8/28/2025. Thursday Gladstone MI to Manistique MI Stats: 46 miles AIS: 4:14. 10.9 mph Elev 583 ft It rained for several hours last night but we slept like babies and our tent stayed dry. We expected it to but it’s always a relief when you haven’t camped for a year and it does in factContinue reading “Day 4. Highway 2 all day”
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Day 3. Tailwind… rain to finish the day
8/27/2025. Wednesday Fox Park MI to Gladstone MI Stats: 39 miles AIS: 3:23. Speed: 11.4 mph. Elev. 282 ft. It was chilly again last night. I put off putting my socks on all night and my feet were cold. Finally about 5am I dug out my wool socks and slept great until 7am. We weren’tContinue reading “Day 3. Tailwind… rain to finish the day”
Day 2. Da U P
8/26/2025 Tuesday Peshtigo WI to Fox Park MI (north of Cedar River MI) Stats: 43 miles, AIS: 3:58 speed: 10.9mph. Elev. 288 ft. Started our ride about 9:15am. It takes us about 2 hours from waking up to departing camp. It was chilly last night… the low was 48’ F. But we have all theContinue reading “Day 2. Da U P”
Day 1. Fresh Start
Monday August 25, 2025 Saumico WI to Peshtigo WI Stats: 38 miles. AIS: 3:39 m, 10.5 mph, Elev: 236 ft. Have a nice relaxed breakfast at Erin & Ryan’s this morning. It was back to work Monday for them. Erin left really early so we said goodbye last night and Ryan was up and outContinue reading “Day 1. Fresh Start”
Arrival Day. Green Bay Packer Gameday
Saturday August 23, 2025 Long drive from Billings, MT to Green Bay, WI. Not including stops it’s a 15 hour drive. We left Billings at 10pm Thursday with goal of driving about 200 miles. It was 12:45pm when we parked at a Fish & Wildlife fishing access site on the Yellowstone River outside of FallonContinue reading “Arrival Day. Green Bay Packer Gameday”
Michigan and a couple of Great Lakes
Jim started planning this route for us last spring 2025. We like to travel the end of August and September. The crowds are gone (except Labor Day) so campsites are easier, traffic is lighter… all good for our mode of travel! We decided to start in Wisconsin near Green Bay where our former Billings friendsContinue reading “Michigan and a couple of Great Lakes”
Slainte
Slainte… the Gaelic word for “health” or wishing a person good health when sharing a beverage. Similar to “cheers”. The four of us had several slainte moments in the last 12 days. It certainly is a good thing to have the health (and wealth) to travel abroad or anywhere in the USA and explore byContinue reading “Slainte”
A ferry then Glasgow
Day 11 July 24, 2025 Stats: 19 miles, AIS: 1:37, Elev. 531 ft, Speed: 11.6 mph A 6:30 am start out of the hostel in Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay to the ferry terminal in Port Ellen. Our fastest 19 miles of the trip. The guys finally had a good nights sleep in their fullContinue reading “A ferry then Glasgow”
Pedals and Whisky
Day 10 July 23, 2025 Stats: 29 mi, AIS: 2:48 Elev. 1023 ft, Speed: 10.5 mph This is our last day to take our time… pedal and stop for pictures. Go wherever we want and not be in a hurry. Are we ever in a hurry? The first stop today was a tour of aContinue reading “Pedals and Whisky”
We saw the North Atlantic Ocean
Day 9 July 22, 2025 Stats: 19 miles, AIS: 2:05, Elev. 1092 ft, Speed: 8.8 mph Port Charlotte to Portnahaven to Port Charlotte loop. The hostel has a “wee” breakfast (continental) so we had that for breakfast. Then Jim and I had to move out of our nice single room to join the bunkhouses…men’s andContinue reading “We saw the North Atlantic Ocean”
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