I checked out of my funky hotel and had breakfast with a large number of truckers at Sophia's Pancakes and judging from the huge portion sizes there is a reason why truckers are (usually) large. Then I headed up to South Haven to walk on the Kal-Haven Trail. It's another of the rail to trails and runs between Kalamazoo and South Haven. The first part of the trail runs along the Black River and they've put in a lot of decks and ramps and some of them kind of hang over the river. I like this kind of trail because there is no thinking involved you just have to keep plugging along 2.5 miles and then 2.5 miles back. This trail had nice clean portapotties which is something. I'm not even going to go there about the portapotty I endured at Macomb County. Anyhow, I plodded along and did the whole 5 miles and made it back to my car. I drove in to South Haven and looked around and headed up to Saugatuck.
I really, really like the towns on that side of the state but it's kind of like you've seen one you've seen them all. There is the requisite fudge shop, many bars, the marina, the lighthouse, etc. I'm sure it's different if you live there. The settings obviously are different and Saugatuck has a beautiful one on the Kalamazoo River before it runs into Lake Michigan. Saugatuck isn't right on the lake and Wikipedia says that it has a large number of old pre Civil war houses because it managed to escape the fate of a lot of areas up north that had devastating fires. Also the area contributed a lot of lumber that helped rebuild Chicago after their fire.
So I walked 2 miles in downtown Saugatuck and it IS very beautiful and artsy and I had a really good sandwich at Pumpernickel's Eatery. I was thinking about wimping out and only getting half of the county done but decided to go up to Saugatuck State Park just to see it. HA!
This was the opposite of not having to think. I don't know how I can have a map of the trails and still get lost. There were markers and let's face it, how does a person get lost when she knows that the dunes are next to the lake and the parking lot is in the other direction? Anyhow, I was on my last fumes of my energy and ended up climbing up a towering dune to catch a view of Lake Michigan which at first I thought was the sky it was so blue. It was very cool! I figured out which way to go and got back to the car. I was sweating like a pig and drove all the way back home with bare feet.
Tomorrow I do the Diabetes walk in Tecumseh and next week I go to Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties and then I want to get Genesee and Lapeer done. Whew!!
PS If you want to see a really neat house that I want in Saugatuck check out this link and check out the price!!!! This is on the list of "when we win the lottery".
http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/415-Lake-St_Saugatuck_MI_49453_M31396-11952
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