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April 5, 2021January 2, 2024

Cass

Cass County Run

Above was my first of many looks at Barron Lake. So much easier to see this lake than the run earlier today.

I was running north on the middle west side of the lake. I did miss my turn at the north side of the lake because the road said “no outlet,” but I realized that it did have a path that went from one street to the next, so I turned around.

Another great look at the many incredible homes on this lake. This is the perfect 5k lake with lots of great views around the lake.

One great view after the next. Such an improvement from the previous run today.

Another peak. I think this is on the North side of the lake, but I may be wrong.

I think this is on the east side of the lake looking west. Such a cool run! It was super hot at this time because it was just afternoon. I think it was high eighty’s, maybe low nineties.

Here I am a little more than halfway through this run and also halfway through my goal to run all Michigan Counties. This is 41.5 counties complete! Whoo HOOO!

Here is another great view of a spot that doesn’t have a house on it. Many homes were RIGHT next to each other on the East side of the lake. One right after another.

I liked the handling of this giant tree in somebody’s front yard.

Another Lyon photo that is nowhere near as good as Gen does. I should learn from her and get closer.

Here I am on the southwest side of the lake. I walked a bit when my 5k was complete. What a perfect day!

So this was my plan. I loved that I found this little 5k lake right on the Indiana/Michigan border. The above was my second run of the day, so both runs were extremely slow. Also, I had an extra 2.7 mile of unexpected walking because of a mistake I made in Berrien County. What a perfect little find!

Cass County

Calvin
Cassopolis
Dowagiac
Edwardsburg
Howard
Jefferson
LaGrange
Marcellus
Mason
Milton
Niles
Newberg
Ontwa
Penn
Pokagon
Porter
Silver Creek
Vandalia
Volinia
Wayne

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns / cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

Any place in Bold and Green are townships / towns / cities I’ve done website / hosting / design work – best website builder for small business – WordPress design hosting and search engine optimization. I’m a small business website builder – contact me to get a website that works! If no Green color is on this page, please talk with me (Click Here). I’ll be encouraged to change one to Green!

March 4, 2021September 3, 2023

Newaygo

Newaygo County Run

It is my new plan to knock this county off on the 21st of January. My step-father is getting surgery on his ear, and I am going down to Kent County to support my mother and family. We will stop by my Brother and Sister-in-law’s home on Thursday and maybe even get them to run with my son and me. I am so happy, and I can’t wait! It has been a while since I’ve run outside. I don’t know how well the conditions will be, being the middle of January, but it might be doable.

New plan: My son had to work on the 21st, so we headed back on the 20th and was unable to do this county on this week. I’ll possibly attempt this in the next couple months. 3/1/21 Thinking of running this on Thursday this week. Have to fly out of GR to GA on Friday and plan to stay the night with my brother and sister-in-law Thursday night. Will be great to finally get this county checked off!

Newaygo County

Ashland
Barton
Beaver
Big Prairie
Bridgeton
Brooks
Croton
Dayton
Denver
Ensley
Everett
Fremont
Garfield
Goodwell
Grant
Hesperia
Home
Lilley
Lincoln
Merrill
Newaygo
Norwich
Sheridan
Sherman
Troy
White Cloud
Wilcox

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns /cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

February 27, 2021September 4, 2023

Lake

Lake County Run

There really wasn’t a plan for this county. It just happened that we were driving to Newaygo for our Nephew’s adoption party of Tia, our newest addition to the family. I’m planning to run Newaygo County next Thursday so I wanted to plan a different county today. Lisa was with me so she had to wait in the car while I ran this… She will probably get tired of this before the end.

Here are some picks of the family!!

Lake County

Baldwin
Chase
Cherry Valley
Dover
Eden
Elk
Ellsworth
Lake
Luther
Newkirk
Peacock
Pinora
Pleasant Plains
Sauble
Sweetwater
Webber
Yates

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns /cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run) Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past. Any place in Bold and Green are townships / towns / cities I’ve done website / hosting / design work – best website builder for small business – WordPress design hosting and search engine optimization. I’m a small business website builder – contact me to get a website that works! If no Green color is on this page, please talk with me (Click Here). I’ll be encouraged to change one to Green!

