Had to get the bike into a shop in
Ashland this morning because of a sticking brake arm - can't go with brakes dragging. We gave the bike a good check over,fixed a bunch of nagging problems and I finally got away at 2:00 this afternoon. Just East of
Ashland is the Bad River Native Band. They have a huge Casino and store the size of
Wal Mart there. This is the Bad River which looks quite like a tributary of the Amazon with jungle up to the banks.
After Bad River you are passing through historical Iron Mining country. Every few minutes an iron hauler truck passes on it's way to the docks in
Ashland. They just look like heavy duty dump trucks which have two extra axles which are lowered into place when the truck is loaded to take the weight of the Iron Ore(
taconite). They are in a hurry and don't look on bicyclist favorably.
On of my favorite rest stops is a rural cemetery. This one is built on a hill overlooking the Apostle Islands. Interesting to note that the majority of names are French while the rest are Scandinavian, many Finnish.
With the late start I had to hustle to get to Ironwood across the line into Michigan. Tonight I'm camped in a grove of beautiful big maple trees. Good day today with no rain or wind.
Had to get the bike into a shop in Ashland this morning because of a sticking brake arm - can't go with brakes dragging. We gave the bike a good check over,fixed a bunch of nagging problems and I finally got away at 2:00 this afternoon. Just East of Ashland is the Bad River Native Band. They have a huge Casino and store the size of Wal Mart there. This is the Bad River which looks quite like a tributary of the Amazon with jungle up to the banks. 
After Bad River you are passing through historical Iron Mining country. Every few minutes an iron hauler truck passes on it's way to the docks in Ashland. They just look like heavy duty dump trucks which have two extra axles which are lowered into place when the truck is loaded to take the weight of the Iron Ore(taconite). They are in a hurry and don't look on bicyclist favorably. 
On of my favorite rest stops is a rural cemetery. This one is built on a hill overlooking the Apostle Islands. Interesting to note that the majority of names are French while the rest are Scandinavian, many Finnish. 
With the late start I had to hustle to get to Ironwood across the line into Michigan. Tonight I'm camped in a grove of beautiful big maple trees. Good day today with no rain or wind. 
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