Thursday, Michigan and a little bit of Wisconsin

Thursday, the 28th of June (McDonalds (free WiFi) in Marquette, MI).


To put the whole trip in perspective, check this out:

Beautiful crossing of the Strait of Mackinac on the big bridge.  I was there in time for breakfast at the Cunningham restaurant (my mother's maiden name).

Riding the north shore of Lk Michigan is gorgeous...lots of sand, not too hilly, fairly open and traffic-free road.  

I zinged up to Lk Superior's southern shore, just to include it and have continued west through the U.P. this way.

I think I rode the longest, straightest strip of highway ever put down.  It was US28 across the U.P.

Had a little episode with my helmet.  I had stopped long enough to do a a one-flat chain adjustment (you turn the adjustment bolt, one flat) which went very well.  Then I knocked the helmet off the mirror, which is not a great place to secure your helmet I now know.  It hit and I couldn't see any damage until I started to ride.  The retainer on the right-side, which holds the ratcheting visor mechanism and the flip-up piece had "unclipped" and needed a T20 Torx adjustment.

That's all back to gether with a minor scratch on the visor.  All is good.


I linked up with a Finnish-American guy named Fred who held a beautiful, indicated 110 km/hr and made it so easy to traverse the U.P.

We rode until Bruce's Crossing

and I'm going to invite him to see this blog.

I wasn't sure how far I'd get today...watching for fatigue and listening to my bum, in that regard.

A few stops, a few noshes, a few sips of water, a peruse or two of the maps and I'm all the way to Ashland, WI.  I just had the best whitefish dinner I think I've ever had (apologies to Mr. Howell out of Owen Sound...these are just bigger filets).

I baled on camping so that I could do some serious blogging...I needed a "place" with long-time internet...which is why you can read this and see these photos.

Tomorrow...Bemidji!  (and points west).