My day off! Trained on and off most of the day. Rested most of day. Good night God Bless
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Got up around 6am and starting packing up. Packed and heading out of VFW by 6:45am. Stopped at Bob Evan's for breakfast. On the road by 8am. Decided to ride a bike trail. Sorry I did, was going to save me 5 miles but ended being a tougher route then expected. Small gravel trail some packed some not. With all my gear was only riding 6-7 miles per hour. Riding on this trail about 20 miles. Finally came to a state route so ended up taking it and rode a total of 42 miles today. That is the most ridden so far on this journey. Staying at another Michigan state campground. Spending 2 nights. I have ridden 3 days in a row. Head out Tuesday for Mackinaw City. Will have about a 50 mile ride. Worst case Pam can pick me up drive to Mackinaw City. She her Daughter Heather and my niece Maddee coming up to hang out a couple days. Love when a plan comes together. Tired so calling it a night. Good night God Bless
Today started a little early. Woke up around 5:30am. Looked at my weather map and said rain about 7am. Packed up my gear and started out. Couple miles down the road I stopped for a cup of coffee. Within a 1/2 hr thunder and lightning. Found a building being renovated with a good size overhang. Hung out the for about 1 hr. Storm passed headed out. I was warned of a couple rolling hills. Let me tell you it was more then a couple. Almost 20 miles of rolling hills. The last 13 miles was mostly downhill!! Got to the VFW in Alpeana and the place they first told me to camp would not be very secure and quiet. After sitting and talking with a couple members I was able to camp in there fenced in backyard! Larry the head guy here unlocked the back gate so k can leave in the morning and lock up when I leave. Chris the bartender and John and Jerry made sure Larry came back to unlock the gate. John and his wife Val bought pizza for us and John was my spo...
Left Tawas Michigan about 8:30 this morning. Great day to ride. Wind was at my back and 30 some miles to ride. Got to Harrisville around 12:30. Rode in to state park there. Talked with gentlemen at the counter about a campsite. He told me they were full and did not have anything for me. I told him I was on a bicycle and the state of Michigan if you were riding a bicycle they had to make room for me. He disagreed and sent me to the head ranger station. When I got there they were eager to find me a campsite. They set me up in a common area . Electric and water not far from where I'm at. I was very happy with the helping hand they extended to me. Got set up charging my phone looking out at the lake! What a great day! I am blessed to be riding. Thank God for kind people. Good night God Bless
Today was my day off. Slept in for me today till 7:30 am. Got up showered and headed into town around noon. Riding through town saw a barbershop so I stopped for a haircut and shave. They did a great job. After that stopped and had lunch. Sat at the water for awhile then back to motel and cleaned up my bike and tightened down my kickstand and front rim. Just rested the rest of the day. Heading out tomorrow 30 some mile ride. Looking to be around Harrisville Michigan. Slowly working my way to Mackinaw then to Leland. Arrive Mackinaw 30th. Arrive Leland around the 6th of August. Good night God Bless
Survived all the rain last night. Got up early and packed up. Headed out around 8am. Riding to Tawas Michigan. Just a little over 30 miles away. Riding to East City Park to camp. When I got to the park they tell me RV only. So I head up the road and find a small motel. Bambi Motel. Reasonably priced so spending 2 nights here. Have ridden 30 more miles a day for 3 days. I did have a headache last night. Woke feeling good. Slowly building up my stamina to ride more miles. Heading to Harrisville Michigan on Friday. Looking forward to continue to ride. Good night God Bless
Pam drove me out of town of Bay City. Said our good byes and I headed out. Looking to ride to Standish and try to stay at the VFW about 27 miles. When I got there they were closed and moved. So I decided to ride to the next town about 6 miles north was Omer. Stopped for lunch and after I came out the skies looked like rain. So there was a camp ground 1 1/2 miles away so I went there got my tent up and started raining, lightning and thunder. Perfect timing. I will spend the here and head to Tawas Michigan tomorrow. Dealing with a slight headache. As long as the rain holds off till the evening it will be perfect. Good night God Bless