Kane to Ann Arbor
Although it had rained last night and the sky was cloudy when we woke up, we thought we would risk a bike ride at Jakes Rocks. When we got to the parking lot at 10.30 there was only one other car there which surprised us it being a Saturday. We chose the ‘easy’ ‘Coal Knob’ trail and it was fun zigzagging through the trees. The surface was mostly a mixture of wet sand and clay single track with some rocks. About a third of the way around the circuit we came to a steeper section with a series of rock steps. Unfortunately, there was a completely unexpected overhanging branch at Tim’s eye level and he took a tumble into some trees on the right. Tim, ever grateful for his helmet, executed a body roll into the tree sustaining a large bruise to his inner thigh (not pictured). Later, Jeri also took a tumble onto her back. Thank goodness for helmets. After the ride, whilst preparing the picnic, Tim was stung by some unnamed insect. Time to leave! Injuries notwithstanding, this was a great trail.
We picnicked down the road, past the Kinzua dam next to the Allegheny river. Then we took the interstate through Cleveland with glimpses of Lake Erie to our right. We arrived in Ann Arbor at 8.00pm. This was the first day we had booked a room on the fly rather than in advance. The Microtel gave us a large ADA room, but there was nothing micro about it at all.
