That is what my daughters call my souped up raisins. Take one box of yellow raisins, dump in a shallow dish (glass or porcelain is best), pour gin over them. Let them sit on your counter, uncovered, for about 5 days. I stir them up twice daily, to get them all to the bottom of the dish for a while. The raisins will plumb up, the alcohol dissipate, and then I put them in a glass jar, and eat a spoon full in the morning, and a spoon full in the evening, to keep from having arthritis pain! Google raisins in gin to find out more. All I know, the sulfur used to make the raisins yellow, and the juniper berries in the gin interact, and cause some magic potion. :) How much gin? Well, I went to the liquor store, and asked for a bottle of gin. I was asked, how big... and I said I don't know, I am making raisins in gin. They knew what I was talking about, and sold me a small bottle of gin. How many raisins? Some recipes say 9 daily, some say 10 daily. 10 daily didn't do anything for me, thus I take a spoon full in the morning, and another 12 hours later. Yes, the 12 hour time frame works best for me. Moni

If you go to my online journal for this trip, you will find my maps. But, in case you miss the text.... Those are for planning purposes mostly... I am well known to go off route! http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/swimmingwhilebikingoptions next scroll down to proposed route. You can also click on my name, and find all the online journals I ever published from my bike journeys. Also, there is a guest book link, near the top, where you can contact me. Please realize, if you put your email address in a message to me there, it shows to EVERYONE that is ever looking there. There is however a small box you can check, which will give only me your address. One last thing, if you click the home link on this website it takes you to ALL the journals from all the people that post theirs here. :) Moni

Thanks Jem! I squeezed the page stating bye Lake Michigan in, and the website automatically puts the next day/date in, every time I put in the next day's entry. I had no idea I was off. yup, as you can see, I love riding! But I do have support! I have spent several nights cost free in a fellow cyclists home. This is a HUGE support. But then I host cyclists all the time too. i knew I would take a chance on that trail, and it was ok, even good at the beginning. Sometimes things work out one way, and sometimes another. It's all good! someone remarked earlier about my room mate situation, and I can't find that now. I will have one when I come back. She is moving in after her lease is up. It will be my next adventure I guess. :) Moni

It certainly is isnt it Kathsgrdn?! This article brought a little more substance for me, to what is possible as we get older and we truly take care of ourselves.