I had my maiden bicycle ride last weekend around the area, specifically the Betsie Valley Trail. A part paved, part crushed rock trail, it starts more or less at my front door and goes along Betsie Lake, the Betsie River, around the southeast side of Crystal Lake, into Beulah and to Thompsonville, about 22 miles total one way. I did the U-turn at Crystal Lake but a nice creation.
Today you get a history lesson as well on the origination of the "Betsie" name as it isn't named after a local lady but derived from the French la rivière aux Bec-scies, meaning "river of sawbill ducks" (bec-scie). I looked it up and the internet is never...
