Lake Superior road trip

Quoted message said:

Hi- new to the group. I apologize if this has been covered before but
I haven't seen anything recent. I'm planning on riding Lake Superior
in the summer of '07. I haven't done a long distance like this before,
my longest has been 325 miles over 5 days (MS TRAM ride). I'm a
teacher with summers off so time isn't a problem. I was thinking
somewhere between 20-25 days. I would welcome any advice on just about
anything, camping or hotels; trailer or not; miles per day; food,
whatever. I've got lots of time to plan. Thanks in advance.

Here's a link to some more links:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/journal/page/?page_id=15955

I've got the Circle Tour map of Lake Superior right up on the wall of
my cubical here. It's about 2080 km, so I figure abour 21 riding days
(parts are quite hilly) for planning purposes, and about 1 rest day per
week, so 23-25 days sounds right.

Like you, I've never done more than about 7 days, and have averaged
close to 130 km per day on every tour so far - closer to 100 per day in
Cape Breton (very hilly indeed).

Unlike you, I'm not a teacher, so haven't done Superior yet.

Good luck! You should consider putting a journal up on
CrazyGuyOnaBike.com - there's lots of helpful folks there, and you can
email updates in so your friends and family can 'follow along.'

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Quoted message said:

Hi- new to the group. I apologize if this has been covered before but
I haven't seen anything recent. I'm planning on riding Lake Superior
in the summer of '07.

You also might want to post to rec.bicycles.rides, which is where the
touring folks hang out.

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I biked around Lake Superior in 2000, and will try to find my trip report
and re-post it. The challenging part, of course, is in Ontario, where the
hills are bigger and more frequent and the towns fewer and further between.

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Quoted message said:

Hi- new to the group. I apologize if this has been covered before but
I haven't seen anything recent. I'm planning on riding Lake Superior
in the summer of '07. I haven't done a long distance like this before,
my longest has been 325 miles over 5 days (MS TRAM ride). I'm a
teacher with summers off so time isn't a problem. I was thinking
somewhere between 20-25 days. I would welcome any advice on just about
anything, camping or hotels; trailer or not; miles per day; food,
whatever. I've got lots of time to plan. Thanks in advance.

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Quoted message said:

Hi- new to the group. I apologize if this has been covered before but
I haven't seen anything recent. I'm planning on riding Lake Superior
in the summer of '07. I haven't done a long distance like this before,
my longest has been 325 miles over 5 days (MS TRAM ride). I'm a
teacher with summers off so time isn't a problem. I was thinking
somewhere between 20-25 days. I would welcome any advice on just about
anything, camping or hotels; trailer or not; miles per day; food,
whatever. I've got lots of time to plan. Thanks in advance.

Here is the trip report from my Lake Superior Trip, FWIW

BIKE TRIP AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR

June 2000

Sunday, June 4, 2000

I'm riding my TREK 520 touring bike, with an extra tire and 2 extra tubes.
I have equipment to handle flats plus Allyn wrenches and a spoke wrench, and
a chain tool that I really didn't know how to use effectively. Serious bike
trouble will leave me looking for service.

For clothes, I have 2 changes of T-shirts, underwear and socks, 2 pairs of
Bermudas plus my riding shorts, one pair of long blue jeans, one
long-sleeved wool shirt, a rain jacket, and a pair of sandals, besides my
riding shoes. I have a 2-hour battery for my 10 watt light and a battery
charger, and my cell phone and a charger for it. I opted not to bring a
tent and sleeping bag as it means 8 extra pounds of baggage to carry.

Green Bay is my first day's goal (124 miles away) and with a 1:30 p.m.
start, due to family commitments, there's no time to lose. As a result, I
rode non-stop until my arrival there at 9:15 p.m. - using my headlight the
last half dozen or so miles. The 124 miles in one sitting is the second
best I've ever done.

In any event, my trip around Lake Superior started with 80 miles of riding
along or near the Lake Michigan shoreline, since I chose to bike all the way
from home rather than drive 300 miles to Lake Superior.

The temperature this day ranged from 51° to 61° F - decidedly cool for June.
The weather was cloudy with occasional very light rain the first 80 or so
miles, then a steady moderate rain the last 45 miles. I was drenched!
However, I had developed a good riding "equilibrium" - so I wasn't feeling
too cold in spite of the rain, cool weather and a moderate headwind. That
was an added reason not to stop en route, because if I did, I'd get cold and
have to redevelop a new "equilibrium".

