Traverse City - Sculpture In The Parkrise a little, and it was making for a pleasant ride. Since we were away from Lake Michigan, the temperature began to There were also many small lakes with campgrounds and fishing everywhere. Now we were passing through more small farms and cherry orchards. We passed the Interlochen Center For the Arts, where Jody spent a year back in her high school days. Just outside of Traverse City, we began to head more inland. We were looking forward to a full day of this, but as we continued south on US-31 the scenery began to change. The riding was wonderful! It was Sunday morning, no traffic, and the roads were clear and smooth with little hills and some curves. We've both been in Florida too long to deal with much in the line of cold weather. The weather was warming as we passed through these towns and the locals were in t-shirts and shorts, while the best I could do was to remove my jean jacket, and the best Jody could do was to switch from her leather jacket to her jean jacket. Evidently, in the winter there is a substantial amount of ski tourism, though I'm not sure how you ski without a lot of mountains nearby. Petroskey - Jody At Waterfall In The Parklocal wines. They are all situated on the shores of Lake Michigan and feature parks, boating, camping and all the summer leisure time activities. With names like Petoskey, Charlevoix, and Traverse City, these were the prettiest little lakefront towns with Traverse City being the largest resort town. Too confusing for me, but the towns were really pretty. In the first hour, we passed through a series of towns in what is somehow called Upper Michigan which actually means Upper Lower Michigan as opposed to the Upper Peninsula. Since our hotel was actually on the old US-31 it didn't take long to get on the right US-31S. Our plan was to follow US-31 all the way from Mackinaw City down to Saugatuck and ride the dunes. It was warmer this time, mid-60's, jean jacket weather for me but still leather jacket weather for Jody. After a quick hotel breakfast, we loaded up the bike and hit the road at about 8:00, about typical for us lately. Saugatuck Dune Ride - Rick & Jody In The BuggyThis morning we bid a sad goodby to the upper peninsula, though we technically left yesterday when we crossed the Mackinac Bridge, but we could still see it across the bay.
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