{"id":1764,"date":"2023-07-09T14:34:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:17:02","slug":"lansing-michigans-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/07\/09\/lansing-michigans-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Lansing, Michigan’s capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Five days of cycling from Chicago have brought me to Lansing, capitol of Michigan. Overall, more trees than I expected and a good variety of farms and rural homes. On past rides, e.g. 1988 and 1992, I remember more gravel county roads but I avoided them this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some fog starting out, but this burned off. As I left Battle Creek, I came along some large stately homes. Some like these two, had seen better times. However, the one in the rear had construction signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soon enough, I was out of town along the county road. Some small hills and a chance to listen to the first podcast as I cycled to Bellevue at mile 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was an old lime kiln in Bellevue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the sign describing the kiln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next town was Charlotte where I stopped for a break. After Charlotte, I took the frontage road to Interstate 69. In contrast to Illinois, these frontage roads had a shoulder. Michigan roads seemed to have a lot of variety. Some were very smooth but also a larger set of cracked and bumpy roads, particularly in towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gizzard Land, population 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three sections of “road closed” signs, but I passed through all three. Helped to be a Sunday and no workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hooray, Lansing city limits signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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State Capitol! It turned out, this was the side of the capitol, but I was fortunate to find someone walking by for the photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sign describing the capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sign indicating this was the third capitol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The front of the capitol is wider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attempt at a selfie. Overall, splitting the ~250 miles from Chicago to Lansing was not difficult and I was fortunate that the air quality remained fine. After going to the capitol, I found a hotel close to the Amtrak station and also close to Michigan State University. My plan is to take a train to Chicago tomorrow and resume from there towards Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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