54.4 miles/ +702.5 ft/ Total miles 935.9
I’m not sure who had the inspiration to name these towns in the “thumb” of Michigan after colleges in the east, but here they are. Vassar looks nice and there’s even a movie theater:
I met a rider also going east-west — headed to San Francisco– in Brown City, and we rode together for the next 40 miles. Fantastic! He just graduated from college and started from Albany a couple of weeks ago. Luckily he’s already got a job, starting in September, and time for this big adventure over the summer.
Big storm predicted for tonight and tomorrow. I hope it’s not too bad. I am planning to ride 35 miles to Bay City.
Judy's Bike Ride 2017 
Great ride. If you get to north end of Wisconsin near Bayfiled there’s a ferry to the Apostle Islands – great national park with lots of wildlife. But is probably at least a day’s diversion. Also in North Minnesota east of International Falls, a little north of Virginia, Minnesota (?) there’s a Neutrino sensing/receiving site – watch out for stray neutrinos. Wishing you good travelling.
Red
Hi Red,
These are good suggestions. I can definitely watch out for stray neutrinos!
My route across Wisconsin is quite a bit south of Bayfield. The closest point to my route would mean 50+ miles each way to Bayfield. If you’re driving a car, that doesn’t sound like much, but on a bike, that’s a day each way, just to get there and back. Unfortunately I am missing out on seeing many interesting places – even some of the ones right on my route – in order to cover miles every day. Luckily the ride itself is interesting and different every day – very different from the experience when traveling by car. Judy
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