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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThe eastern edge of Grand Rapids is clearly not a safe place for autos.\u00a0 While leaving the city I had to dodge three different areas filled with the broken glass, plastic and metal of previous car accidents.<\/p>\n
In the late afternoon I stopped for more Gatorade.\u00a0 Google decided to update my route during the pause and gave me three choices for the final push into Portland, Michigan.\u00a0 One choice took an extra hour so that one was out.<\/p>\n
Of the two remaining, one was very simple (go straight for six miles and then go east for fourteen miles).\u00a0 The other was Google’s recommended route.\u00a0 It took many different roads in a step pattern, but supposedly was 7 minutes faster.\u00a0 I started on the faster step route.\u00a0 After two miles the pavement stopped and gravel roads began.\u00a0 I turned around, pedaled back to town and took the simpler route to my hotel.<\/p>\n
I am sorry to disappoint readers who expected more excitement today.\u00a0 Almost any activity can become routine after doing it long enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wow, I pedaled 90 miles and nothing happened today!\u00a0 After weeks of daily adventures, problems and highlights today was very routine. I left the motel around 9:30 and pedaled about 25 miles on a paved bike trail that ended at the western edge of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Then I pedaled through rich and poor neighborhoods … Continue reading Day 30: Muskegon to Portland, Michigan<\/span>