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DAY 40 TenaCity to WindyCity, October 9, 2019

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TenaCity to WindyCity Runyak October 9, 2019 Flint to Chicago DAY  40 Inset above is rectangle below  Arrival back at US131 Bridge at the end of the 11.1 mile run  Launch at US131 Roadside Park  US131 Bridge  More sandbanks  Pedestrian bridge where old US131 once was   Great Lakes Central RR trestle Construction crewman in photo. I asked what was going on. He said their replacing the bridge for a new passenger line to Traverse City. To the north 3 miles there is Walton Junction where the GLC splits, one goes to TC the other to Petoskey. Walton Junction is mentioned in an Ernest Hemingway story, The Battler.   More sandbanks PRESS FOR FULL SCREEN  Two Hearting it PRESS FOR FULL SCREEN  Come noon I began looking for a place to land and have lunch. It was nearly 12:30 when I found thsi spot. It was awesome  I threw down a picnic blanket  And laid under it looking up at the sky and fall colors