Another big day on the bikes! Woke up in the beautiful Betsie River Campsite and had a fantastic, locally grown breakfast made in the welcome center building. This campground was beautiful and with close river access and fish cleaning station, it is perfect for anglers! Your next fishing trip needs to be to Frankfort MI and Bestie River Campsite. After leaving Frankfort, we rode M-22 around Crystal lake and through to Glen Arbor. The entire way, we had a wonderful 4-6ft shoulder of smooth clean road to guide us through the gently rolling hills up to sleeping bear dunes. Our next stop was the Sleepy Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Glen Arbor. The bike trail that ran parallel to the dunes was breathtaking! It began at the famous dune climb and went about 4 or 5 miles through dune grass, deciduous/coniferous forest, and finally to Lake Michigan shoreline. Afterwards, we decided to head east towards traverse city. Our route was mostly on CO-616. While, the hills were not steep, they were long! For the cycling buffs following this page, one of the climbs was a category 4 and lasted for over 5 miles! By the end of our 70 mile journey, we were very happy to reach Traverse City. Here are a few pictures from the day and as always, there are more on Ryan's Google+ album (in the "Photos" link at the top of the page)! If you are interested in our ride report and route, click on one of the ride reports on the right of the page. Enjoy!
Local eggs, veggies, and cooking! Betsie River Campsite knows how to spoil their campers!
Their shop was great too! Tons of local products.
Crystal Lake beach!
On a roll!
Sleepy Bear Dunes Lakeshore trail.
Ryan saw some Salmon in the river. Nearly took me out to take a look!
First look at Traverse City. So many sail boats!
We made a new friend! He was traveling by longboard and used a rubber tipped paddle to push around.
Finally! Drinks at Seven Monks Taproom. Their hard cider, nutbrown ale, and nachos were to die for!
Our campground! YAY! We will be staying here 2 nights so we can take a day to see the city. Our camping neighbors are great and have shared their fireplace with us. We look forward to hanging out with them tonight! In the mean time, we are going to enjoy our day checking out the local breweries and bicycle routes in town. Easy day ahead!
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