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Friday, October 3, 2025

To Cadillac, but Not Beyond


Today I travelled to Cadillac for several reasons. Two of those were to take short hikes that I'll share over the next few days. I'm going to feature them in my next "Get Off the Couch" newspaper column.

Nothing says "Cadillac" better than Lake Mitchell.
Lake Mitchell


The primary reason for the trip was that I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Rose Odette. She has a highly successful videocast, and she invited me to be one of her guests. I'll share the link when it's edited. She also writes motivational books.
recording studio


On the way home I drove part of the way on the road named Mackinaw Trail. This is actually Old US-131, and more or less parallels the current expressway. Some day I'd like to drive the whole distance on it from Reed City to Petoskey, which is the portion that carries the name Mackinaw Trail. It's nothing too special, but I'm just an historic transportation junkie.
Mackinaw Trail road sign


The colors along the roads are starting to brighten.
autumn trees


And although I didn't want to take too long to get home (I was hungry!), you know I couldn't pass up a few dirt roads. This is 16-Mile Rd in Lake County.
road with trees growing over it


The interview with Rose covers a lot of ground! We talked about the trail and hiking and books. The link below is to the only similar interview I've done which was in 2019 (before the second hike).

What a great day! I managed to get in a little bit of editing before I had to head north.

See Indie Reads TV Interview from 2019

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