One Couple’s Quest for Fun Kayaking, Cool Bike Trails and a Great Cup of Coffee
Michigan Day 4 After enjoying our wonderful view for an hour, we drove to north Marshall to Free Range Pancake House for breakfast. Mary had the Fresh Start crepe – eggs, ham, hash browns, cheese crepe with hollandaise; I had the ham and veggie omelette. The food was really tasty. Arriving back at the cabin,…
Michigan Day 3 We woke up Sunday morning to this view right outside our hotel window from our private deck. A search of coffee shops open on Sunday in Lowell turned up no results. What did come up while searching was Tim Horton’s Donut Shop. Even though we usually avoid restaurant chains, Tim’s seemed like…
Michigan Day 2 Today we had a paddle race event scheduled. The 22nd Annual Riverwalk Kayak/SUP/Canoe race in Lowell. We packed up the van, ate a little hotel breakfast and left Grand Rapids for the 20 minute drive. Then the rear brakes on the van really started grinding. Only now the noise didn’t go away…
Day One After extensive and detailed research, followed by weeks of committee discussions, along with a really close ballot, it was determined that the 2025 Paddle Pedal and Coffee Tour would be in Michigan. That’s not really quite true. I found two kayak events in Michigan spaced a week apart in mid-July so we figured,…