Epilogue III - trail showcase - The Dragon

The tour headed to Mid-Michigan this past week, specifically Newaygo County, to ride a trail in progress that will be a mammoth when it's completed. Labeled "The Dragon" that will eventually loop completely around Hardy Pond (part of Hardy Dam, a portion of the Muskegon River). Proposed to eventually hit 47 miles around the body of water, there is currently about a quarter of that in place. That quarter, however, is a BEAUTIFUL ride on the southwest side ridges of the water with some outstanding views and fast circuits (video below). My fear for the trail, however, is the two way traffic. My old bones have left "hardcore" status but gravity alone has you cruising some serious speeds along the woods with a blind spot at a handful of turns. The law of averages and hardcore rider is unfortunately going to hit incoming traffic eventually.

Again, a beautiful trail and thank you to the trail creators but riders, enjoy the ride and heads up.

Trail Head

Cell phone users need to click the link to view the attached.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrjomUWXReM

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Epilogue II - Bald Mountain (west) Music Festival return

A friend gathering is good reason for another entry here. As the Bob Seger song goes, "see some old friends, good for the soul...." 

With the fun happenings we've had over the last couple of years being bottled up with masks on, it was good to see the return of the Woodstock of Howell, the Bald Mountain Music Festival this past weekend. A collection of seven bands (well, maybe 6 1/2 after Champ's appearance) playing some oldies, but goodies along with some songs I had never heard before (my melon only knows so many Grateful Dead songs).  And an apropos way to end the day/evening, Raj played the song that made him famous, "Mitchell Sucks At Fishing." There is a clip of it below at the end of Part 2. The footage is a bit grainy, which is probably best with some of our old mugs, but some great performances. 

Thanks to hosts Jill and Roger for putting on another great festival.

Trail Head 

Two parts below (cell phone users need to click the links to view the attached videos).

Part 1:

- GOB 

- The Jim Croce Band (who didn't play any Jim Croce)

- Peo-Funk

- The Champion Experiment

- Duff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ITcttsLs3Y

Part 2

- Hybrid Pandas 

- 3LD

- the Fishing Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0pWA0uKgdE