The Biker Blog

One of the greatest roads ro ride, especially in the Fall, is the Great River Road. The portion I reccommend is the 80 mile strectch from La Crosse, WI to Guttenberg, IA.

1. Head south from La Crosse on HWY 35 (Great River Road)

2. The ride is right along the river with AMAZING views and lots of sweeping turns

3. Prairie Du Chien is a great place to stop for a bite and strecth your legs with a stroll through Cabela's.

4. From Prairie Du Chien head West across the river on HWY 18

5. Here's the important part: right after you cross the bridge, make sure you take a left on 1st St. and then take a right on HWY 76 which is the Great River Road.

6. Stay on Great River Road until you get to HWY 52. head south into Guttenberg. There are great bluffs and awesome views of the Mississippi River in the Guttenberg area.

If you've got a ride you'd like to share, send it to me and I'll post it here. jason.hillery@wozz.com

Day 3: It's off to ride the ferry in Muskegon

We originally wanted to ride the ferry out of Ludington, but it was a 4-hour ride, versus the 2-hour speed ferry in Muskegon.

There are some cool shops and sights to see along this leg. We stopped in Ludington for some food and headed south to Muskegon. They had their big bike week going on, which always a good time:

http://www.muskegonbiketime.com/

The ferry was an interesting ride. Since it stormed for the last 2 days of our ride, we had 10-foot swells on the Lake. I spent the entire 2 hours tossing my cookies over the side. Money well spent :)

Grab a 3-day weekend and take the ride... rain or shine, it was a GREAT ride. That's why Harley makes rain gear. Here we are... biker trash:

Share your ride with me, and I'll post it here.

jason.hillery@wozz.com

Day 2: It's off to Traverse City

After Mackinaw City, head southwest and stop in Cross Village... and when you do, make sure you're hungry because a stop at the Legs Inn is must.. http://www.legsinn.com/

After lunch, and some AMAZING scenery, it's kickstands up for the second leg.

You'll want to make a run through the Tunnel Of Trees. It was hands-down, the best part of the entire ride. It's about 20 miles of nothing but tight turns through a maze of forest, and it's right along the shore. Here's a pic:

Here's a link with details about the road and a map: http://www.nwm.org/m119.asp

There are some alternate roads you can take to get to Traverse City. I recommend hopping on Google maps to find some backroads. We took the highway straight down because it poured rain from the time we got out of the Tunnel of Trees all the way back to Green Bay... 2 days later. We got soaked.

In Traverse City, we picked a hotel strategically... the one right next to Hooters :)

Thankfully, Traverse City had a cycle store so we could stock up on some new rain gear.

I'll post Day 3 next... in the meantime, if you have a great ride you'd like to share, send it to me and I'll post it here on your behalf.

jason.hillery@wozz.com