{"id":209673,"date":"2014-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/?p=209673"},"modified":"2014-08-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T00:00:00","slug":"yellow-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/?p=209673","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, a week later and I did another ten miles, almost exactly. \u00a0I am up to the corner of Ashely Avenue and Green Lake in the State of Michigan. \u00a0Today\u2019s hike was not an adventure rather, it was pleasant, very pleasant. \u00a0I had plenty of water. \u00a0It was sunny with some clouds but not overly warm, maybe mid to high 70s. \u00a0I figured out how to carry my water bladder in my day pack hooked to a Sawyer filter in case I needed to source water from a creek or lake. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Along Lincoln Lakeside Highway I saw a canvas lawn chair that obviously had blown off a trailer or pick-up. \u00a0Someone had put a large rock in a plastic jug and set it in the chair hoping the owner would drive by and reclaim the chair. \u00a0I removed the jug, sat in the chair and waved at traffic as I had a drink. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the North Country Trail today was on Ashley Avenue which is a gravel road. \u00a0Little traffic, lots of woods and farms. \u00a0It was quiet. \u00a0About five miles into the hike I thought I would rest at the junction of Five Mile Road and Ashley. \u00a0I looked for a spot to sit for a moment. \u00a0There was a swing in the tall grass of this giant Red Oak. \u00a0What? \u00a0Where did this come from? \u00a0Across the road was a farm house but it was like two hundred yards to this tree. \u00a0Nothing was landscaped or groomed around this tree. \u00a0Well, it worked for me. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There were two vacant houses on the corner of M-44 (Belding Road) and Ashely. \u00a0I stopped to have another drink. \u00a0As I got up, I thought I heard my phone ring. \u00a0Nope. \u00a0It kind of sounded like chimes ringing on the back porch of our home. \u00a0I stepped into the road and turned North and glanced back one last time. \u00a0There, through the trees, was an ice cream truck with the bell ringing. \u00a0I waved it over. \u00a0She told me she drives through the country on Saturday afternoons. \u00a0That ice cream sandwich tasted terrific. \u00a0I gave her a nice tip as well. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I walked passed two rural cemeteries today. \u00a0I also stopped to read a sign on a Centennial Farm, a farm owned by one family for over 100 years, in this case, since 1850. \u00a0Just up the road, I saw one of the larger tombstones with the same name as the farm. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One cemetery was at Alton Corners. \u00a0The only functioning building was a very nice Bible Church and an old township hall that has become a museum. \u00a0During the Civil War it was another thriving community (<\/span>http:\/\/www.commoncorners.com\/kent\/kent_alton.htm<\/span><\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n

It is hard to believe this rural area could have been more populated than it is now, 150 years ago. \u00a0I wonder if anyone even thinks of the people who used to live here. \u00a0The one household where I asked directions certainly did not. \u00a0She told me they had only lived there a short time. \u00a0She did not even recognize Ashley Avenue, just down the road from her place. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The yellow flowers were out. \u00a0I identified Goatsbeard, Groundsel, and Golden Rod. \u00a0Jan picked me up and took me back to the Fallesburg Park Covered Bridge. \u00a0I loved the day. \u00a0I hope it was a great day for you as well. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, a week later and I did another ten miles, almost exactly. \u00a0I am up to the corner of Ashely Avenue and Green Lake in the State of Michigan. \u00a0Today\u2019s hike was not an adventure rather, it was pleasant, very pleasant. \u00a0I had plenty of water. \u00a0It was sunny with some clouds but not overly …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":209674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_block_theme_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-209673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-founders-corner","tag-hiking","with-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Yellow-Flowers.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Yellow-Flowers.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lou Haveman","author_link":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/?author=5"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/209674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louhaveman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}