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My dream challenge
By mike | May 4, 2008
I’ve always wanted to ride cross-country. Realistically, I’m not sure that is in the cards until/unless I retire.
So, here’s my new goal: To ride the entire shoreline around the Michigan “Mitten,” starting on Lake Erie north of Toledo, up through and around Detroit, along Lake St. Clair and up the St. Clair River to Port Huron, on up the shoreline through and around the “Thumb,” around the “Tip of the Mitt” and back down along the lake Michigan shoreline to the Indiana border.
Figure that is about 1,000 miles? Maybe longer. Certainly is doable over a summer’s riding season, even if broken into segments by just weekend and vacation riding.
Suppose I could even add the Upper Peninsula, too. Making it a 2,000 mile trip. Unique. Fun. Challenging. Might even find other willing to go with me and plan.
Aren’t dreams and goals great?
Topics: Touring |
May 4th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Great and noble dream, Mike. I think if you added the mileage up, though, you’d find that doing the coasline of Michigan - all the way around the Great lakes - is actually farther than a coast to coast US ride. Sure sounds fun. I’d like to do it with you and I bet many others would, too. We just need a general to get things going!
May 10th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I have the same dream. I got back into riding just lately and my road bike is a Trek 520. Why? Because I have had the dream to ride across the US since I was 12 years old and at least now I have the bike for it! When I was in high school I bike toured a little bit but nothing very extreme. I plan on my first mini-tour since getting back into riding this fall.