Two Days

We got back on our bikes on Sunday 10/2 and rode 50 from Sanford to Frankenmuth. The roads in Saginaw resembled the concrete jumbled aftermath of a bombed-out WWII village where someone had come along and poured lumpy asphalt overtop.  I've never ridden on anything so awful!  Dirt tracks have a lot to offer over those roads!

In Frankenmuth we had a motel on the outskirts of town.  We walked 3 miles roundtrip into town and did the tourist thing for a while (buying nothing) and then stopped at 'Slo Bones' BBQ on the way back to our motel.

Frankenmuth

Frankenmuth Shopping District

From Frankenmuth we rode 65 miles to Yale Michigan.  We had a reservation at the historic Yale Hotel for Monday night.  A whopping $37 for the night.  On the way, we had a couple of road construction delays.  One was a torn-up road near Otter Lake that we tried to circumvent to no avail.  Too torn-up and no way to skirt it. We ended-up riding down dirt roads to get around it and adding 4 miles to our journey.

Confident that we would get around the construction

Alas... no joy in finding a way around

We rode to Browning and on to Yale after the delay, but ran into yet another road construction area.  This one was manned by flaggers, so we made it through while slowing down and annoying the car drivers.  The weather looked threatening all day, but other than a heavy mist, it did not rain.

Once in Yale we checked into our hotel.  It is a 100 year old, barely maintained hotel.  The kind of place that we enjoy.  Peeling paint, missing fire extinguishers, chirping smoke alarms, questionable plumbing... the works.  

The Yale Hotel

We went up 7 flights of stairs to the 3rd floor

Our Room

This morning our host had to climb through the transom window above our door to open our room after we returned from breakfast because the key she gave us did not work.  Just an average day for her...   

Today (Tuesday) we ride to Marine City and into Canada.  We are over 2,600 miles into our trip.  Less than 1,400 to go. Not sure what connectivity we may have, but my cell phone will be in Flight mode to avoid the ridiculously inflated AT&T charges.  I will be relying on WIFI signals where I can get them.  With luck, we will be back in the country in New York by the weekend