Circling Lake Michigan

[RiderCoach Lar]

Last weekend, VFR Rider and I did an 1100 mile loop around Lake Michigan. I have to say, I was completely blown away by the ride, especially up through northern Michigan. It WAY exceeded my expectations and I would highly recommend it to anyone who's either been considering it or is looking for a good midwest ride. Some of the highlights were highway 22, north of Manistee, route 31 from Traverse City to Petoskey, and the "tunnel of trees" on route 119, north of Petoskey. For those of us in Chicago who see WAY too many flat straight roads and corn fileds, it was great to find such AWESOME riding so close to home.

A big THANKS to TCFJR1300 for showing us the incredible backroads of Traverse City (see photo below).

That's my, TCFJR1300 and VFR Rider's '03, '04 and '05 with a vineyard and the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay in the background.

 

[Murph]

Sounds great. In what town(s) did you spend your nights?

 

[RiderCoach Lar]

Stayed in Traverse City, MI, on Friday night and Menominee, MI, on Saturday night.

 

[mdisher]

That is a nice ride... Though you should have done it in 24hours

 

[radman]

Did a trip around Superior before I found out it qualified as a IBA intro. And this on a XS650. Tis a pretty trip though.

 

[cougar8000]

Larry, thank you for your invitation and sorry for declining it. Sounds like you had a blast. This year with another kid coming I am at the mercy of a moment.

You do have a route saved, correct?

 

[VFR Rider]

Here are a couple more pictures from the trip. Would have loved to take more but was too busy with riding the great roads.

 

[wheatonFJR]

That is a nice ride... Though you should have done it in 24hours

Nahhh...for me motorcycling is best done while smelling the roses and getting the most out of every moment. Though I have alot of respect and admiration for the IB guys, that's jes not for me.

Thanks for the ride report you guys...always fun to look over someone elses shoulder and see the ride they did.