River Rd, Muskegon to Newaygo (Michigan)

[Redman]

Wife working today (Saturday) ... what to do with myself?
Could mow the lawn.
Could do this or that household repair or chore.
Hum.. how about go for a ride? Yah, okay.

I like to ride on a road near here that follows a nearby river (Grand River). This time I looked at a map and looked past the nearby river, and looked at the next river north of here (Muskegon River). And I see there is a road that follows that river too, so lets go.....

A lot of it is like this.


And some of it really follows the river


It pretty much goes from Muskegon to Newaygo, about 30 miles. But not all in one piece. It is in segments, maybe ends and then jog to other side of river and then is another River Road.

[Redman]

And are a lot of places like this:






So my story is this:
If I were going to far away unfamilar place I would take out a map and look for what might be nice roads to ride. And I now realize thast I should do that for places nearby to home also.
This was a great ride. Will want to do it again. Went about 120 miles, was gone for abut 3 hours, and that include several stops for taking photos, turning around and rerunning a few sections, several stops to look over map again, and a lunch stop.

[marvinsc]

Good idea, often there are nice rides near home if you search for them. I live in the Flat end of Kentucky but there are curves to be found in a Day ride if one searches for them.