Training ride to Davison, MI

Well, we completed our first overnight ride together on Friday/Saturday.  We rode to Davison, MI from Washington, MI, which is about 50 miles.  It was a great ride on Friday; we stopped for lunch at the High Street Eatery in Metamora, sat on the porch, and had awesome sandwiches that we devoured.  We arrived at our dad’s house in Davison and visited for a while.  We then headed to our friend Sheryl’s house where we went out for Mexican and stayed the night.

Saturday we headed out about 7:20.  We got off course a few times and were getting very hungry and a little fatigued.  (The Mexican dinner was not agreeing with Gary!  He was looking for “one flat mile” to ride on – he was sick of the hills!)  We stopped at a little party store for more water in search of a restaurant.  We got back on track and finally stopped for breakfast/lunch at Lakeville Lake, which was only 8-10 miles from home!  Lesson learned and all part of the training/adventure/experience.

Overall, it was a great ride – beautiful weather.  Gary realized that he will need a larger bag on his bike, we learned to watch our route more closely, and we need to have food with us!  (Gary could also use a little training with less corn fields and more hills! hee hee 🙂

I have to add that this post is my first time putting myself “out there”.  I do not have facebook, twitter, etc., so this is very strange for me – Gary talked me into it – I hope I come across the way that I intend to!  I am so excited to be riding with my brother and looking forward to our big trip!

Nancy