Blogs from Jackson, Michigan, United States, North America

Cycling on the Falling Waters Rail Trail Falling Waters Rail Trail in Jackson Michigan. Staging areas: 3714 Weatherwax Dr, Jackson and Concord, at the end of River Street: GPS: 42.180448, -84.636524 The trail is 10.4 miles (17 km) and joins the village of Concord with Jackson where it continues as the Martin Luther King Equity Trail This trail is straight as an arrow. Lots of benches and a few tables and ga... read more

Glueck gehabt! Wir haben Hot Passes von Joe Gibbs Racing bekommen. D.h. nicht nur vor dem Rennen, sondern waehrend des gesamten Rennens, kann man sich frei in der Boxengasse bewegen. Um 10 Uhr fahren Cornel & ich los. Ca. eine Stunde bis zum Racetrack. In Charlotte sind die Strassen am Renntag komplett verstopft und man braucht mind. doppelt so lange. Nicht in Michigan. Der Racetrack ist im Nichts. Nur gruene Wiesen drum herum. Bei schoenstem Wetter, ist schon ziemlich heiss, kommen wir um 11 Uhr dort an. Noch ca. 3 Stunden bis zum Start. Erst holen wir die Tickets und lassen uns von einem "Busanhaenger", der an einem dieser grossen Amitrucks haengt, naeher zur Rennstrecke bringen. Erst einmal haben wir Eric gesucht, Cornels Buell Kumpel, der schon um 8 Uhr morgens da war ..... vor lauter ... read more

While driving along the roads in Michigan and Indiana you can see all manner of wild life on the roads. I mean literally on the roads. No need to go traipsing through the woods. Everything will be right there on the pavement or just off the shoulder. It is a veritable cornucopia of animal carcasses from species of animals native to the area. These pictures are but a sampling of the many many many rotten, decaying putrefying, spoiling, decomposing, disintergrating, bodies on the highways of the midwest. No wonder Louden Wainwright jr. sang the infamous "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road Stinking to High Heavens." You know me, I broke into song whenever I passed by or over or near any sign of a dead mammal. So here for your perusal are just a ... read more

Home sweet home! Our alarm was set for 8:30, but I was up at 6:58 and ready to get a move on. I lied about being done jewelry shopping....I got another necklace and a bracelet. Did I mention everything is SO FREAKIN' CHEAP compared to the states? I'm very excited about my collection! We packed, ate, shopped, and hit the road. There were two traffic jams where people were being pulled over for random military checks. Dudes with huge guns guiding you either to pull over or keep going. We were in the clear for both. We got to the airport way to early and had to waist quite a bit of time. The plane was 20 minutes late. All that wasn't to bad, but to make up for our more then perfect flight in, we ... read more

we got a late start but headed towards Big Sable Lighthouse, a 4 mile hike through the state park. We were able to climb to the top and look around. We then spent some R+R in the campground and went to the Mason County Fair at night for the Off Road Derby. Very cool, loud and some strange way to give out prizes ("Who is missing a finger?") Heading for Port Huron tomorrow (about 4 hours).... read more