Northern Michigan and almost home!

Sorry, we didn't blog for a few days...too tired!!
OK, got up and left Rhinelander and followed some beautiful scenic back roads through northeast Wisconsin to Iron Mountain, Michigan. The weather was great, the roads were curvy through forested hills and the bugs reappeared on our teeth.
We continued on Hwy US2 to the north-western shore of Lake Michigan and along the coastline to Manistique where there is a lovely boardwalk through the lake shore sand dunes.

The next day we traveled on the northern lake shore to St. Ignace.  This really is the most scenic part of the road around Lake Michigan.  From here we headed north on interstate 75 to Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.  After a 45 minute wait at the border lineup, crossed back into Canada.
Now remember that we have been in and out of the States and so the last US travel was really only 8 days....so Bev almost got us pulled over when she said we had been in the US for 8 days, inadvertently adding that they had traveled 11,000 km.  Fortunately the customs official did not question that two bikers could travel 11,000 km in 8 days!  Obviously he doesn't bike.
After clearing the border, we stopped for a picnic lunch in Roberta Bondar Park and watched the freighters go by.  The sea gull reminded Bev of how close she was to the shores of Lake Ontario. We then pressed on to Espanola for the night.