Made it!
It was a scorcher today. I was on the road at 6:30 AM to beat the heat. I stopped for breakfast at 10:30, after getting in 47 miles. After eating, it was brutally hot. I rode 21 more miles, taking it easy with shade breaks.
There was no messing around today. I took the highway with the direct route and the rumble strips on the shoulder most of the way (Michigan 95). It looks like this, mile after mile:
Sometimes there is a giant sawmill.
At least there was no traffic to speak of because it's Sunday Morning.
Once it started getting warmer, I did 11 miles on a country road that ran sort of parallel to M95. My though was there would me more shade and that would be offset the rougher pavement and extra hills. I didn't take into account that when you are riding up a hill in the shade, the biting black flies come. Luckily I have bug spray.
Lunch was at the Summer Place in Republic, MI. I had French toast and polish sausages on the side.
For I think the third day in a row I had to ride over 40 miles to find a place to eat.
I got in about 10 minutes earlier than expected. My sister Amy was (of course) out on the lake fishing. She came in, with her son Nate carrying a stringer of huge fish (Northern Pike, Walleye, Bass). My dad started stroping his filleting knife, and an hour later, it was tasty delicious time.
I didn't remember to take a picture until we had eaten most of the fish.
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