We just had a rest day but here we are with another rest day. This turned out to be a typical tourist day around Gaylord. We went to the Gaylord Farmers Market and bought kettle corn and candy, ate lunch at Diana's Delight, checked out a few stores, went to a flea market, and visited Hartwick Pines State Park, about twenty miles south of here. Hartwick Pines State Park is the third largest state park on Michigan's Lower Peninsula and the state's fifth-biggest park overall. The park contains an old-growth forest of white pines and red pines that resembles the appearance of all of Northern Michigan prior to the logging era. It is raining today, and was then, so we did some of the paths among the trees, visited the museum, and bought a few things at the gift shop. After dropping Phil and Gale off at the camp grounds, Margaret and I checked out the beginning of tomorrow's ride to Kalkaska.
Here are a few photos from pedaling today and days past:
Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling, Michigan is worth a visit. It's quiet!
The loggers had to get those huge logs out of the forest somehow. This did it.
There is also a Deer Farm where you can see live deer. Opposed to what?
We did not visit the Garlyn Zoo but their sign was impressive.
Barns are favorites for my photo file. This one had both age and character.
Old bikes are often given different job descriptions. Is this a promotion or demotion?
“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” -Isaiah 55:12
This was a fun day!
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