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Ashland & Upper Michigan Motorcycle Trip (August 10 - 13, 2012) |
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August 10 Kevin and I had planned a trip to Ashland for a four day weekend and to meet up with his son and his girlfriend's family at their cottage along the Chequamegon Bay off of Lake Superior and then to head for Copper Harbor in MI before heading back home. We didn't leave until Friday morning around 7:30 because it rained the night before. It was a pretty cool morning with humidity and dew points a lot less than we had been experiencing, including winds out of the NE up to 20 mph so we opted for liners and warmer riding gear. Since we were heading out a day later than planned we took main / major highways to get to Ashland... Hwy 23 to Hwy 73 to Hwy 51. We stopped in Tomohawk to warm up and stretch... burr! I even put on a sweater it was that chilly. We kept going from there to Hurley where we stopped to stretch, warm up and grab some lunch. We ended up at The Bank Club Bar & Grill for lunch. From there we kept going into Ashland on Hwy 2 and checked into our hotel before meeting everyone at the Zompolas cottage. After Nancy & Nick Zompolas hosted dinner we joined them with taking their new puppy (Skila) down by the water. Pics below... |
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| August 11 Kevin and I met Miles at his girlfriend (Maria Zompolas') parents cottage for a mighty tasty breakfast before we all departed for our own adventures. Kevin and I took the bikes to Copper Falls where we walked some trails, enjoyed the spectacular scenery, wildlife and some ice-cream before heading back to the hotel. Pics below... | |||||
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| August 11 (later in the day) Kevin and I met Miles at his girlfriend (Maria Zompolas') parents again at their cottage for a dinner... awesome smoked trout, grilled trout, tortellini, etc. After dinner we were invited to join them via boat for a somewhat bird's eye view of the demolition of the Ore Dock. Maria decided to water ski part of the way since this might be her last chance before the end of the season to do so... brave and ambitious girl since it was getting dark, cool and I'm sure the water wasn't very warm. Pics below... | |||||
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| August 12 - 13 Kevin and I planned on heading to Copper Harbor MI today with hopes to make it back down to Antigo WI. We left around 8:30 a.m. from Ashland and took Hwy 2 through Hurley to Hwy 28 to Hwy 45 out of Bruce Crossing to Hwy 26 through Houghton MI to Hwy 41 the rest of the way to Copper Harbor. We passed through Copper Harbor to the very north tip of Hwy 41 and back into Copper Harbor where we stopped for some lunch at The Mariner North. From there we headed to for Brockway Mountain Drive through James Dorian Rooks Memorial Nature Sanctuary. From there we took Hwy 26 along Lake Superior back to Hwy 41 and to Houghton MI and Bruce Crossing where we took Hwy 45 all the way back into Wisconsin and to Antigo where we stopped to spend the night before heading home the next day. Pics from MI below... | |||||
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| Between the two of us we figured close to 1,000 miles this trip... and boy did we feel it by the time we arrived home... =) | |||||