marquette, MI

 

Hi Everyone,

This morning we left Three Lakes at a chilly 48 degrees.  It later warmed
 up and we had a nice sunny day until we got to Marquette where clouds
 showed up but that seems to be the weather pattern here.  Clear skies 
early and clouds in the mid-afternoon.

Today we met an interesting local bicyclist at a gas station who told 
us of a bike trail along Lake Superior in Marquette and who told us of 
the best ways to get to the lower peninsula (main part of Michigan) and
 how to take the ferry to Mackinaw Island and then continue onto the
 main part of Michigan.  He also gave us advice on taking different
 roads than Adventure Cycling because he goes to that area quite
 often on his bike because his mother lives there.  When I first
 met him, I wasn't impressed with him because he was smoking a
 cigarette.  But as soon as he started talking about the route
 into Marquette, etc it was obvious that he knows the roads 
around here.

Marquette is a good size city in area and has a great park at
 the lake.  It is the most impressive city that I have been 
to on this trip.

So far most of Michigan has been trees. Every now then I see
 a farm but then it is back to trees.


The Statistics:  52.36 miles and 493 feet climbing 1402 
feet of downhill.


Steve and Ruth in Marquette, MI


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