That sums up the day. I had planned to leave by 8:30 today to be sure I could get in before the expected afternoon showers in Superior. The only problem was that it was raining in Ashland in the morning. It was shortly after 9 before the rain stopped and I got underway.
My first stop was at the Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center, just a couple of miles outside Ashland. It's a large visitors center that almost borders on being a museum. There were many displays on all aspects of life in the Great Lakes region. Because of my weather concerns, I didn't stay nearly as long as I would have liked, but here is a sampling...
Steve & Sue, from yesterday, had mentioned how good this exhibit was. They were right.
We had read about the land sales in this area before. Basically, it was a land scam, as the ground was great for forests but not suited at all for farming.
About 15 miles into today's ride, I crossed paths with a bicycle event and crashed their SAG stop. The volunteers manning the stop joked that I was headed the wrong way and invited me to partake in the snacks. I thoroughly enjoyed their watermelon and venison sticks.
The long sleeves and jackets may give a hint of what the temperature was this morning. (Spoiler alert - it got a lot colder in the afternoon)
My last stop of the day was the Old Brule Heritage Society site. It had a small collection of buildings from the area, but none of them were open, some for obvious reasons.
Just before I reached Old Brule Heritage Society site a cold front moved in and the temperature really dropped. I was glad that I had packed my jacket - while it didn't make me comfortable, it did make the last 6 miles bearable.
And here I thought that the last couple of warm days meant that summer had arrived. Silly me.
Today's ride: 63 miles (101 km) Total: 3,279 miles (5,277 km)
