Woke up to a nice Upper Peninsula morning. Breakfast was in the same restaurant as the fish fry last night. Breakfast Buffet for all.
After filling our bellies and a scripture reading, we headed out on Hwy 2, east towards the Mackinac Bridge. Hwy 2 is very scenic this morning running along the north shore of Lake Michigan. At our first gas stop Lloyd reported shifting problems related to the clutch. We discovered that his hydraulic reservoir was low. The cover stated DOT4 fluid was required but the gas station only had DOT3. Volunteers stepped forward to run into the next larger town to find the requested fluid but a fellow biker assured us the DOT3 would work fine. We went ahead and purchase the fluid and poured it in. Seems to have worked with no dire consequences. While waiting for the repairs some of us got some education from a local man on smoking fish. They had a very large smoker going at the station. Fish in the structure were White and Salmon.
Our next stop was the bridge viewing park in St. Ignace. This park is on the shore of Lake Michigan and provides an excellent view of the wonder which is the Mackinac Bridge:
As we pulled into the parking lot of the park a couple in a Corvette pulled in behind us. We began a conversation with them and they turned out to be a delightful couple who agreed to take a group picture of us. They also waited for us to make our way out of the park and through the toll booth and took our picture while traveling over the bridge. They then emailed those pictures to us. You meet the nicest people on motorcycles (and in 'vettes)!
We crossed the huge bridge without incident inspite of the fact that road construction on the bridge pushed us all over to the metal grate portion of the bridge. Grates and motorcycle tires don't mix very well.
After getting to the "mainland" of Michigan we headed to the west end and traveled along the east shore of the big lake. While there we happened across a very nice road called State 119, a portion of which is co-named the "Tunnel of Trees Scenic Heritage Route". Though it was a relatively busy and narrow highway it was very twisty and scenic. Driving through the canopy of trees was very enjoyable and is the reason for it's name.
State 119 ended at a nice tourist town called Harbor Springs on the Traverse Bay. This is where we found a restaurant for lunch. There was a wedding later at the Methodist Church we parked in front of but the church secretary was relived that we'd be gone before the wedding started and thereby open up the parking for the guests. She also told us which restaurant to go to. BTW, all the conversation took place as she was hanging out of 2nd floor church window. As mentioned, you meet the nicest people on a motorcycle.
The rest of the afternoon was spent getting around the bay, through the town of Traverse City, west and south to Onekama and to Lake Portage Bible Camp. Traffic was heavy, the weather warm, and getting through the City was tough. But sometimes you need to get to a destination and do what needs to be done. We had a nice stop at a city park in Frankfort on the Lake. Also a pleasant lookout along the highway at the Green Point Dunes. We pulled into the town of Onekama fairly late and stopped for supper at a restaurant before heading over the Bible Camp.
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After supper we found the Camp and Keith found our cabin. He is good friends of the director who was very hospitable to allow us to crash in one of their dorms. It was very nice accommodations and we were very grateful. The bible study was continued into I Tim 6 on more points of "A Good Servant of Jesus Christ" "Discipline yourself for Godliness".
Day Three was another long one but very nice.
