Aug 12 Hawks, Woodpeckers & Denver

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Today we had another beautiful day for riding, nice humidity and it was cool enough that we needed long sleeves to begin the day.  Trying to get back to the route from the campground, we took what was supposed to be a paved road but it became gravel after 1 mile.  After about 3 miles on it, Kay especially was getting sick of it and had us head north and add a couple extra miles to pick up the route sooner. 
We saw a lot of hawks during the first 15 miles, including 3 at once.  We also regularly saw red-headed woodpeckers.
We crossed the Tippecanoe River today  but so did a lot of large semis heading to a huge landfill just a couple miles east of  Buffalo, IN. Once we were past it, the road became much, much quieter. 
 We crossed US 31 today, and a couple of miles east of that is when we were directly south of our home address in Holland.
 The last part of today's ride was on the Nickel Plate Trail (a beautiful paved rail trail).   We stopped in Denver to get a snack after seeing a sign along the trail about pizza and ice cream nearby, and also to figure out where we were going to stay down the road.  When we were chatting with  Kevin and Hayley, the owners of  DeAngelo's Pizzeria, they said we can stay behind their shop in a grassy area. They have had other bicyclists stay there in the past.  So we decided to end right here in Denver, a sweet end to the day.  (They even had Hudsonville ice cream!)

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  1. Bill and PennyAugust 14, 2022 at 5:25 AM

    Just caught up on all your past posts. So much fun to read them and so descriptive - feel like we are there with you. Stay safe and enjoy!

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