Meet, Greet, & Ride in Michigan

[seadog]

How long a ride does everyone want? Is this just a weekend ride or are we taking a week out of the summer? The end of June or the first couple weeks in July are usually the best time to plan something. Where is also a good thing to get down, where do we want to go. We can do a weekend run up M23 to Mackinaw city stay over there and come down the west side thru the Tunnel Of Trees run to Petoskey or straight to the bridge and run route 2 across the Upper peninsula. Which would turn into a week ride, there are lots of miles to cover in the Upper Peninsula. To leave my town of Cadillac and go to route 2 thru Escanaba and Iron mountain and up to Copper Harbor is 500 miles one way so that is a 1000 mile jaunt and would probably eat up the better portion of a week. Weekend runs would be the first ones I suggested.

[Cheesyryder]

at first weekend would probably be easier to figure out

[db24]

If you do make it to Escanaba, etc. I suspect you'd get several WI riders to meet up with you!

[seadog]

All the Michigan rider should get together for the meet and greet and lets pick a destination. We have M22 just north of Manistee that goes all the way up the Leelanau peninsula, We have M119 at the north end of Petoskey that goes up thru the Tunnel of Trees run and that can end in Mackinaw City, which leaves an easy way back south with I-75 right there. Or we could me over near Pinconning and go up M23 along lake Huron. Depending on where the riders are coming from would kind of dictate where to meet. More Suggestions need, spit out some places to meet and we will figure the rest out from there!!!

[F6B1911]

I've done northern Michigan a few ways, M23 along Lake Huron, M31 along Lake Michigan, or just blast up I-75 to get the most time in the UP.
There's the "Circle Lake Michigan" ride.
There's the Copper Harbor run.
There's Route 2 to Duluth.
If you all have passports, the circle around Lake Erie takes you through Ontario. Or the Trip to Toronto is great if you want to emphasize "eat" with the meet & greet!

There's some excellent routes, count me in.

[carpdm]

I just committed to a ride west, WY, MT, ID...in july. That limits me to a few extended weekend rides. With that in mind, if you would decide to come west to the Houghton area I could ride there in a day, do a day of riding in the area, then ride home. So if that is what you decide and the weekend works for me, I will come. Sorry, I wish I could provide more definite and have more time.

[seadog]

If you do make it to Escanaba, etc. I suspect you'd get several WI riders to meet up with you!

That will definitely be planned on a week long ride around the upper peninsula. Just way to many miles as some of the guys are from southern Michigan and even for me in Cadillac, that's a pretty good jaunt.....

[seadog]

I just committed to a ride west, WY, MT, ID...in july. That limits me to a few extended weekend rides. With that in mind, if you would decide to come west to the Houghton area I could ride there in a day, do a day of riding in the area, then ride home. So if that is what you decide and the weekend works for me, I will come. Sorry, I wish I could provide more definite and have more time.

Enjoy that trip out west that is some unbelievable scenery something like us Michigan people don't see around here.....Stay out of harms way out there and watch out for that darn free range chicken I been seeing on the TV commercial.

[seadog]

I've done northern Michigan a few ways, M23 along Lake Huron, M31 along Lake Michigan, or just blast up I-75 to get the most time in the UP.
There's the "Circle Lake Michigan" ride.
There's the Copper Harbor run.
There's Route 2 to Duluth.
If you all have passports, the circle around Lake Erie takes you through Ontario. Or the Trip to Toronto is great if you want to emphasize "eat" with the meet & greet!

There's some excellent routes, count me in.

How about the Tunnel of trees backwards, We meet somewhere around Houghton Lake, Roscommon area and blast up to Mackinaw City grab Lunch at one of the fine resturants and run the Tunnel of Trees route south to Petoskey. Also could meet and do M23 north and stay over in Mackinaw City and run the Tunnel of Trees the next day