Last night Colleen G drove up to take Ken C and myself out
to supper. We went out to a very nice
restaurant. We had a great visit and
caught up on all the stuff which has happened since last February when I left
Trilogy. It was a lot of fun hearing all the gossip. It was also very nice to
have a meal away from the group where you didn’t have to stand in line to be
feed.
Today was billed as the longest short day on the tour. The ride itself was only 40 miles however it
takes 12 hours to get in. I left camp in
Plymouth at 7:00 Am and headed towards Manitowoc.
The route was down a lot of very nice quiet back roads with
absolutely perfect weather. At times
there was even a hint of a tail wind.
Ken C and I rode along together and were not in any real hurray as the
ride was only 40 miles. At about the 25
mile mark we got our first view of Lake Michigan. The lake is so large that you cannot see the
opposite shore. When you got an off
shore breeze it was about 10 degrees cooler.
We rolled into Manitowoc and continued on down to Kathy’s
house. She was a Cycle America staffer many years ago and now hosts the group
for picnic when they come to town. Kathy
had a huge feast laid out for us and the hungry cyclists fell upon it like a
cloud of locusts. From Kathy’s house it
was only a mile down to the ferry which runs from Manitowoc to Ludington.
The ferry is called the Badger and it crosses Lake
Michigan. This ferry was launched in
1953 and burns coal. The Badger is 410
feet long so it is only a few feet shorter than a World War II aircraft
carrier. By today’s standards it is
small and slow. It takes 4 hours on a
good day to cross the lake. I found a
good place to sit and work on my pictures
After the ferry docked it was only a couple of miles down to
the school in Ludington where we are staying.
There was a time change on this side of the lake so I lost an hour. This meant that when I rolled into camp it
was 7:00 PM. It took me 12 hr to reach
camp on a 40 mile ride. So I got my tent set up and went for supper with Ed
W. We had a real good visit over supper
and a couple of beers.
Tomorrow is a rest day so I will finish my pictures and get
my blog posted.
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