{"id":545,"date":"2018-07-27T22:17:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T02:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/?p=545"},"modified":"2018-07-27T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T02:40:02","slug":"day-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 29: Muskegon, Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a great bicycling day.\u00a0 What made it great?\u00a0 Conversation.\u00a0 I stayed in a charming bed and breakfast in Ludington, Michigan, called \u201cThe Inn at Ludington.\u201d\u00a0 Lars, the owner was very friendly.\u00a0 Since they were fully booked, they had two breakfast seatings.\u00a0 I took the early shift and while the food was good, the conversation was even better.\u00a0 Two of the guests had both served in the US military and both were deployed to Vietnam in the late 1960s and early 1970s.\u00a0 It was fascinating hearing what the war was like from people who were there.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of breakfast, the skies opened and it rained heavily.\u00a0 It was not good cycling weather, so I did something sensible.\u00a0 I went back to sleep until the weather improved.\u00a0 Around 10 AM the sun came back out, so I got ready to leave the Inn.\u00a0 Just as I stepped outside another heavy rain shower doused the area.\u00a0 My first half-hour of pedaling was cold and wet.\u00a0 Luckily that was it for bad weather.\u00a0 While the skies threatened more rain for most of the day, none happened.<\/p>\n<p>The first twenty miles were from Ludington to Hart, Michigan.\u00a0 The ride went by lake homes and even a giant dam.\u00a0 It was pleasant and the speed limit on some of the roads I took was 25 mph.\u00a0 Both I and the cars were going quite slowly.\u00a0 I was crawling slowly because my legs were very tight and the cars were crawling because of the low speed limit signs.\u00a0 I was concerned I would not pedal all the way to my next hotel in Muskegon, but after 45 minutes my muscles loosened up and I was able to start making steady progress.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-545 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/i-had-dinner-with-my-coauthor-prof-pat-smith-from-the-univ-of-michigan\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-had-dinner-with-my-coauthor-Prof-Pat-Smith-from-the-Univ-of-Michigan-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-had-dinner-with-my-coauthor-Prof-Pat-Smith-from-the-Univ-of-Michigan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-had-dinner-with-my-coauthor-Prof-Pat-Smith-from-the-Univ-of-Michigan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-had-dinner-with-my-coauthor-Prof-Pat-Smith-from-the-Univ-of-Michigan-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/i-spent-the-afternoon-pedaling-with-beau\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-spent-the-afternoon-pedaling-with-Beau-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-spent-the-afternoon-pedaling-with-Beau-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-spent-the-afternoon-pedaling-with-Beau-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/I-spent-the-afternoon-pedaling-with-Beau-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/it-rained-heavily-after-breakfast-so-i-went-back-to-bed\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/It-rained-heavily-after-breakfast-so-I-went-back-to-bed-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/It-rained-heavily-after-breakfast-so-I-went-back-to-bed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/It-rained-heavily-after-breakfast-so-I-went-back-to-bed-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/It-rained-heavily-after-breakfast-so-I-went-back-to-bed-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/lars-runs-a-great-bed-and-breakfast-in-luddington-michigan\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Lars-runs-a-great-bed-and-breakfast-in-Luddington-Michigan-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Lars-runs-a-great-bed-and-breakfast-in-Luddington-Michigan-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Lars-runs-a-great-bed-and-breakfast-in-Luddington-Michigan-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Lars-runs-a-great-bed-and-breakfast-in-Luddington-Michigan-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/michigan-has-some-great-paved-bike-paths\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Michigan-has-some-great-paved-bike-paths-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Michigan-has-some-great-paved-bike-paths-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Michigan-has-some-great-paved-bike-paths-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/Michigan-has-some-great-paved-bike-paths-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/the-breakfast-conversation-in-the-bb-was-very-interesting\/'><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/The-breakfast-conversation-in-the-BB-was-very-interesting-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/The-breakfast-conversation-in-the-BB-was-very-interesting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/The-breakfast-conversation-in-the-BB-was-very-interesting-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/files\/2018\/07\/The-breakfast-conversation-in-the-BB-was-very-interesting-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I stopped in Hart for lunch but could not find an open shop that made sandwiches.\u00a0 I ended up buying a fried fish sandwich from a warming rack in a Mobil gas station.\u00a0 It was only marginally better than eating nothing.\u00a0 I vowed to eat no more gas station sandwiches.<\/p>\n<p>In the town of Hart my day, which was going well, suddenly got much better.\u00a0 Hart begins a very long bike trail that goes for many miles.\u00a0 I knew there was a trail but didn\u2019t know its conditions or length.\u00a0 The conditions were excellent.\u00a0 It was paved, smooth, maintained and well-marked and it went the 40 miles to my hotel.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the trail I saw another long-distance cyclist.\u00a0 You can pick them out based on the packs they are carrying.\u00a0 I speed up and met Beau.\u00a0 Beau teaches Spanish to grade school students and was pedaling for two weeks with a friend who needed to make a long stop in Hart.\u00a0 Beau was pedaling on ahead.\u00a0 We had a wonderful conversation about biking, travel and life for over four hours of cycling.\u00a0 Riding with someone made me pedal faster. More importantly it made the entire afternoon slip by relatively effortlessly since I focused on the conversation, instead of my aches and the number of miles left to pedal.<\/p>\n<p>After riding with Beau, I was met at my hotel by Professor Pat Smith, from the University of Michigan.\u00a0 Pat and I have written many research papers together over the last decade.\u00a0 It was wonderful chatting with her and her husband over dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Talking to various people at breakfast, during the ride and at dinner made the day a social and more interesting experience.\u00a0 It was not just about putting on more miles and getting to the east coast.\u00a0 It makes me eager to finish the ride and see and hear face-to-face what is happening in your lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a great bicycling day.\u00a0 What made it great?\u00a0 Conversation.\u00a0 I stayed in a charming bed and breakfast in Ludington, Michigan, called \u201cThe Inn at Ludington.\u201d\u00a0 Lars, the owner was very friendly.\u00a0 Since they were fully booked, they had two breakfast seatings.\u00a0 I took the early shift and while the food was good, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/2018\/07\/27\/day-29\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 29: Muskegon, Michigan<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5335,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/zagorsky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}