Day-52

It never rained last night. We headed down 210 for Duluth. Why would anyone head for Duluth? One word AeroStich!!!! We went to visit were our suits had come from. We got there just around noon time. We saw them putting suits together and they have a small show room. We were there for close to two hours. There was a other guy there. I should know his name but it escapes me right now. Maybe he'll ad it to the comments later., but I'll get back to that. So we looked at all the stuff that's in the catalog. I mentioned I needed to send in my suit when I get back there is a small place where the stitching came loose on the ballistics from my peg. No problem. one of the guys came out he was going to go on break and said it will take a little time. He needs to un-stitch the lining first, re-stitch the ballistic piece, and re-sew the lining back in. He came back which seemed to be just minutes and told me he replaced a the snap as-well. We looking around touching and playing with everything. I remembered one zipper pull was at and angle. No problem they took the jacket and it returned it with a new zipper slide. Now that's service. While we were there I called Hank, on the way we saw Hardware Hank. I forgot to tell him, but he was near the computer and had him log onto AeroStich web site and go to the outside web cam to see me with the bike and then to shipping and receiving to see Karen and then the both of us.

We left Duluth and headed over the bridge to Wisconsin. We saw Lake Superior and rode along it. We stopped in Ashland and had a bite. We crossed the rest of Wisconsin and the plan was to stop at the visitors Center get a map and find which route would be better for traveling and stopping for a campground. So we cross the boarder to Michigan and pull in the visitors center. It's 4:15 and a couple is walking towards us, and they say the visitor center is closed. We start talking and just like that the woman ask if we could go up to the grass to visit with us. We talked for a bit. I hit the bathroom and a guy came in and told us he just drove up from Macknac and said rout 2 was great and there campgrounds every 15-20 min. We told him we where looking for private, the Federal ones do not have showers. He said there where even KOAs.

So, Route 2 it is. We hit the split and you're in the National Forest and there isn't anything around. Well take a look at the pic with the deer. You can see the windscreen and how close the deer is. You can't hear the front tire groaning with the brakes near lock. We were doing 60 MPH. A few after that we come up on another bike, and two turkeys are in the road facing our direction, luckily they turned and ran off the road instead of trying to take flight in front of us. We pass the motorcycle and realize it's the guy we were talking with at AeroStich. We motioned we were pulling over. We talked and looked at maps. We ended up riding to Iron Mountain and it's close to 8 pm and going to be dark soon. We find a hotel for $40 with a pool and take a quick dip.

Starting Mileage: 110,517

Ending Mileage: 110868

351 for the day

Location Iron Mountain, MI