MSU Gran Fondo 6/23/18

Lisa and I participated in the MSU Gran Fondo today. This ride supports skin cancer research(Skin cancer has also touched my family.) We rode 80 miles from downtown Grand Rapids, MI to the beach just North of Grand Haven and back. At the end we, of course, Raised One For Anne. 

It’s always nice to ride some good roads and taken in the scenery of our home state. Even if it rained pretty hard from about mile 25 to mile 35.

Here’s some pictures to help tell the story.



Our team: Lisa, Jennifer, Jeff, Kelly, and some ugly dude.



A picture of us at the beach.



A better picture.



What we do!



Taking a picture on this bridge seems to be what you do in GR if my Facebook feed is accurate. Bike jerseys >>> Prom
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