TenaCity to WindyCity Day 13 & 14 June 28 & July 9, 2018

TenaCity to WindyCity Runyak
June 28, 2018
July 9, 2018

 TenaCity 2 WindyCity DAY 13
TenaCity 2 WindyCity DAY 14
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 DAY 13 JOURNAL AND PHOTOS
This was a trail I ran on to get back to Swifty at Point Lookout. The van was parked at a gravelly beach at the end of Alabaster Road. The trail parallels US 23 the entire 6 miles of Alabaster Township. I only ran on it a little over 2 miles. Next trip I will run from the north terminus near Tawas to Alabaster Rd. For years I'd driven past the trail going Up North and wanted to run it. It is delightful as it looked.

Shoreline scene of Outer Saginaw Bay. Some say Lake Huron. 
Inner Saginaw Bay would be south of Charity Island.
Outer Saginaw Bay/Lake Huron boundary would be Point Aux Barques, tip of thumb to Point Tawas.



On the horizon, old port a U.S. Gypsum
Remains of the once Alabaster Marine Gypsum Tram Line connecting mine to port.
CLICK to read to learn more about it. At a length of 1.2 miles it was the longest over-water bucket tramway tram in the world.

I could not fin information about this shorter port in shallow water just north of the old tramway. 
All the relics today are totally for the birds

End of Day 13, end of Alabaster Rd. (Green Snakes day 2)
Historical marker, not on Alabaster Rd. but where the town of Alabaster was. Located at the end of Turtle Rd. 

DAY 14 JOURNAL AND PHOTOS
Beginning of Day 14, Green Snake back again at the end of Alabaster Rd. I kayaked first instead of running because the water was calm. If I paddled later it could have been choppier.
Hope came with me on Day 14. She thought she might paddle but the water was too rough to her liking. I tried to convince her they were way better than usual.
Hope made the right choice, the water did get choppier and she wouldn't have been a happy camper.
Newer Gypsum port just outside Tawas City
Landing at Gateway Park, Tawas City

Running again on Alabaster Trail to end Day 14.

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