The route was familiar - I've ridden a lot in eastern Wisconsin. But even
though it's familiar, the Lake Michigan shore is a nice scenic ride. The
superabundance of rainfall we've had this spring has made everything a
spectacular bright green to contrast with the blues and grays of the lake.

One reason Green Bay was the day's goal was to take advantage of the
hospitality of my wife's sister, Marge Massart and her husband Mark. And
what hospitality: a hot bath, bratwurst, hamburgers, her "special" Calico
beans, a rhubarb dessert, my wet clothes washed and dried, and good
conversation.

I had a delayed "reaction" to the strenuousness of the ride, shaking for
about 10 minutes after getting out of the hot bath tub.

I'm finishing this account around 11:45 p.m. and am finally "wound down"
enough to consider going to bed.

Mileage for day: 124

Winds: Net headwinds but not real serious.

Route: Oak Leaf trail, Lake Shore drive and nearby roads to Pt. Washington,
then LL to Sheboygan County, Sauk Trail to CTH V, CTH OK into Sheboygan; LS
to Manitowoc, CTH R to near Green Bay, miscellaneous streets through Green
Bay.

Monday, June 5, 2000

I left Green Bay just after 6:00 a.m. The rain had just stopped and the
roads were still wet. Temperature is 47° - winds moderate N to NE - meaning
I'll have a second straight day of head winds.

Before leaving, I oiled the chain and wiped off the sand from yesterday's
rain.

Route - Velp Avenue to Suamico, then B east one mile to J- J for about 32
miles until its end in southern Marinette County, M east about 4 miles into
the Town of Grover, miscellaneous country roads north and west to 64, 64
west to 141 and 141 north to Crivitz, where I stopped to eat around 10:30
a.m., after 65 miles of riding. Because of the country roads I used,
Crivitz is the first town I've hit since leaving Green Bay.

I rode Hwy. 141 the rest of the way to my parents' home outside Iron
Mountain, Michigan, which I reached around 2:30 p.m. after 115 miles of
riding. By the time I arrived, the temperature was up to 69° - the winds
were light but still headwinds. The weather was mostly sunny.

I went to Wal Mart and bought flowers, parsley and carrot seeds and finished
planting my parents' garden. Then we had pasties and other goodies for
supper. (Pasties are meat and potato pies that are popular in Michigan's
Upper Peninsula.) We also enjoyed some wine and company. My mother did my
laundry, so I'm 2 days out with no dirty clothes!

The countryside today started out as typical Wisconsin dairy country - hay
and alfalfa, corn and pasture - gradually morphing into the "North Woods" in
which I grew up. The forests are mostly poplar, pine and spruce. The
terrain is mostly rolling hills.

The biggest hill, though it's only a few hundred feet high - is outside
Wausaukee, about 30 miles from where I grew up. I climbed it once as a
child by bike and thought it must be the biggest hill ever. Its outsized
reputation in my mind was fixed on a snowy winter night many years ago when
my father worried whether the car would make it up. (It did.)

Mileage for day: 115

Mileage for trip: 239

Winds: Net headwind.

Tuesday, June 6, 2000

I left Iron Mountain around 4:25 a.m., and headed north 22 miles to Sagola
and then west on 69 to Crystal Falls to avoid construction on US 2. The
temperature starting out was a bracing 41° F, but it was in the 50s by the
time I reached Crystal Falls (about 6:50 a.m.) and peaked in the high 70s
before dropping off to the high 60s late in the day. There were few clouds
all day.

The most challenging hills (big by mid-west standards) were between Crystal
Falls and Iron River. There was a real steep hill (gear 2-2) coming up M-69
to the Crystal Falls Courthouse, and three long ones to the west, two of
which have "slow traffic" lanes.

The 30 miles from Iron River to Watersmeet are almost totally unpopulated -
a good bike ride to cure anyone who thinks the world is too crowded.

The winds were mostly light from the west - the third straight day I've had
net headwinds, none of them serious.

At Watersmeet (81 miles for day) I had a rude surprise. U.S. 2 was closed
for construction, and I had to detour north on 45 all the way to M-28. That
added 17 miles to my trip.

Once on M-28 though, the land flattened markedly. Also, there were a lot of
farms instead of just trees. I should say ex-farms, because I saw no cows
and no farmers working, not even any plowed fields. I suspect the farmers
couldn't compete with those further south and gave it up.

