The Michigan weather hasn’t improved – still cool and cloudy – but we are not letting the weather stop us from enjoying the bike trails in the area. Last week we patched together a long ride from three connected trails. We started with the Island Lake Trail in Island Lake State Recreation Area. Island Lake …
From September 2014
Care-a-Vanners
Tom and I are taking advantage of the freedom of being retired by trying out some new activities. In the past we have both done various mission projects and enjoyed them very much. We have also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. So we thought we would enjoy combining them by participating in a Care-a-Vanners’ build …
Grass Lake United Methodist Church
Yesterday Tom and I attended worship at Grass Lake United Methodist Church. Grass Lake, the town, is a village of just slightly over 1,000 on the shores of Grass Lake in between Ann Arbor and Jackson Michigan. It is just south of where we have been camping for the last week. Even though the village …
Falling Waters Trail
Thursday, after a cozy Wednesday of staying inside and away from the rain that fell all day, we rode the Falling Waters Trail. The Falling Waters Trail is a rail-trail in southern Michigan that goes from Jackson to Concord. It is 10.5 miles long and I thought it was one of the nicest trails we …
Travels with Charley in Search of America
I have read travel journals for years, partly to satisfy my wanderlust and partly to see how other folks have done it and what they have found interesting. I recently ran across “Travels with Charley in Search of America” by John Steinbeck and enjoyed reading it very much. “Travels with Charley” was originally published in …
Stupid Allergies
One of the benefits of being retired has been a much more active lifestyle. Instead of spending most of my time inside, we are riding the tandem, taking hikes, and spending a much higher percentage of our day outside. The only problem with this is my stupid allergies. The allergies started with “hay fever“, an …
Another Week, Another Grocery Store
As we have been traveling around Ohio, living this life of leisure and adventure, there are still some normal, housekeeping matters that come up regularly. There are things that break – like the smoke alarm that went insane at 4:30 a.m. We still have to clean our house. We still do laundry every week (see …
Going to Church on Sundays
I haven’t written about my worship experiences for a couple of weeks because 1) We went back to Linworth for the third time and 2) Worship was incidental to my Dad’s birthday party last week. But going to church on Sundays – worshipping with the Body of Christ – is extremely important to me, and we have been …
Alum Creek Trail
Tom and I are back in Delaware and so we took some time to ride the Alum Creek Trail on Thursday and Friday. We rode the north section on Thursday and the south section on Friday. There is also a central section, but it is bookended by two unfinished bridges so we skipped that. The …
Mogadore Football
A week ago Tom and I traveled from Lakeside to Norton to attend the first football game of the 2014 Mogadore football season. We have been going to every Mogadore football game with the same group of friends for the last 16 years. Every Friday night, from the last Friday in August until a Friday …