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1911 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:55 am Mackinac Bridge is like a somewhat like a gateway at the end of this adventure. Shortly after crossing it we have no more big attractions ahead of us, just a little more than two days of getting home.

Grand Rapids you say..... Man you are lucky you didn't come straight down and get marooned in Owosso!! Kudos to the navigator!

Enjoyed all the trip report, wondrous and epic, pics of some familiar places I've been and will go back to. Awesome!!

Excellent ride report and the photos are outstanding.

Very nice - thank you for spending the time to take us along.

I've crossed the mighty Mac a few times and have managed to avoid having to do it in the rain (so far). The U.P. is less "epic views while riding / driving" and more a "stop and see the hidden jewels" type of ride.

Wayne

Epic and inspirational! I see myself re-reading this during cold winter nights. Thanks!

CraigRegs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:05 pm Epic and inspirational! I see myself re-reading this during cold winter nights. Thanks!

What Craig said. With a slice of pie of course.

Very nice…thank you.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:30 am Wow. THAT is a heckuva trip! Please send my regards to Marilee.

Thanks for the F105 tribute to my Uncle James. The NVA/Russians/Chinese didn't get him, but they got a lot of his buddies.

And no, that jacket is not close to being"griffed", but its on its way!

Thanks! She is following along know. Finally decided this internet stuff wasn't ALL the devil

raYzerman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:34 pm

1911 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:55 am Mackinac Bridge is like a somewhat like a gateway at the end of this adventure. Shortly after crossing it we have no more big attractions ahead of us, just a little more than two days of getting home.

Grand Rapids you say..... Man you are lucky you didn't come straight down and get marooned in Owosso!! Kudos to the navigator!

Enjoyed all the trip report, wondrous and epic, pics of some familiar places I've been and will go back to. Awesome!!

Thanks! Searched here for Owosso. Entertaining stuff!

fontanaman wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 6:38 pm Excellent ride report and the photos are outstanding.

CraigRegs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:05 pm Epic and inspirational! I see myself re-reading this during cold winter nights. Thanks!

Niehart wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 1:21 am

CraigRegs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:05 pm Epic and inspirational! I see myself re-reading this during cold winter nights. Thanks!

What Craig said. With a slice of pie of course.

LKLD wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:01 am Very nice…thank you.

Thanks Everyone!

extrememarine wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:03 pm
The U.P. is less "epic views while riding / driving" and more a "stop and see the hidden jewels" type of ride.

Wayne

Thanks. So we learned. And learned it the best way to learn it.

One man's hidden jewel may be his sidekick's "what took you so long!"

After fueling at a store someplace remote in norther Michigan I went in, without my phone, to get some ice. The place had a little grocery, hardware, auto parts, and a gun case. All the long guns in the case were polished blue and shiny wood. A pre 64 model 70 and at least three Browning lever guns caught my eye. I guess the owner kind of feels for Browning rimfires like I do for Marlin 39s. Checking out I tell him that it's good for me he doesn't have a case full of old Marlins. He says "funny you should mention old Marlins.........."

extrememarine wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:03 pm Very nice - thank you for spending the time to take us along.

I've crossed the mighty Mac a few times and have managed to avoid having to do it in the rain (so far). The U.P. is less "epic views while riding / driving" and more a "stop and see the hidden jewels" type of ride.

Wayne

Im envious of your crossing the Big Mac, I don't see a single construction barricade keeping you off the pavement and on the open steel grating peering on the waves 100feet below. Crossed in 79 and in 85, both times staring down through the grating with heights challenged hysteria clawing at the edges of my conciousnous. My fear of heights and falling has subsided somewhat after riding the Million Dollar Highway on my FJR, but it lingers in the recesses. You got to ride on pavement damnit!

I enjoyed this report immensely. The photos and food porn would have been more than enough. But I'm really appreciative that you took the time to share some feeling about the ride. I was right there with you and your lovely soft spoken better half.

It's getting long overdue for me to rustle up an adventure of my own. This report makes me kind of feel like riding.... and writing.

Well done, Duane. Indeed!!

Hppants wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:31 pm I enjoyed this report immensely. The photos and food porn would have been more than enough. But I'm really appreciative that you took the time to share some feeling about the ride. I was right there with you and your lovely soft spoken better half.

It's getting long overdue for me to rustle up an adventure of my own. This report makes me kind of feel like riding.... and writing.

Well done, Duane. Indeed!!

And when we ride....we write!