From M-28 at Bruce Crossing all the way to Ashland, there was a steady
migration of thousands upon thousands of caterpillars across the road. Why?
[I learned later that they were tent-worms.]

I had food in Iron River (53 miles for day) and Ironwood (153 miles for
day). In between I stopped every 20 miles or so for liquids. After
Ironwood, the wind died to almost nothing and I made my best speed of the
day - helped along by flatter roads, especially in Ashland County, WI, which
is also where I made my first contact with Lake Superior. Proceeding up the
Bayfield peninsula, I stopped for the day around 8:20 in Washburn.

203 Miles for day

154 in Michigan

18 in Iron County (Wisconsin)

22 in Ashland County

9 in Bayfield County

Net headwind

I found a nice little motel in Washburn for only $28.00 with tax, that had a
bathtub and a refrigerator. It was only ¼ mile or so to the IGA where I got
soda, coleslaw, fruit salad and seafood pasta. Then I called home and then
soaked in the bathtub.

Wednesday, June 7, 2000

I got started about 5:10 a.m. and rode 49 miles on WI Rte. 13 to Port Wing,
where this note is written, about 8:40. I'm having breakfast at what
appears to be the only café in Port Wing.

Around Bayfield there were real good views of the Apostle Islands (so named
because the first explorer to count them thought there were 12; many more
were counted later) and some big beautiful houses overlooking the lake and
islands. There were other periodic views of the lake, though the route was
often inland, cutting across the top of the Bayfield peninsula.

The day is cloudy and cool so far, maybe about 50°. There is no discernable
wind at all, which is fine.

I saw two working farms - one with dairy cows, one with beef cattle. All
the other farms appeared inactive.

There were a few caterpillars on the road, but nothing like yesterday. Deer
have been ubiquitous both yesterday and today.

More unusual, I saw a fox near Red Cliff. And most unusual of all, I saw a
black bear - the first I've ever seen while bike riding. He was on the road
about ¼ mile in front of me as I came down a hill. I yelled at him and he
ran into the words. Good thing, because I had no "Plan B"!

From Port Wing to Superior (45 miles) there are no other towns. The road
from Port Wing hugs the lake for about 9 miles, then turns inland. There
were miles of road construction, which left me riding on gravel, waiting for
trucks, breathing their dust and generally not doing too well. A light
north wind came up which was a little helpful.

In Superior the wind turned sharply NW and it started raining. I headed for
Duluth and have taken cover at a Burger King there. Before me is a
newspaper, promising 72°, "clouds and some sun" and a brisk SW wind.
(Great, since I'm about to head NE.)

Unfortunately in reality, it is 50°, with light rain and a brisk NW wind.
This is what they call "lake effect" weather conditions! Unpredictable and
changeable! It's about 1:15 p.m. and I have 100 miles for the day so far.
If the rain doesn't quit soon, I'll switch from my heavy shirt to raincoat.
But surely the predicted conditions must be just around the corner - NOT!

Going NE from Duluth, I hit two showers, one that lasted for 10 miles and
the other for 4 miles. The headwinds eventually diminished, but no tailwind
came up. And it stayed cold - no higher than 52°, more often in the upper
40's.

With cold wet feet, wet clothes and only fair riding conditions, I stopped
at 6:10 p.m. in Silver Bay, Minnesota - about 60 miles past Duluth. I found
a place with a nearby Laundromat and grocery, so I could clean most of today's
mess.

I heard from my fellow traveler, Francis Dantzman tonight. He started out
on May 31 and is just past Terrace Bay, Ontario - about 300 miles ahead of
me. He's twelve years older than me and doesn't do as much daily mileage as
I try to do, so he just started sooner and we agreed to stay in touch.

Mileage for day: 160

Wisconsin 98 (Bayfield 58; Douglas 40); Minnesota 62.

Mileage for trip: 602

Net wind: Perhaps neutral

Thursday, June 8, 2000

I left the motel in Silver Bay around 4:50 and rode 56 miles to Grand Marais
where I stopped for breakfast at 8:30. The weather had warmed during the
night and was 59° when I started. It's warmer now (maybe 70°) although
there are occasional cooler breezes off the lake. The sun is shining and
the lake is beautiful, reflecting the blue sky. The surrounding countryside
is hilly and some of the streams entering the lake have waterfalls nearby.
The wind is NW, which is slightly more favorable than not. (I'm headed
ENE.)

