What blueberries look like in Michigan

Note to all Minnesotans who think they have to stoop down over ground hugging low bush blueberries in order to quell their desire for fresh blueberries, here's what blueberry bushes look like in southwest Michigan:

Guest Rider for scale.

At that exact location but on the other side of the pavement strip they have these purple flowers.

I have no idea.  Maybe someone else knows.

GRider for scale.

Shortly after that we had a loose dog incident.  He didn't really chase us, it was more like he wanted to run along with us.  As all bicyclists know but probably especially as known by someone who has run over a dog while riding a bicycle (that would be me), riding next to running dogs is fraught with peril.

Fortunately for me, the dog understood the voice of authority and responded appropriately to my forceful use of a one word command.  By dropping back but then deciding that he could run alongside the GRider.  We could hear his nails on the pavement and I turned my head to see him closing  in on the trail rider.  I delivered a forceful NO a second time and the dog dropped away.

Pretty benign encounter but proximity to running dogs while riding a bicycle is fraught with peril.

Here's one last thing that you never see in Minnesota.  The party store selling fuels with an attitude has a pump where they sell unleaded gasoline WITHOUT ETHANOL.

The price there today was $4.50 per gallon, the ethanol laced variety at the other pumps was going for about $3.50.  Probably ethanol free unleaded is not a HUGE seller given that the 40 percent price increase is going to offset your approximate 10 percent increase in miles per gallon that can reasonably be expected if your gasoline isn't cut with corn alcohol.

Just sayin'.