Ride: Day 2 of the U.P. Trip

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