From Grand Marais, I rode the next 78 miles almost non-stop, to Thunder Bay,
Ontario, where I stopped at 2:30 CDT for a late lunch. I crossed the
Canadian border at noon, with 98 miles for the day to that point. My
Thunder Bay stop is 36 miles into Ontario. North of Grand Marais, the road
is frequently on the lakeshore. At Grand Portage, near the Canadian
boarder, there is a real long climb - the longest single hill of the trip so
far, then a descent to the border. The nearby hills are consistently high.
One of them goes to over 2,000 feet elevation - the highest point in
Minnesota. There were no farms and didn't look like there ever were - no
flat land plus a terrible growing climate.

In Ontario, the road veers away from the lake and ends up in a fairly broad
valley. The temperatures were warm there today. There were quite a few
farms there, unlike the wild country I covered in the MN arrowhead.

I left Thunder Bay at 3:15 and rode 74 miles almost non-stop, arriving in
Nipigon around 8:40 p.m. CDT. The skies had clouded up but gradually
cleared again. Winds were less favorable than earlier. The road was more
heavily traveled and with a narrow shoulder in some areas, it felt less
comfortable riding it.

Francis called at 9:30, as promised. He is in White River, about 170 miles
in front of me.

Mileage for day: 208. Minnesota 98; Ontario 110

Mileage for trip 810

Winds for day: Slight tailwind

Friday, June 9, 2000

I left about 5:15 a.m. and struggled 65 miles to Terrace Bay, where I ate,
then struggled another 49 miles to Marathon, where I ate again. I arrived
at those towns at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. respectively.

I use the term "struggled" advisedly, because the hills were constant. This
part of Canada has a lot of bluffs hundreds of feet high and other hills,
too. It doesn't have flat land, except for the valley I mentioned yesterday
near Thunder Bay, West of Nipigon, the road had largely avoided those
hills. To the east, it hits every one - or so it seems. I'm curious where
the railroad gets through this area and why the road can't go in the same
places. Besides the hills there's a rather brisk headwind, but the hills
have largely cancelled it out.

The country is wild. Woodcutting and paper mills are the economic
mainstays. The population is small. Terrace Bay was built by
Kimberly-Clark in the 1950s, as I recall. I grew up in a Kimberly-Clark
town in Wisconsin, and remember the publicity when they built both the mill
and the town in Terrace Bay. All the houses look alike. K-C was not very
imaginative.

No dramatic animal sightings today. The best I can do is a live porcupine.
Amazingly, I haven't seem any deer today.

After Marathon, the road flattened out, but then there was a significant
headwind to battle. I had all I could do to get to White River by dark,
where I got the last available room at one of the two motels - the one
across the road was already full. It would have been tough to have no rooms
available, as I had decided not to bring a tent or sleeping bag. The "last
room" was their Jacuzzi suite, which was nice and not too, too expensive
($C72.00 with tax).

On the last stretch, I saw two moose along the side of the road.

My cell phone was unusable in White River, so I didn't get to talk to
Francis. He called my wife in Milwaukee though, and is in Wawa - about
55-60 miles ahead.

173 miles for day

983 for trip

Saturday, June 10, 2000

I started about 5:50 CDT and rode 59 miles to a restaurant just south of
Wawa, where I had breakfast.

The weather is lousy - temperature probably in the 40s and a drizzle the
first 40 miles that left my feet wet and cold.

I wore my raincoat, to keep my long sleeved shirt in a plastic bag where it
could stay dry. I've put it on in the restaurant, as the rain has ended,
for now.

This whole area is on the boundary between hot air to the south (90° in
Milwaukee - I hear) and the cold air I've been in the last two days.

From Wawa, I rode 52 miles to the next available restaurant (!) arriving at
3:15 CDT (4:15 local time). The proprietor thought another bike rider was
here about 11:00 a.m. (5 hours ago?). If that's Francis, he started early
and made good time!

There's been only a few drops of rain since the last stop but it's still
cold and cloudy. One stretch near here had also violent winds, including a
blast between the rocks from the south that I had trouble riding against -
downhill! Most of the last stretch is a huge provincial park, which is
perhaps why there are no restaurants/stores for 52 miles.

There are serious hills but not as many as on the Nipigon-Marathon stretch
yesterday. The route occasionally views the lake though usually not.

After that stop, the last stretch of the day was one of my least pleasant
segments of riding ever.

