DAY 40 TenaCity to WindyCity, October 9, 2019

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
 The riverview from my picnic spot



 Baxter Bridge, end of my 13 mile paddle.
I backed the van down the ramp and pulled Green Snake in.
END OF 2019 RUNYAK SEASON


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