I had a great opportunity to accompany by brother-in-law Dave Sheldon and his friend Gary Braun for a couple days during the League of Michigan Bicyclists' Shoreline West Bike Tour. It started in Pentwater and over the next seven days, they rode all the way up to Mackinaw City. That's 569 miles if you did the whole ride.
I stopped by on Sunday where they camped in Manistee and followed them for the day up to Benzonia. It was a gorgeous day for a scenic ride and I met a lot of nice folks.
This gallery documents my time with the group. For those of you I met on the ride, I have a gallery of alternate takes
here that you can check out for a photo of yourself.
A rider attacks the "Snotty Little Hill". From my perspective, it was definitely snotty but I didn't think it was so little. Then again, I hadn't seen what was up ahead yet.
Several families attended the ride. Here three generations head down Snotty Little Hill.
The first rest stop at Onekema, 12 miles in to the ride.
This little girl was just too darn cute to pass up a photo.
A rider heads down a small grade just outside of Onekema.
Two more just over the top of this hill.
Several couples were riding tadem bikes together.
Here's 50% of another family at the top of Hill #1. Mom appears to be feeling pretty good, but I'm not too sure about her daughter.
After I snapped the previous picture, the woman came up to me and insisted that I get a photo of her son as he came up the hill.
Here's Dave and Gary taking a breather at the top of Hill #1.
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