It rained - harder and harder and harder and eventually in sheets. Then add
lightening. And finally visibility diminished. And there was no place to
seek refuge. I finally went into the woods for ½ an hour or so - though I
was wet and cold - "enjoying" some conversation (of a sort) with God.

Eventually I thought visibility was improved enough to resume riding, with
the closest place of refuge over 20 miles away. At least the winds were
mostly favorable. Plus the work of riding took off a bit of the chill. I
stopped at a motel in Pancake Bay, during a lull in the rain.

The motel has its pros and cons. The "pro" is a tile floor in part of the
room that my wet thing can drip on. The "con" is the lack of a shower.
There is no phone in the room but the owner kindly let me use her own phone.
She also provided a newspaper with church schedules for Masses in Sault Ste.
Marie tomorrow.

Once again, the cell phones didn't work here, but calls to my wife
established that Francis is at a motel just 4 miles ahead. I'll pick him up
in the a.m.

Mileage for day: 150

Mileage for trip: 1133

Net winds: tailwind - slight advantage

Sunday, June 11, 2000

I left the motel about 5:45 a.m. CDT and picked up Francis at the Hilltop
Hotel about 15 minutes later.

We rode 47 miles into Sault Ste. Marie (a/k/a the Soo), arriving half an
hour early for an 11:00 a.m. (EDT) Mass at a parish there. We had a short
stop for juice on the way. The temperatures never varied more than a couple
of degrees from 50 all day. There was occasional rain on the way to the
Soo, enough to get a little wet. There was one big hill this a.m., about 15
miles north of the Soo. Also we saw a bear crossing the road about a couple
miles before that.

After Mass, we stopped at a Burger King and stayed there long enough for the
drizzle to stop. then we crossed the bridge to the U.S., arriving after 51
miles of travel for the day, and after 485 miles of travel in Ontario.
Signs showing the distance to the Soo had started in Thunder Bay, and
announced it was 692 km.

In the U.S. Soo, we cleared customs, changed our currency, stopped for a
prescription for me for a likely bladder infection, and headed for Newberry,
MI, about 2:00 CDT, arriving there at about 7:00 p.m. I believe the bladder
infection was the indirect consequence of trying to wear "official" and too
tight riding shorts earlier in the trip. My experience may differ from
most, but I'm most comfortable in rather loose Bermudas.

After Canada, the mostly flat land in MI was a real relief. We stayed at a
Comfort Inn in Newberry that had a washer and dryer, so we were able to do
our laundry.

Unfortunately, while messing with that, the pizza place where we wanted to
eat had closed. So we ate at the nearby McDonalds'.

Mileage for day: 121

Mileage for trip: 1254

Winds: neutral

Monday, June 12, 2000

We started about 6:15 a.m. CDT and rode 22 miles to Seney, where we had some
breakfast. There was a grocery and the post office, inter alia, in the same
building, so I made a couple needed purchases and sent back my blue jeans,
battery charger for cell phone, riding shorts (too tight to be comfortable)
and miscellaneous maps and papers - in all I got rid of about 4 lbs. of
baggage.

At Seney, Francis headed south to take the shortest way back to Milwaukee
while I continued west, to ride up the Keweenaw Peninsula. The road to
Munising (57 miles for day) was remarkably flat, then from Munising to
Marquette (103 miles for day) the road followed the lake, with some ups and
downs but none serious. Also, the sun came out for this stretch so the lake
was mostly blue vs. the grays, greens and browns that predominated on the
cloudy days in Canada. The views of the lake, various bays and islands were
beautiful.

I had lunch in Marquette and headed west where the road turned inland again.
I rode for about 10 miles with one Scott Sevigny, who was commuting home
from Marquette to Ishpeming.

The first 60 miles out of Marquette were with a tailwind and I made good
time. The temperatures reached the upper 60s (from the upper 40s early in
the day). Then I turned north for the last 20 miles, lost my tailwind and
the weather cooled with a lake breeze - to about 50°.

I went through L'Anse and Baraga and another 5 miles, stopping at Keweenaw
Bay, where I had supper in a restaurant with a nice view of the Bay.

I've seen zero sailboats on Lake Superior - they are ubiquitous in lower
Lake Michigan at this time of year. In fact I've seen zero pleasure boats
at all - too cold I assume. Maybe the lake is too unruly, too.

