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Superior Ride

The plan was to take off from Chatham, MI and do a loop around Harvey, Marquette, Christmas, Autrain, Munising, Forest Lake and finally back to Chatham. The plan was to include the breathtaking scenery around Lake Superior, maybe stop for a snack in Christmas and stop in Munising to see my sister.

Started out great. The weather was sunny, in the 80's. By the time I was 30 miles out, the rain started. A good soaking rain. The temp quickly dropped to the 60's and the wind off the lake was a chill. By the time I really cooled off, it was 40 miles out and the entire loop 86 miles. What do you do? Keep going! The rain eventually died off, but a rock sliced the New tire(I purchased for SORT) and gave me a flat. This was just west of Autrain. I pulled off to change the tire and had to pee so bad I was gonna DIE! One of those great places where if you do, you are totally busted. The tire had to be patched from the inside and then a new tube put in. I figure that was about a 10 min stop. Lost my new valve stem adapter and the new screw/stem cap goofing off in the dirt changing this. Then there was really not much time to make a pit stop, so I did a bit of a climb to a scenic outlook to the bathrooms. Anyone familiar with the area knows the last scenic point as you come in to Munising on M-28. UGH!!! There was a time when that would certainly been walk material. Now is a seated climb; go hard work! After that, I was starving. In to Subway I went, finding 15 people in line. That place is always packed, and makes me wish I owned it. The sun was setting, so I left without eating and headed for Hardees (which was DEAD). From there on in it was uneventful back to Chatham.

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