Lake Michigan Circumnavigation
 Wherein Jay and Barbara describe their bicycle journey around Lake Michigan, starting in Chicago on May 1, 2009 and traveling counterclockwise. |
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| 20th May 2009 | ||||
| Details of Days 17-19 | ||||
| Day 17, Sunday, Sheboygan to Milwaukee. Stats: 67.09 miles, 11.3 mph average, 21.0 max, time pedaling 5:53. We started with a carbohydrate-heavy breakfast (free at the hotel) augmented by some protei... | ||||
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| 19th May 2009 | ||||
| Day 19: WE MADE IT! | ||||
| From Phone. We're at our hotel in Chicago! 60 miles today, whew. Ran into Jesse (whose directions we used) and his friend Arei at mile 43! A very happy coincidence. Then saw them again two blocks from the hote... | ||||
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| 18th May 2009 | ||||
| Day 18: We're in Illinois! | ||||
| From iPhone. Yippee! Only 49 car miles to go after we did 56 today. Tough getting out of Milwuakee, some tough roads and headwinds. UGH! We're at Illinos Beach Resort in Zion. More later! We've done about 1,... | ||||
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| 17th May 2009 | ||||
| Day 17: We're in Milwaukee, 92 miles away from Chicago! | ||||
| iPhone: pretty good day, still with a light headwind tho. Warm. Only 10 squrrels, nothing else. Pretty uneventful. Milwuakee seems nice, hotel is great. More later.... | ||||
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| 16th May 2009 | ||||
| Day 16: Whoever thought we'd be happy to be in Sheboygan?! | ||||
| Yay, no headwinds--just cross winds gusting to 35 mph. Today's stats: 39.29 miles, 10.8 mph average, 26.2 max speed, time spent pedaling 3:37. The ride started out a little hilly, not too bad,... | ||||
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