The Road to Escabana

July 4, 2025

Three things I enjoy more than riding on Highway 69 for 64 miles from Crystal Falls to Escabana: 1. Filing my taxes, 2. Getting a root canal, 3. Having a colonoscopy.

The road is literally 64 miles long, with almost nothing to see and nowhere to stop. And to compound things, it’s the 4th of July holiday and except for the one gas station in Hardwood everything was closed (not that there a lot of places to stop anyway). And if boring wasn’t enough, the shoulder and the middle line both had those darn rumble strips. Never fun to ride with the rumble strips and when the cars and trucks come flying up from behind and kindly move left to avoid me, the noise of those rumble strips is jarring.

The highlights of the ride on highway 69 were Felch, a little tiny town with a really, really nice athletic complex and a porta john, and crossing into the eastern time zone at the Delta county line.

Made it to my final destination of the day without incident. That’s always the plan and of course I love it when the plan works out. The alternative would not be fun.

Short post today, hopefully more fun stuff to share tomorrow.

Happy Fourth of July. Stay safe and no fires or lost fingers from shooting off fireworks.

I never saw the falls or even a sign for the falls in Crystal Falls but I did see the river on my way out of town.

The white line and the rumble strips I stared at for over 4 hours. Thought I’d share the excitement with you 😜

And just in case the white line isn’t your thing, here’s the broken yellow line that also went on for 64 miles.

Sign of the day. Finally made it out of central and into the eastern time zone.

Today's ride: 78 miles (126 km)
Total: 763 miles (1,228 km)

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