Heyyyy,, hi Andy!! What a pleasent surprise to see you posting!!
A short cut for you to get to Cedar Creek would be to get off at the Nunica Exit. When you get to the end of exit ramp turn right (north) - that will be Maple Island Road your turning onto.. You will instantly see a stop sign in Downtown Nunica - go thru that stop sign and stay on Maple Island Road.. Follow Maple Island north,, you will go thru a couple stop signs, keep going and you will come to a normal red/green/yellow light and that will be Apple Ave/M-46 that goes thru Muskegon.. Stay on Maple Island going North... You will go down a huge hill,, past some real sharp corners, past Maple Island Log homes on your left,, cross over the Muskegon River (I am telling you all this stuff as land marks so you know your not lost...) up another big hill with Apple orchards on your right hand side at the top... After you cross the river and go up the big hill you will go a couple miles and Ryerson Road will come out from the left side. Turn left (west) on Ryerson road - this is the road that the trail head is on - if you miss the trailhead you will end up in Twin Lake.. Anyway, following ryerson from Maple Island you will go down a hill and cross a paved road at the bottom - this will be Holton Ducklake road. Keep going west on ryerson past Holton Ducklake a couple miles and Ryerson makes a couple real sharp turns - you have to watch carefully on these turns as the trail head entrance is on your left hand side after a turn and on a small downhill.. The entrance is now paved and the trailhead is all new - if you havent been there in a while you wont even recognize it!!!
The directions I just gave you will cut off a lot of miles for you.. If you need gas on the way in your best bet is to turn left on Apple Ave (the only red/green/yellow lite on Maple Island road) - go about a mile into Muskegon on Apple and there will be a Marathon station...
Have fun out there and PLEASE give us a ride report when your done...
Real nice to hear from you Andy!!
Scott/Woodsy