Biking Across the U.S (hopefully)
Zeeland - Muskegon/Milwaukee - Lapham Peak 77
Had an early start on the mean streets of Zeeland, so I made sure to put on my flashing red backlight to cut through the morning darkness. The little red light totally protects me from all the cars. Had to bust it a little to get up to Muskegon for a 10:15 ferry over to Milwaukee, which means leaving the eastern shores of Lake Michigan a day earlier than I'd thought (originally was going to take the Ludinton ferry). Some guy said the ferry goes 30 knots on open water... which means nothing to me. But, it felt fast, windy, and cold on the sun deck once it passed the ports' breakwaters. It as pretty incredible watching the port fade, and then a couple hours later, Milwaukee expanding in the forefront. Unfortunately the boat dumped me off 5ish miles south of downtown (so no downtown time), so I bummed around a recently revitalized industrial district on the outskirts of town before hitting the trail that will take me to Madison. Stopped in a local watering hole towards the end of the ride, and got to exchange education stories, podcast ideas, and travel plans with a middle school technology teacher. I feel a little like a cowboy walking into local establishments since my riding cleats click and scrap along the floor. Camped at the Kettle Morain Lapham Peak, which has a sweet old tower overlooking the WI countryside (you can see Milwaukee from it). Being so close to the 4th of July, and being on a peak, I got the pleasure of hearing rumbling and pops throughout the evening. It was kind of cool, but kind of annoying. I also may or may not have checked the bear population/distribution in Wisconsin before turning in.
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