August 24, 2021
Day 138 - Port Austin to Harbor Beach
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Our day started with a visit to the bakery. Last night's motel was lacking in several ways, including offering breakfast. Kerry didn't mind much as it was a good excuse to have doughnuts for breakfast. While we were sitting outside enjoying our food, a couple from Port Huron stopped to talk. We found out that James and Daniela had moved to Michigan from Coral Gables, FL It seemed backwards to move from warm to cold, but they said they have been moving north their entire marriage - Brazil to Venezuela to Florida to Michigan. Daniela, who is Brazilian, said Michigan was as far north as she was going!
We did more cruising around the Thumb today. (I have noticed that the locals capitalize "Thumb".) It was a good ride from Port Austin to Harbor Beach. We are getting spoiled by the wonderful very low traffic roads.
Just east of Port Austin is the area known as Pointe Aux Barques. There is a lighthouse there open to the public. When we arrived we found out that it was closed today due to lack of volunteers to staff it. This volunteer was there to monitor some work being done in one of the buildings. He was nice enough to spend some time with us, but couldn't take us up in the lighthouse.
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Past Pointe aux Barques, we turned south, riding down the east side of the Thumb. We were done with tourist towns for awhile.
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The only convenience store on today's route was in Port Hope. We were glad to see a table and chairs to "set a spell". Sadly, there was no Diet Coke, only Diet Pepsi, so that had to do. I know many people who tell me they can't really tell the difference, but we can and we usually drink something other than diet cola when Pepsi is our only option. Sometimes, though, we really need that cola fix!
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There was another lighthouse at Harbor Beach which was open to the public. We rode out and found out that the lighthouse was across the harbor and could only be visited by boat. We decided not to check out whether any tours were available and rode on to our motel.
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We're staying at another small, old motel tonight. It's OK - a bit cleaner than last night's, but still with no desk or chair and no closet or place to unpack. We're ready for a clean, modern, spacious hotel room.
Today's ride: 31 miles (50 km)
Total: 5,198 miles (8,365 km)
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