This is where the one-way road takes a dive off the dune heading
east. It goes downhill without benefit of grading and has a
tight reducing-radius curve at the bottom. All sorts of warning
signs exist, but all for naught. Cars and bikes hit the ditch
every week. My brother and I did the trip on mountain bikes one
winter right after a fresh snowfall of two or three inches. We
went winging down that hill and couldn't slow down on the ice in
time. First and last time I've ever tripodded a bicycle through
a 180 degree curve. The only thing that kept me on the road was
the transition of the gravel and the road surface.
Brings new meaning to the term "wipe out". This mug was scared.
AG
--- ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The one down from Storm Hill Drive that goes down to the lake?
> Not
> from memory -- Google Earth. Haven't been there in a couple
> decades.
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 8/22/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Sort of quells any fleeting thoughts I may have about
> doing
> > > any motorized two wheeling.
> >
> > From my experience, the non-motorized two-wheeling isn't any
> > safer. An acquaintance of mine was killed when he
> face-planted
> > a tree at the bottom of a hill. His speed was estimated at
> 50
> > MPH when he launched off the curve and nailed a tree about
> 15
> > feet off the ground. Anybody who has done the loop road at
> > Sleeping Bear Dunes - Michigan knows exactly what hill/curve
> I'm
> > talking about.
> >
> > AG
>
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