Hi All:
On my trip to Winnipeg MB from Windsor, ON I rose at 5:15 AM and crossed the Canada-US border at 6:00 AM. covered about 325 km before taking a break in a nice little diner in Roscommon MI. Then I crossed the Mackinac Bridge into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (always called “da UP” hereabouts) on schedule at about 11:30 AM and turned west on US-2 (note the bridge in the background)
That was before I discovered that the Hwy 2 is closed due to construction just west of the scenic lookout point where I took the photo). Sooo...a little detour, and I was back on the road. The road across the UP is mostly a 2-lamer and the terrain rolling and heavily forested but there isn’t too much traffic and so passing slower vehicles is easy.
I have certainly discovered one thing so far: riding in MI north of Saginaw may be a bit boring, but boy, do people go fast! I was “
keepin’ up with the Jones” and that ST saw speeds that she’s never seen before - at least not with me.
I had hoped to get past Duluth, Minnesota tonight - but only made it to Superior, Wisconsin before the rain started and spoiled my fun so I jumped into a nice clean hotel and had a good dinner in a bar nearby. Superior is only half a dozen miles from Duluth so its OK.
Tomorrow is supposed to be dry - so all good. This is my first really long distance solo bike trip since I gave up riding in 1990 so I guess 1200.9 km isn’t bad for the first day.
Cheers,
Pete