen Lake and the sprinter van in the parking lot....we got to the top of the first dune but ran out of time and didn't make it to the water (another 3/4 mile or so away).  Tonight we are camping at the Betsie River Camp Site in Frankfort, MI.  It's very crowded...picture tents, trailers and campers all sitting on a grassy parking lot.  But it's surprisingly quiet in such tight quarters.  Today was John's personal best, he rode over 90 miles!  Cheers, way to go John! By jo

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Kevin Day 54 Elk Rapids/Williamsburg to Frankfort,MI. Today was a personal distance record for John-92 miles!  The day started with nearly 30 miles on the TART-the Traverse Area Recreation Trail. We saw a bunch of old people on bikes on the trail-heck, they were older than us! I think it was a group from the Cherry Capital Cycling Club.  We stopped a great bike shop near Traverse City; Einstein Cycles. They probably were glad we stopped, as we spent several hundred dollars on stuff while we were there. We continued along the waterfront of Traverse City, the the trail cut through farmlands to Suttons Bay where we had lunch at the PrimeTime Pub. Excellent burgers,and they served a Bloody Mary that could be a meal in itself. We saw someone order one-it really looks like the picture! After lunch was back on the road-reasonable riding conditions, and great scenery through Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. At the end of the day we stopped at the Stormcloud Brewing Company in downtown Frankfort for beer and pizza.  After dinner we rode the remaining 2 miles to camp at the Betsie River Campsite and RV park.