Boring!

Lake Superior

We were undecided this morning if we were going to ride south to Manitowoc, Wisconsin to take a ferry across Lake Huron or if we were going to ride the long way around.   Al was talking to one of his friends, a biker buddy from Green Bay, he looked like the FRIDGE, from the Green Bay Packers!   A really nice black guy, with a raspy voice and an accent, he recommended the Highway 2 route.

 Of course we are still riding on the old faithful Highway #2, although a lot more cautiously than the day before. When I was blogging outside the office last night people were riding up in the dark looking for a room, they told us the cops were out in full force down the road from us because a woman was killed when a deer ran out in front of her bike.  Those deer can be deadly and we didn’t want to meet one this morning.  After a 1 ½ we stopped to eat and I called the ferry, it wasn’t open yet; they sailed at 2:30 each day and we would not make it.   We decided to not get the ferry!

The terrain reminds us both of the west coast, Ukey and the Tofino area; scrub bush, short trees and water.  The road travels thru Wisconsin and Michigan and is otherwise boring except for the different road kills; 2 fox, lots of racoons and some kind of muskrat!  The road is one straight stretch, a slight curve and then another straight stretch and another curve……anyone can ride here!  There seems to be more bikes than cars travelling this route.  The road is not right alongside of the lake, you only get glimpses of the lake until Dunne Shores, where we drove alongside the Lake Michigan for 10 miles.  It was a beautiful, sandy beach; we stopped and went to the water’s edge to touch the water!  I will probably never be back to see it again!  This must be a big fishing destination; all of the stores advertise BAIT; crawlers, leeches, worms and minnows! 

Why do bikers wave to each other – I hate it!  I want them to stop!!!  I do not wave to Toyotas when I drive my truck!!!

We are in St. Ignace which is just before the Mackinaw Bridge which is 5 miles long between Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, hopefully we can stop to take a picture!  If we stay on the interstate highway we could be at the falls tomorrow!

No martini tonight, there are no bars close to us and they don’t serve alcohol in the restaurants L

617/3881 kms

Lake Michigan



Lake Michigan