A Reboot: Announcing The G Drive

Hello Friends - Thank you for your support this past year, as I documented my road trips up and down Michigan's state trunk lines. It has been a real thrill to share our exploits with you.

It turns out that the first chapter of the adventure was a warm up, a dry run.

We are re-booting the whole concept. It's going to be Michigan By the Numbers 2.0. We are going back to the drawing board . . . back to the beginning. We're making a return to Woodward, Gratiot, Grand River, Davison, the Lodge, and then to Grand Rapids, Bay City, Saginaw, Roscommon!!

Except that, this time, we are going to document it by way of a video blog, or vlog. We have put together a team that includes a video producer and an expanding cast of travel companions.

We will launch this soon . . . and will be taking on some of the back roads encounter along the way.

And what a great variety of people, and sites we will see . . . except this time, we will actually see them!

Stay tuned . . .

View our first video episode here.

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