Sunday, July 7, 2013

Glen Arbor - Cadillac - Midland MI

Spent 4th and 5th of July with Cousins Steven, Shira and family in Glen Arbor, including:

The 4th of July Parade

Followed by outstanding citizen fireworks displays on the shores of Lake Michigan on July 4 evening.
July 5 featured a 30 mile loop around some of the local bike paths and roads through Maple City.

Headed out on July 6 to Cadillac (a hilly and hot 76 miles).   The high point of the day was dessert!
July 7:  About 47 miles SE of Cadillac is the town of Clare, famous for its donut shop (my kind of place).  Cops & Donuts was a bakery that was about to close, and was rescued by the area police force.  A unique example of crowd funding!  Today there were tons of bikers (Harleys).  The local motorcycle gangs were running a "toys for tots" fundraiser, and  Cops & Donuts were giving free donuts to bikers who donated toys.

Cool article from the SF Chron was on their wall!

From Clare, biked another 32 miles to Midland on the lovely paved Pere Marquette Rail-Trail.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the food shots! Love the t-shirt.

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  2. Jenny here. Did you try the Amish fried pie? Googled -- looks like a turnover. This is a delightful travelogue. You do all the work, and we get to admire. :)

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