Back To The Great Lakes

[FJRMaineiac]

A few weeks ago, my long time riding partner and I ventured back to the Great Lakes. We had circumnavigated the 5 ponds back in 1997, but it had been a while. We had a more restrictive time schedule for this trip but we still wanted a 'goal' to shoot for, and that ended up being the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point in Michigan. It was a good trip overall, although we were plagued by really hot and humid weather to start and we followed a low pressure front and its rain all the way back. Still, it was great to get out and just enjoy the open road for a while again.

I put together a complete ride write up on my web site here: clicky

Here are a few photos (for those who would rather not take the time to read the words ):

 

[nik.hisham]

Great pics. Love the waterproof boots! Thanks for sharing.

 

[FJRMaineiac]

Yea, one of the silly goals of this trip was to walk into as many of the Great Lakes as possible. It would have been great to dip the front wheel of the motorcycles in each, but that can be problematic, so we opted for a stroll with the waterproof boots.

Happy to report that my 7 year old Oxtar boots (GoreTex lined, Sno-seal treated leather) are still waterproof. They were really tested on this trip, not just from walking in the lakes, but we rode through some pretty wet weather.