Day 28 - Mackinaw City to Alpena

A traveling day.  The cycling went well.  I stopped and visited a lighthouse along the route as it wound along the shore of Lake Huron. 

Enjoyed dinner at a restaurant in old towne Alpena - who knew?  I guess the guys enjoyed dinner as well.

Patty on the road

Notes from Tom:  We rode 97.5 miles today, much of it along the shore of Lake Huron, our third Great Lake.  Before we get to Portland, we'll have seen all five.  For the first time Jerry and I saw turkeys, other than the two riding bikes on this trip (Patty saw some quite a while back).  This was one of the best roads we've ridden--good shoulder, smooth pavement, little wind, and few hills.  If boring can be good, this was the day.

Notes from Jerry:  We stopped to see an old lighthouse outside of Rogers City that was very interesting and even more interesting to me was the fish cleaning station attached to the back of the public restrooms in the Rogers City Marina/ Public Park.  Inside there must have been 6 fisherman busy cleaning their catch.  The fish were very large, 3 feet long on average and were Coho Salmon, Sockeye Salmon,  King Salmon, Walleye, Steelhead, Brown Trout , you name it.  Unbelievable fish and bigger than what we catch in the Pacific Ocean!

Riding into Alpena was not so fun because we were tired and the city was very atypical compared to what we have experienced so far - endless development, before we got close to the real downtown.  We must have gone through 10 miles of "town" before we really came to the city and of course our motel was on the far side of downtown.  Ugh.