Osceola, WI to Haugen, WI; 67 miles, sunny, 5-10 mph S wind, 70-80’s Wisconsin is different from MN just across the river. The roads are much more rolling and as we left the St. Croix River behind, the land transitioned to a 50-50 mix of farms and forests. There was a nice stone dust trail, […]
Haugen, WI to Moose Lake, WI; 69 miles, sunny, 5-10 S wind, 70-80’s First a brief note about our improved social life. We have not seen anyone we know since leaving Seattle where we were hosted by Sally’s nephew Kurt and family the day before we started the ride. Last night we had dinner with […]
Moose Lake, WI to Mercer, WI; 72 miles, 10-15+ mph S, sunny, 70-80’s Today’s route combined state highways and county roads. The first 30 miles or so were on WI 77 through the Chequamegon National Forest. It was good riding with smooth pavement, nice rolling hills, little traffic, and a nice tail wind. There was […]
Mercer, WI to Conover, WI; 60 miles, sunny, 10+ winds NW, 70-80’s Today’s ride started out on a nice bike trail out of Mercer along US 51. It connected to the “Heart of Vilas Co. Bike Trail” except I didn’t right away. I missed the turn and rode on a trail that was the plausible […]
Conover, WI to the Michigamme River, MI; 63 miles, sunny, 10-15 mph N, and 50-70’s The weather was 10 degrees cooler today so great weather for biking. The route continued east on county roads until we crossed the Brule River and entered Michigan. But Wisconsin had one last surprise (no not one of those Wisconsin […]
Michigamme River, MI to Wells, MI; 73 miles, sunny, 10 mph SW, 50-70’s Today’s ride was back on a more major road, state road M-69. The first 15 miles were somewhat busy, especially with full and empty logging trucks. They thinned out once I passed the Louisiana Pacific pulp plant. However, at least one loaded […]
Wells. MI to Gulliver, MI; 78 miles, sunny 10-20 NW mostly tailwind, 60-70’s We became reacquainted with US 2 today. If you have been a consistent reader of the blog and have a good memory, you will remember that we rode US 2 in Montana for days. US 2 more or less parallels the Lake […]
Gulliver, MI to St. Ignace, MI; 68 miles, sunny, slight breeze SW, 50-70’s We were fortunate to have another beautiful day for riding. The route continued on US 2 to St. Ignace. This being a going -home-after -the -weekend day the traffic was even greater than yesterday. In St. Ignace it got backed up to […]
Mackinaw City, MI to Charlevoix, MI; 72 miles, rain in AM then clearing, 5-10 mph S, and 60-70’s Today we started down the eastern shoreline of Lake Michigan. There are large bays to circumnavigate so at times we were losing ground by going west. I had an early morning surprise encounter with a bear cub […]
Charlevoix, MI to Bingham, MI; 70 miles, sunny, 10-15 mph SW, 60-80’s The route today followed back roads when available with short stretches on US 31. US 31 is also known historically as the “Dixie Highway”, because it was developed in the early 20th century to connect the Midwest with the South. There was a […]