January 20, 2021January 2, 2024

Kent

Kent County Run

Parked at the hotel in Downtown Grand Rapids.

Started running down the street. Being January 20 it sure was clear of snow on a lot of the sidewalks. Normally in mid December we would have over a foot of snow.

I was surprised how empty the streets were. Normally there would be a ton of cars.

So I just ran for a while and really didn’t have a plan. Just started running in whatever direction until I had about a mile and a half, then turned around and started heading back.

This photo was of the smoke in front of the sun… It was extremely bright and I thought it would make a cool picture.

Found this guy and three others in a back alley.

Loved the artwork on this building.

Always construction going on.

Beautiful church.

Ran by Mercy Hospital.

Started getting into a residential strip of road.

I need to learn how to get my fingers away from the lens. A little more snow in this area than downtown, but still light covering for mid January.

More houses.

Then back in town. What a great run!

It is is my new plan to knock this county off on the 20th of January. My step-father is going to get surgery on his ear and I am going down to Kent County to support my mother and family. My son Alex is planning on going with me and said he might run too! This makes me so happy and I can’t wait! It has been a while since I’ve ran outside so I don’t know how well the conditions will be, being the middle of January, but it should be doable…

Kent County

Ada
Algoma
Alpine
Bowne
Byron
Caledonia
Cannon
Cascade
Casnovia
Cedar Springs
Courtland
East Grand Rapids
Gaines
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids
Grandville
Grattan
Kent City
Kentwood
Lowell
Nelson
Oakfield
Plainfield
Rockford
Sand Lake
Solon
Sparta
Spencer
Tyrone
Vergennes
Walker
Wyoming

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns / cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

December 19, 2020September 4, 2023

Chippewa

Chippewa County Run

I thought it was cold for yesterdays run… This run was even colder.

A look at the big Lake from the Cabin!

Just after completing My Cheboygan County run I continued driving up to the cabin. This picture was taken the morning before the Chippewa County run.

Thank you Mel for giving me a ride so I didn’t have to do an out and back for this run!

A look at South pond completely iced over.

On the corner with South Pond to the left and businesses to the right.

There is a few residential houses in this reservation land area.

Long straight away with a light dusting of snow.

More of the same. I probably only passed 8 cars on this entire run… But in the summertime this road would be 5 times that amount of traffic… at least!

Lighthouse view from the road.

Looking at the Lake in front of the Lighthouse!

Light house about a mile away from my finish.

Just finished my run… A little bit of sweat and boy do I look cold. Sure wish I had worn my hat and gloves on this run.

Back at the Cabin. Such a very cool place! A little cold today!

Update12/19/21: Was up at the cabin and ran this county on a very cold day! 18° Went up there for a family Christmas party/get together.

Update: 1/13/21: So this was planned next along with Emmet County, but here is the deal. I lost employment with a company that I had worked with for 28 years. Along with the COVID pandemic, it was made difficult to plan a trip up to the cabin… This will be a county I hit soon, but I’ve changed it over to “NOT planned next” because of the circumstances.

This is going to be an easy county. It’s one I’ve ran so many times in the past. My parents own a cabin on Lake Superior in Brimley, so it will be nice to visit there and get this run done. Will also be super fun to introduce Melody to the cabin and I’m so excited because I’ve spent a lot of time up there in the past. Also nice that this could be a breaking point for the runs that I do in the counties out west of here. Also thinking I can knock a few counties down on my return trips. So looking forward to this county. Will probably just run along Lakeshore Drive but we’ll see. Hoping Creig (my step-dad) will run this on with me.

This plan got pushed back a couple of weeks. It looks like this might happen mid-September now. (now it’s mid-October and this still isn’t complete.) I will try to finish this one before the end of 2020, but not sure when. I’ve had difficulties that I’m addressing currently to get back on track. Can’t wait!

Chippewa County

Bay Mills
Brimley
Bruce
Chippewa
Dafter
Detour
DeTour Village
Drummond
Hulbert
Kinross
Pickford
Raber
Rudyard
Sault Ste. Marie
Soo
Sugar Island
Superior
Trout Lake
Whitefish

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns / cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

Category: Completed Counties

Cass

Cass County

Newaygo

Newaygo County

Lake

Lake County

Kent

Kent County

Chippewa

Chippewa County

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