Once you have left the highway, the views along Fruitvale Road are lovely. At this time of the year, the farmers are managing to get their second and third cuttings of hay. Fruitvale Road is a straight shot, about five miles of wonderful farmland with pastures of sunflowers and fields of wheat, soybeans and alfalfa. The road gently decends on its path to the west through rolling hills past barns and horses, past sweeping fields of corn.
Fruitvale Road ends at a cul de sac. Pepper's Trail officially begins at the sign for North Grey Dunes. This is the place. This is where you begin your journey into a beautiful wooded dunescape, winding your way through the woods looking for the first glimpse of Lake Michigan.
About a hundred yards past the association sign you will encounter the gate. The gate is designed to keep people out who oftentimes get themselves into trouble once they realize that they have become lost in the woods and are unable to extricate themselves. The gate code changes every fall just before hunting season. This will keep hunters out who have discovered the code during the year but find themselves unable to pass through once hunting season begins.
If you have the gate code you will be permitted to enter. Once you are in you will see the marquee of cottages. Continue on your way along Pepper's Trail and you will soon find yourself on your way to Lot 7, Lost Lake Estates.
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