Day 34 - Terrace Bay to Petoskey Michigan in 405 miles. That makes 10,255 miles the guys have ridden since they left Indianapolis, Indiana.

Light rain fell overnight.  The guys had to suit up in the rain gear again.
If they never have to wear their rain suits ever again, that will be too soon.
 It was still raining when they left this morning.  It continued to rain for the next 2 hours, at times heavily.
 Lake Superior also made sure that there was ample fog to contend with.

Mike, Fred and David at the morning fuel stop.  Everyone had to change into dry gloves before they left.

And there's Fred, hamming it up for the camera!  

You know they're still having fun when Fred's smiling in the rain.

Joe at the Lake Superior overlook.

Fred lost his smile, there's some serious snacking going on.

Mike and Fred at the lunch stop.

Lunch at The Cookhouse.  These guys must be really hungry after fighting the rain all morning.

Fred, Mike and David going over the Canada/USA bridge.

Entering customs.  They were glad to see the guys this time!
The five adventurers were glad to see the United States of America again!

Sault Ste Marie!

Joe, Mike, Daivd, Ron and Fred at the rest area just inside the United States in Michigan.

Check out the smiles on those faces!

The Mackinac Bridge and more construction to deal with.  They said it was really windy on the bridge.

They have now reached Petoskey, Michigan where they will be staying for the night.

Stafford's Perry Hotel, they take the Christmas lights down after the holiday.

Checking into the Perry Hotel.

Mike took over the duty of emailing the images of the daily rides since Stu's absence.
He did a mighty fine job too.

David has perfected his ironing skills and will be helping out with the laundry when he gets home.

You can't visit Petoskey without contacting these two.  

Lynn and Jan came to visit the guys and have dinner with them.
Thank you so much for making time to hang out with the five adventurers.

This is definitely on the list of highlights of the trip!

Fred, Ron, Lynn, Jan, Mike, Joe, David at the Noggin Room in the Perry Hotel having dinner.  

They also shared stories and had some laughs, but that goes without saying.  Well, I said it anyway.

Day 33 - Whiteshell to Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada in 479 miles. The five have ridden a total of 9,850 miles since departing from Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ron is outside and stowing his gear, preparing for today's ride.

When he went outside he found these two Deer snooping around the parking lot.  

Word in the herd is that the Deer Whisperer is in town.  They were looking for Fred.

As the group departed the sky was gray and gloomy.

The group crossed into the province of Ontario fairly early in the morning.  Mike documents their arrival.

There is nothing noteworthy about the little bird sitting on the side of the road!  

This is just a picture of the gloomy morning.

Ron and Fred hanging out with the gigantic inuksuk at Vermilion Bay, Ontario.

The fellas had stopped here for a morning break and a cup of java.

The inuksuk is a stone statue and translates into, "something which acts for or performs the function of a person."  These symbols were constructed by the indigenous peoples from  the Arctic Regions, like the Yupiks or Inuits.  They were usually constructed upright and had the appearance of a cross like symbol yet they were built before European missionaries had come to their regions.  The inuksuk may have been built as navigation tools, travel point markers or food cache markers.  They were generally very large which suggests community efforts were required in their construction.

Using this fish to illustrate his point, Mike talks about the size of the one that got away.

The guys spotted this cow Moose after leaving Vermilion Bay's inuksuk.

This semi trailer pulling this pup was stacked full of freshly cut timber.  The guys surmised that this load was heading to the pulp wood mill.  There seems to be lots of logging in the area.  This was a common sight.

Lake Superior

Lake Superior ahead.

Welcome to Terrace Bay.  This is where the guys will be spending the night.  

As they entered the town of Terrace Bay they saw signs advertising the Aguasabon River Gorge.  

The detoured off of their original route by a couple of miles in order to see what this was all about.

They were so glad they stopped.  This was an awesome sight to see.

David's checking out the info about the falls.

Ron, Joe, Mike and Fred at the overlook of the Aguasabon Falls.

This was the lodging for the night.  The motel owners are either really early with the holiday decorating, or they were really late taking the lights down and just gave up worrying about it.  They do have some type of solar panels on the roof,so maybe we should cut them some slack about the lights.  

Although it was cool today it was nice riding weather.  The guys didn't get we today even though they were wearing rain suits in most of the pictures.  The roads were good with lots of gentle and rolling curves.  They were fun to ride.  More civilization is being seen as the days click by, which is okay.  The guys haven't seen very much of that in the past 10 days or so of being in the wilderness.

Day 32 - Regina, Saskatchewan to Whiteshell, Manitoba in 470 miles. Total mileage from Indianapolis, Indiana departure 9,371 miles ridden.

Joe's turn in the hot seat so to speak, it was his turn to lead this group of adventurers onward to Manitoba.  As the guys departed Regina it was cloudy, but dry, and in the mid 40's.

Go east young man, go east!

Today they saw endless fields of Rape plants.  

With all the Rape plants it's no wonder that grain storage facilities were plentiful for the viewing today.

There wasn't any remarkable scenery to take in, yet it was still a beautiful day.  The guys saw some cattle and lots of fields full of those bright yellow Rape plants.  Fields full of Potatoes are beginning to appear here and there, just to add some interest.

Manitoba!  See what a good job Joe did leading?  The five are there already.

Hmmm...where did the guys have lunch today?  Subway!  Eat fresh!  Good selection Joe.

There's Fred, always smiling.

That isn't the same train they saw yesterday.

So far Joe has done an outstanding job leading.  The other four let him continue.

Hi yourself, David.  Or, look one hand!

The town of Whiteshell, the guys spent the night here.

The Keystone Resort - motel, cabins, a pool and lottery ticket centre.  

What's up with the fancy spelling of center?

Shhhh....Fred is Deer whispering.  Be still grasshopper and know that I am.......

Mike's pointing out the room where he will be staying in the Keystone Resort.

The calculation on what day each man will arrive home has begun.  They will be getting home anywhere from Thursday to Sunday depending on where they each live.  Don't get barn sour now fellas.  Just be safe!







Fred, Joe, Ron, David and Mike having dinner at the Keystone Resort.