Riding Time

In the spirit of a new riding season, attached is a little tribute to an alumnus of the riding tour as Rob S. tore up the trails in Sedona, Arizona earlier this year. While Highland Recreation Area is no slouch, I think those elevations and rock formations might have the edge. Ride on Seadog!

With that, the riding schedule for 2010 is:

April 15 - Island Lake Recreation Area
April 22 - Brighton Recreation Area
April 29 - Pontiac Lake Recreation Area
May 6 - Maybury Recreation Area
May 13 - Highland Recreation Area
May 20 - Island Lake
May 27 - Brighton
June 3 - Pontiac Lake
June 10 - Milford Trail
June 17 - Highland
June 24 - Island Lake
July 1 - Brighton
July 8 - Pontiac Lake
July 15 - Lakeshore Park/Novi Tree Farm
July 22 - Highland
July 29 - Island Lake
August 5 - Brighton
August 12 -Pontiac Lake
August 19 - Hickory Glen Park
August 26 - Highland
September 2 - Island Lake
September 9 - Brighton
September 16 - Pontiac Lake
September 23 - Maybury
September 30 - Highland
October 7 - banquet - location TBD

Trailhead meeting time is 6 pm. Times, dates, and locations are subject to change. Come on out for the ride or even if you just want to hang out afterwards.

Lastly, Sunday morning riding (the Church of Tim) will also be happening this year but will be on more of an ad hoc basis.

Trail Head

GR - Big Balls and Butterflies

Grand Rapids was the venue this past weekend as Nancy and I got to experience (been awhile for me) the city on the river. I've always had fun in this town. I love all the reconstructed warehouses downtown but I had one minor complaint on this tour. A little break on the parking please? Tough love paying $5 to park for lunch. I guess I need some more GR experience to find the bonus spot. We eventually learned the trick of the trade and got a freebie Saturday night.

It was tourist mode 101 Saturday morning at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. They had a bug exhibit (love those screaming kids) which we chose to pass but the basics in the museum were pretty cool with some nice west Michigan history. The big chair and table on top of the bridge (pic below) was a nice visual from inside.

The tour moved on to the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park later in the afternoon. The big horse was quite big indeed, eh? It was at this location that my camera decided to take a dive with respect to battery power. I worked my battery spinning expertise that I learned from my Action Jackson figurines (not dolls) as a child and was able to resurrect the camera and catch some cool shots at the butterfly exhibit. Butterflies everywhere and some great people watching to boot.

The day concluded with dinner at San Chez, a small plate type (Tapas?) restaurant downtown. The bacon loin and lamb received high marks in my book. But yes, I did have chicken also.

Mountain bike season is near!

Trail Head

Serenity Now!

March is a bigger tease than a Victoria's Secret catalog in terms of weather. It happens every year about this time (check the archives). The tease of Spring and there is nothing like it. I am bummed, however, that I'll probably be pulling out the snow blower in two weeks (it will happen). Until then, the kayak had a calling from the mighty Huron this afternoon out at Island Lake Recreation Area. No fish, but as I told everybody who asked in passing today, who cares? As a topper, I didn't fall in, so I got that going for me.

Trail Head