40 miles. Our last biking day in Michigan and a start to some much needed R and R

First of all, apologies to Yale, Michigan. Yesterday I called it the Bologna capital of the US but they aim higher and call themselves the Bologna capital of the WORLD! This weekend they are expecting over 20,000 visitors to the festival. It’s a small town with one motel (8 rooms) so I don’t know where they will put everybody!

As we rode out of town workmen were blocking off the streets and setting up large tents but we’ll miss it. It was an easy and short ride today, the first part on local roads and then 20 miles or so on the Wadhams to Avoca Trail. There the first part was crushed limestone and, since the path is multi use, was littered with a lot of horse manure we had to dodge and the path was washboard-ed so there was a bit of discomfort.

Fortunately, the paved part of the trail welcomed us and we rode in shade and quiet to Port Huron then turned south to Marine City with a nice tail wind.

The day after tomorrow we will be back in Marine City to take the ferry to Ontario for the ride around the north shore of Lake Erie and eventually to Niagara Falls and Buffalo. But today our friends picked us and our bikes up for a rest day and a half with them in Birmingham, MI.

Tomorrow we have a tour of the Affleck House in Bloomfield Hills as we try to see as many Wright houses as we can.