Day 12 - 55miles and a day to clean

Hung by the fire pit with Sue and Jim until 10:30 and slept well. Hearing the rumble of thunder I rose early 5:30am to avoid packing in the rain. Rode 10 miles into Ashland and had a good breakfast and banter with the patrons. From breakfast and a night around the fire- Ashland, Washburn and Bayfield have a lot going on in the summer and winter months. The cold temps freeze over the bay and sets up great for over 150 ice shacks, auto-racing on the ice and what seems really cool is an illuminarie lined x-country trail from Ashland to Bayfield (15 miles) across the ice. Also with the frozen bay, access to the lakeside caves are possible. After breakfast pedaled into Ironwood, MI! I stopped for a smoothie to celebrate my return to MI and discovered my rear tire has wore out! This seems way premature since I put it on just at the start of the trip. Alas the only bike store is not open on Sunday, so I decided to make the afternoon about cleaning the bike and stinky clothes. I'll hit the bike store in the morning and resume my travels tomorrow.

Jeff Reaves
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