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These are the Counties that have been completed.

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Wexford

Wexford County

Wexford County Run

 

The start of this very long journey. This was my first run for the runmi5k goal. 

 

Ran for a while before I was able to get a glimpse of the lake.

 

Was cool to see the lake right up by the road.

 

It is a beautiful smaller lake.

 

Looks like it would be a great Lake to live on.

One of the coolest views! What a wonderful run.

My son lives in Wexford County, and we go there often to visit him and his family, but most importantly, my grand-daughter Melody.

Was trying to find a place near his home and found a lake that looked like it was about 3 miles to run around it. Thought this could be perfect. I then went on to a map site to plan my route, that is when I discovered the name of this lake – Lake Gitchegumee!

It was then that I knew this should be my first run. My parents own a cabin on another lake sometimes called Lake Gitchegumee (Lake Superior). I thought how cool would it be to say I’ve ran all the way around Lake Gitchegumee!

So this was the run that could start them all!

Wexford County

Antioch
Boon
Buckley
Buckley
Buckley
Cadillac
Cadillac
Cedar Creek
Cherry Grove
Clam Lake
Colfax
Greenwood
Hanover
Haring
Harrietta
Henderson
Liberty
Manton
Mesick
Selma
Slagle
South Branch
Springville
Wexford

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!

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Muskegon

Muskegon County

Muskegon County Run

County Complete
This trail didn't appear on my Strava map. However, it did appear on "Map my Run," and it was there...
The trail was a very undeveloped road, and it had a lot of loose gravel. I loved how backwoods this was.
More backwoods. Because Strava didn't show this map, I had to guess where the trail was as there were tracker marks everywhere after this patch. I turned around and had to run back over what I ran to start with to get back on my planned path.
I finally crossed the main road and was back on my planned path. It was cool too that I could finally see the lake that I planned on running around.
Another great look at Hart lake. There were several houses on this side of the lake (northeast side).
Sun on the lake made for some great views.
I was looking toward the south side of lake Hart.
Another great look towards the south side of the lake.
The road turned into a path headed toward the Northwest side of the lake. It was very undeveloped, very much like the trail at the beginning of the run.
I was looking East from the northwest side of the lake. You could see many houses over there, but there were NON on this top west side of the lake.
Another look at more houses on the other side of the lake!
Here is a look at John Adams lake on the other south side of the road. It wasn't much of a view, just a couple of houses.
Here is another shot from the southwest side of the lake. It was so cool to find this lake, it wasn't very occupied, and I'm sure the property owners on the lake are probably delighted.
Here is a shot of that little peninsula on the southeast side of the lake. What a great looking little lake.
Here I am, back on the main road heading north. It was nice to get back on solid ground.
I could see another lake to the east, but I don't remember its name from the maps.
Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

Here is a run that I planned last night. I was trying to get to a county that wouldn’t require a night stay somewhere. But I’m running out of these types of counties. I’m going to have to travel and stay somewhere in many other counties in the future. Luckily, campgrounds should open up soon because of summer. Lisa and I can travel around throughout the summer. Lisa doesn’t really like this idea, and I have mixed feelings. I HATE driving long distances. I do enjoy seeing new sites and am enjoying all the new places that I’m running across. I think, in the end, I will be pleased that I chose to do this, but I’m guessing there will be a time or two that I question my sanity. 

One cool thing about the above plan is I will be able to knock several counties off in a weekend. I’m guessing three in a weekend should be doable. That means if I visit the northwest UP twice and knock out 3-4 counties over a long weekend, I should be able to complete the west in only two to three trips up there.

Muskegon County

Blue Lake
Casnovia
Cedar Creek
Dalton
Egelston
Fruitland
Fruitport
Holton
Laketon
Lakewood Club
Montague
Moorland
Muskegon
Muskegon Heights
North
Norton Shores
Ravenna
Roosevelt Park
Sullivan
Whitehall
White River

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!

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Such a fun weekend! Tackled three counties! Eaton County, Jackson County, and Livingston County Headed down after work on Friday and headed back after my Livingston run at 10 am Saturday morning over 9 miles of running in about 14 hours.
Eaton, Jackson & Livingston Counties
Eaton, Jackson & Livingston CountiesMay 17-18, 2024
Memorial Weekend and I decided to knock a few counties in the U.P. off the list. Schoolcraft was also planned but Friday I had an appointment that ran late and I had to drop a run So I did Delta County, Dickinson County, and Menominee County!
Delta, Dickinson & Menominee Counties
Delta, Dickinson & Menominee CountiesMay 24-25, 2024
Ran my final lower peninsula county! Had a graduation party in Davison so I decided to drive to Macomb to get this final one complete. Now to the UP! Macomb County.
Macomb County
MacombJun 15, 2024
My wettest run of the challenge. I'm heading up to the U.P. to knock five counties off my list: Schoolcraft County is the first, followed by Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, and Iron.
Schoolcraft
SchoolcraftJuly 3, 2024
This Fourth of July weekend, I ran 5 counties in 5 days. Schoolcraft County already listed, then Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Houghton County, & Iron County
4 U.P. Counties Ontonagon, Houghton, Gogebic and Iron
Ontonagon, Houghton, Gogebic & IronJuly 4-7, 2024
These three counties were planned for Memorial weekend, but paused because of car issues. Finally done. Alger County, Baraga County, & Marquette County
Alger, Baraga, & Marquette Counties
Alger, Baraga, & Marquette CountiesSept 19-20, 2024

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