Mileage for day: 179

Mileage for trip: 1433

Net tailwind

Tuesday, June 13, 2000

I started early, about 4:45 a.m., in time to see the sunrise over the lake,
although the exact moment was missed by virtue of an inland jog on the road.

I rode to Houghton, crossed the bridge to Hancock, rode to Calumet and
another 5 or 6 miles past that, including about a mile into Keweenaw County.
With that, I've now biked in all 15 counties of Michigan's Upper Penninsula.

Crossing the bridge into Hancock, I was greeted by a long hill, about 2
miles worth of climbing. A consolation prize of sorts was that, coming back
down later, I had the infrequent pleasure of exceeding the posted auto speed
limit (38 in a 30). (I wasn't stopped.)

Hancock is a center of Finnish influence, with Suomi College, and
Finnish/English street names. There are a lot of Finnish-sounding names on
mailboxes and businesses throughout the area. Houghton/Hancock is also
famous as the nation's snowfall capital in most winters, at least for areas
outside the high mountains.

The road to Calumet is slightly hilly. At Calumet, there is a "George Gipp
Recreation Area", and on inquiring, I learned that the original "Gipper" was
born and raised in nearby Laurium.

After retracing my route to Houghton and having breakfast there after 59
miles of riding for the day, I continued south on the west side of the
peninsula (Hwy. 26) - I had come north on the east side (Hwy. 41). Unlike
41, 26 is inland from the lake and much hillier, with one especially long
hill coming up from Houghton to South Range.

In the afternoon, a moderate south wind came up, so I battled a headwind
most of my last 100 miles of riding this day.

At 2:55 p.m., after 117 miles of riding for the day, I reached Bruce
Crossing, closing the circle of my ride around Lake Superior, having first
reached that point about 2 ½ hours more than a week previously. My circle
had covered 1211 miles.

I had lunch at Bruce Crossing and continued south another 46 miles to Eagle
River, Wisconsin, having reached the WI line 19 miles earlier. The road in
WI was markedly less hilly, even flat in areas.

Mileage for day: 163

Mileage for trip: 1606

Michigan: 144; Wisconsin: 19

Net headwind

Temperature range: 44° - 75°

Wednesday, June 14, 2000

I stayed in my motel room while a shower passed, and left about 6:15 a.m.
Other days, I'd have left in the rain, but its an easy two-day ride home
(should be, anyway) even if I take a couple delays.

There is a moderate to brisk headwind today, coming right out of the south.
My route is Hwy. 45, and it took until almost 11:00 a.m. to make Antigo, 59
miles out, for breakfast.

Just short of Wittenburg (23 more miles) I took cover from a shower at a
state roadside. From there it was on to Clintonville (112 miles for day),
where I waited out a third shower at a McDonalds.

These delays plus the headwinds made it impossible to reach Oshkosh, as I
hoped, so I went into Appleton to find a motel.

Tired today; flat to rolling hills. Scene gradually changing from forest to
farm. Everything was lush and green. Temperatures in the 60s all day.

Mileage for day: 147

Mileage for trip: 1753

Relentless headwind

Thursday, June 15, 2000

I left the motel a little after 5:30, and found a strong wind, slightly
south of west, which hindered my travel back to 45. Once there I had mostly
a crosswind.

I stopped in Oshkosh for a Danish roll and again in Fond du Lac for
breakfast. The road on this stretch was mostly flat, and the land almost
all farms, except for the cities themselves.

I then took Hwy. 175 from Fond du Lac through the oft-ridden familiar hills
of the Kettle Moraine. By then I was into the exhilaration of "coming on
in" and arrived home at 1:30 p.m., after 91 miles. Coming home from work
to greet me, my wife arrived at the nearest corner at exactly the same time
I did!

Temperatures: 50s - 60s

Wind: Neutral

Mileage for day: 91

Mileage for Trip: 1844

Ron Wallenfang said:

I biked around Lake Superior in 2000, and will try to find my trip report
and re-post it. The challenging part, of course, is in Ontario, where the
hills are bigger and more frequent and the towns fewer and further between.

And there's only one road, with lots of traffic. But, oh... the scenery!

--

John ([email hidden])

Thanks for the information Brian and to all you others that replied to
my post. You've all given me lots of good information to research and
digest. It's really giving me the itch, wishing I could go this summer
but my own education is getting in the way this year. Next year it's
definitely a go! My 50th birthday present to myself. Thanks again
all.

TR