We got rolling pretty quick out of Clare. Peter had driven the route earlier in the summer so he was familiar. We took US-10 to US-115, headed for Traverse City. We gassed up and hit the restrooms in Cadillac. From US-115 we took US-37 N right into town. Last time I was in Traverse City I was in high school, the ski team was there for states. Big difference now. We rode around downtown for awhile, and I must say it looks like a great place to live. We parked the bikes on Cass just planning to walk around to find someplace to eat, and amazingly noticed that Mackinac Brewing Company was right there on the corner of Front and Cass. Perfect! Lunch was great, the place was nice. I could definitely see it as a Johnzilla hangout. I got online with my netbook and the Verizon MiFi to check our route. Peter and I realized that we were making much better time than planned. We thought we would stay the night in Traverse City, but here it was about 2 PM and we were having lunch. That changes everything…new plan! We decided to push through across Big Mac and stay the night in St. Ignace. If we do that, looks like we can go all the way around the lake instead of cutting across on the ferry and skipping Chicago like we had planned. Sweet!!
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