Tom, how north will you come? Because I’m hoping it’s within driving distance of me! Come enjoy this underestimated place on some Riv Rides! Bring a fishing pole! Hurry up and get here before spring so you’re poised for these adventures.
Pam Murray is the big guns. You’ve met her - what can she not do? 🤩 We’ll invite her north, too. L ++++ "brought in the big guns: Pamela Murray." :)
I'm hesitant to say this out loud: Michigan is an underestimated place to live if you like to play outside. (cycling, hiking, sailing, camping, fishing, hunting, etc etc)
It has also produced some very fine writers who draw on its wonders.
Tom Atlanta (not for much longer; heading north)
On Friday, August 8, 2025 at 8:24:38 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote:
Say the word, Jay! We’ll plan a ride through Michigan and invite all our pals!
Yes, two trips with my son is wild, WILD, I tell you!
Today on the women’s ride I was telling Katie (the only other woman my age in the group) about wanting a riding partner for my adventures (these kids are leaving and I can’t count on THEM) and she said, “Let’s do a ride out east.” So as of now, we’re doing the GAP this fall! My bike life is suddenly so rich!!!! L Two bike trips with your son in one summer, that's like winning the lottery! Can't wait to read about this experience. I've always wanted to ride up that part of Michigan, looks remote and beautiful.
The first map, Ontario side, shows Orangeville, I'm 40 minutes south of there! One day I want to ride up to Tobermory, take the ferry to Manitoulin Island, and back. Maybe I'll keep going northwest before heading south through Michigan and back home. Would make for a nice retirement gift (years away!).
On Friday, August 8, 2025 at 12:57:05 PM UTC-4 Steven Sweedler wrote:
Leah, consider buying a Delorme Gazeteer for Michigan as a fallback in case your electronics falter. Carrying the relevant pages has no downside in terms of weight or bulk. Steven Sweedler
Plymouth, New Hampshire
![image0.png]() ![image1.png]() My first bike touring/camping adventure in July has ruined me for all else. When we got back, all I could think of was where I would go next. My son - the literal day we got home - headed for the airport and took off on a solo backpacking trip in the West. HIS tent has gotten plenty of use. Meanwhile, mine sat.
When he returned, I gave him a week to recover and now we’re pointing our bikes north and heading to the top of the Mitten (that’s the lower peninsula, in Michigan-speak) for a few days. We will dip our tires in Lake Michigan and then in Lake Huron, when we reach Mackinac Island. Two of the Great Lakes, in as many days.
I went back to Ride with GPS, determined to have a better experience planning my route. I was set on cycleways this time, as most of our former trip had us on busy roads that were loud and scary. I had all the same problems I’d had before. I’d lose where the cycleways went when looking for points of interest on the map. Trying to route to them would lose my actual cycling route and I’d be opening Google maps and trying to switch back and forth to see around the area. It was hopeless. I threw myself on top of the bed where my husband waited and wailed, “I’m too stupid to be a bike camper - I can’t even plan my trip!!!!”
The next day, I brought in the big guns: Pamela Murray. She has never turned down a Zoom call about bike topics, ever. She filled in the missing pieces I needed and now the clouds have lifted and I might not be too dumb to be a bike camper after all. The biggest “AHA!” was that I did not realize you can toggle maps on Ride with GPS. You can switch to a Google map view so you can see around you - food, restrooms, hotels, sites of interest… Once I could see THAT a lot of other things fell into place. The control points remain finicky, but I understand those, too. You can split the route, add your own points of interest…so many great perks and I finally see why everyone loves the program.
We are riding from Charlevoix on the Little Traverse Wheelway and catching the Northwestern Trail up to Mackinaw City. From there, we take the ferry to Mackinac Island. My son has never been, so he’ll get to see how quaint and lovely it is, plus we’ll ride the one and only car-free highway in the United States, which circles the island. We’ve got camping reservations at 2 campgrounds, so we’ll get to use our gear again. It will be a great send-off before I have to part with him at the start of the fall semester again.
L
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