Day 4 - Port Austin to Cheboygan

Good evening! We've made it all the way to Cheboygan, almost to the top of Michigan. We woke up late (9am!) after a fantastic sleep (thanks again Boomers!), and the first thing we noticed is that it was quite chilly outside - only about 60!  So we packed up and layered up and headed out. We headed north on rt 23, following the lake, and chilly it was. It was quite windy and never got above 70! Thankfully we had good warm gear and stayed nice and warm. 

We had planned to drive about 3 hrs to Alpena or maybe even go a bit further to Rogers City, but somehow, even against the wind, we kept on going and made it all the way up here to Cheboygan.  We rode from 10am until 6pm, stopping for a delicious pizza lunch and a couple fuel stops.  So it was a long day, but gorgeous riding.

Highlights of the day: we passed the 1,000 mile mark on our trip and we rode across the 45th parallel - we're officially closer to the north pole than the equator!

Since we drove so long today we decided we'd spring for a motel.  Plus, we were basically out of clean clothes, so finding a washer/dryer was ideal (our plan to wash our clothes in our room backfired in Niagara - the washing part was great, but half the clothes didn't dry over night!).  We found a great little motel with a coin-op laundry, wi-fi (hooray!) and in a really cute town. We had dinner in a great restaurant down the road called the Rusty Anchor.  Now it's off to another solid night's sleep.  Good night!

I've attached pictures of the view of the lake from the road (note all the white caps from the wind!), the bike parked by the lake when we stopped for lunch, and a welcome to Cheboygan sign from town.