From Millecoquins to St. Ignace

When people saw my Lower Peninsula tours, they would ask when are you going to do the Upper Peninsula?  In the gallery area you will find some photos from the Great Lakes Relaxed  tour done by Adventure Cycling.  I decided today that instead of heading home one I get to the Mackinaw Bridge I will head east and trace the UP!  I have to do something during the winter riding season.  Please continue with my tour.

From the St. Ignace State Park looking south toward the Lower Peninsula.

What a beautiful setting to camp. A train track was just behind where I was standing and I awoke two times during the night by the train.

It was a day of on and off rain. I decided to just put the rain gear on. That is a shower cap from the motel on my head. I now have a nice waterproof cap from Sealskinz.

Some times there are interesting sights that I later wished that I had stopped.

I later researched Castle Rock, which is also know as "Pontiac's Lookout" by the Ojibwa Tribe. The rock is 195 feet above the water and provides a view of up to 20 miles. From here you will see Mackinac Island, Lake Huron and St. Ignace.  Pontiac is a well known Odawa war chief from the mid 1700s who lead the Native Americans against the British. He moved throughout the Great Lakes Region.  

Now further east on the Lake Huron side.