I find myself saying this a lot these days, but I can’t believe it’s almost over. Today was the penultimate day of riding, tonight the last night in camp. I’ve been talking about doing this ride forever, now it’s done. Today was another great day, except for about a half hour of it. This morning […]
Today was a great day. 60 miles to Charlevoix, but it felt so much easier than the 55 to Traverse. I credit the elevation, or lack thereof. I truly was refreshed from the day off yesterday. My legs felt strong again, and I had no problems with any of the hills we did today. The […]
Today was great. I did almost nothing! Kris and Bill had a ride planned, so I had the day to do whatever. That turned out to be doing very little, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I awoke around 8am, then dozed for a while more until about 9. I then posted up in my camp […]
Today was long. The afternoon alone took at least three days to get through. Last night was warmer so I did not wake up chilly. It was ridiculously dewy though, everything just soaked. A fog hung over the water on the bay, so thick that I couldn’t see the other side in spots. We set […]
Today I felt like myself again! The morning started by waking up a little cold again, with my weather app saying it was in the high 50’s. Wild to this native Floridano because it’s August. It was also super wet this morning. By the time I’d gotten everything packed up and headed to breakfast I […]
Well. Today I felt like a mess. Definitely not up to my own standards. Last night wasn’t the best, sleep-wise. As soon as I laid down my legs started bothering me, so I tossed and turned a lot thanks to that. It was also a chilly night, so I woke in the wee hours a […]
No showers were cleaned in preparation for this trip. Rochester to Montague was an easy 3 1/2 hour drive today. No big stress beforehand, as I did this ride last year and know what to expect. I didn’t have to leave until around 2:30, so I had time get get everything together this morning. I […]
How can so much happen in one day? As quickly as it seemed to arrive, end end of the tour arrived just as fast. I suggested yesterday that we do the 50-smile ride in exchange for getting up earlier. Which I did. I hope you feel special, Cynthia. Knowing that I’d feel less enthusiastic about […]
Today was practically perfect. Even though I had yet another terrible night of sleep, (It’s too still. Also I’m sleeping on the ground.) I was my normal happy self today. We got underway by 8:30 on the 54 smile route under overcast skies, which made it nice and cool. We only had to navigate a […]
The strain begins to show. I did not wake as my best self today. Despite my desire, my mind and body were not ready to sleep last night. I saw 11:00, 12:00, 1am pass before finally dropping off. I generally have problems getting to sleep anyway, but last night I was hot, my legs were […]
Steffanie Is Still Here 