Spring 1997 - Cincinnati to Yukon
Journals - 4 May 1997
Day 34 - North of Ludington, MI
4 May 1997 (sunny; low 30s AM; 50-60 PM; mileage = 60.8) -- A - We woke up
after a thankfully uneventful Saturday night. It took us a while to get up.
My nose felt very cold and I didn't want to get out of the warm sleeping
bag. Once we did, we found frost on the fly. At least the sky was clear, so
we had hope of warmth before the day was out. It seemed we were making
frequent stops early on and my leg was hurting right from the start. Very
annoying! We happened upon a bike trail that served us very well. It's part
of the park system and since they can't charge for the motor vehicle
permit, they charge a trail permit fee! The trail was only about 24 miles
long. Of course, no one was out looking for passes, so we were fine. We
talked to an older man who has toured pretty extensively. He was
interesting. He didn't seem to think Michigan drivers were any worse than
anywhere else (he was born in Ohio, so shouldn't have been offended).
Although he also made a comment about not running into the 1% who are
idiots. Wow! Only 1% of people idiots? I think it's more like 95%! Oh well.
We got to see Lake Michigan again in Ludington once we finally got there.
Chris did a marvelous grocery run and we headed north to the forest to
camp. Ate dinner in a churchyard, got water from a woman gardening, had an
invitation to pitch our tent in a man's yard. Chris was asking "how far to
the forest?" We went for the forest. Asked some more people who told us to
take a little path down the street. We did and it's great! Lubed bike
chains, loctited the pedals, bathed, had hot chocolate, heard deer wheeze,
and are ready to brush teeth and go to sleep! Chris was writing to his mom
and used my cat envelope stationery -- he made the cats be catching animals
(birds, snake, etc.). Very funny and clever!
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