My excellent girlfriend and a substantially less excellent (though still good) bunch of food
Picnic spread
Picnic spread
Our picnic
Great company for a picnic
Thanks for the car, good people at Bosch
Driving the Mackinac Bridge
Driving the Mackinac Bridge
Storm in the U.P.
Cooking, rather than eating out
Cooking dinner in our crappy motel 2
Our pre-game portrait.
Lined up at the Ferry, ready to get going.
The moon was still out when we got on the Ferry. Only running can get me up this early.
Mae looking dump-taking.
Me, starting line.
Mae, pointing at her race of choice.
An excellent sunrise over Lake Superior.
Mae, pre-game. She looks a little nervous.
The fast guys.
The starting line. Of course I'm back of the pack.
Fellow Five-Finger enthusiast.
The scrum.
Sun's still rising around mile one.
More of the beach section.
The beach portion, continued.
More bee-yach.
View from the beach. We ran maybe a mile on it?
Running along the beach section. Not as bad as they said or as bad as you'd think.
A portion of the 100 feet of single track we had.
For what, bears?
Light burst.
The slow guy.
Even more sandstone cliffs.
A calm Lake Superior.
Lake Superior Cliffs
Sandstone cliffs into Lake Superior.
The beach run.
An in-beach pond.
More sandstone cliffs.
Some dude stopped and took my picture for me. Those are sandstone cliffs and a great lake in the background.
Info.
A long and grassy trail, again.
Another island just west of the Grand one, upon whose shores I was standing when I took this.
Grassy fields. Stuff like this was where I saw the bear.
Long and grassy trail around mile 23.
More and more and more trail.
Weird terrain - knocked over trees.
Bear dookie
Cool plants along the trail.
An excellent pine tree.
More knocked over trees.
Tall trees along the coast.
More of the shore.
The shores of Lake Superior as seen from Grand Island.
Getting there. . .
Dried roots.
More beach.
Double track home.
It's just how it is.
A dock around mile 25.
Post dinner. Mae was happy.