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Day ride to Marshall

Day ride to Marshall

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  •  June 4, 2012
  •  Day ride to Marshall
  •  Posted by Spokesrider at 12:40 am
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  •  Calhoun County MI, Marshall MI (June 3 2012)

The photo was taken at the end of a ride today, the first decent ride since a weekend ride to Branch County in April.  This fountain in Marshall is not much over 20 miles from home, but I managed to get a 40.5 mile ride out of it. The National House can be seen in [...]

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The Spokesrider's real name is John Gorentz. He lives in southwest Michigan and goes on bicycling expeditions to places where he can say, "Black Hawk Slept Here." But that phrase gets interpreted very broadly. Almost any excuse to ride to a place of settlement-era history will do.

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