my " up north " ? ride

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detdrbuzzard

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everyone in Michigan sez " i'm going up north " problem is no one seems to know how far north you have to go to be up north.
I rode the Mighty ST 1300 to henry's yesterday cause I wanted to go for a short ride once I left. my original plan was to go to Ohio and bum around but it seems i'm always in Ohio so I changed plans and decided to stay in Michigan. look couzinjeff rode his Mighty ST 1300 to henry's also
 

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I left henry's about 14:50, it was73ºf with the wind coming in from the north and a sunny sky. I headed over to m-153 and took it east then picked up I-94, traffic was a little heavy on I-94 but it never came to a stop, I was ok with that. there was more of the same traffic on north bound I-75 until I got up into Pontiac, mi. when there was a couple of halts in traffic. back up to speed, rolling along at 80mph the Mighty ST 1300 was still showing 40mpg. good thing cause I left henry's with less than a half tank of fuel and maybe a gallon in the cell, still plenty to make my destination. I arrived in Zilwaukee around 16:50
 

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I had already spotted this church and found two of them on the grounds when I got over there, every things for sale
 

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I headed over to the Saginaw river for a pic before leaving and got a shot of the Zilwaukee bridge too
 

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after leaving Zilwaukee I wanted to stay off the expressway but had to take I-75 south back to m-83. ah very little traffic but darn those round abouts that no one seems to know how to use, there were only two of them thank god. I took m-15 south and stopped in Vassar, mi. for fuel, topped off the tank and put just over two gallons in the fuel cell. I continued south on m-15 but I was ready to be back in the city so I jumped on I-75 and caught the end of rush hour traffic in troy, mi. I thought I would make a quick stop at a friends house, he had a m/c accident a few weeks ago and broke his collar bone so I ended up taking I-696 west and us-24 south to get to his place. he wasn't home so I took m-14 east to Schafer arriving home about 19:30 and the skis clouding over. 242 miles today
 
Great pics as usual. Always a good read.

Up north - no problems, come on up - still ice on the lake. I'm only 350 Km (220 miles) from James Bay. Still a bit cool up here.

Cheers
 
I can tell you exactly where up north begins, its on m37 at Whitecloud... huge sign says: Whitecloud, where the north begins and the pure water flows.
 
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=202899#p202899:3ggo50fh said:
desertrefugee » Sat May 19, 2018 11:12 am[/url]":3ggo50fh]
Really nice. And if I hadn't seen the pic, I wouldn't have believed the "Zilwaukee" thing. Never knew it existed!
I was going to stop in Zilwaukee last year on my way home when I took my last road trip but got distracted and forgot to make a right turn
 
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=202897#p202897:2vvn8te7 said:
Trak » Sat May 19, 2018 10:54 am[/url]":2vvn8te7]
I can tell you exactly where up north begins, its on m37 at Whitecloud... huge sign says: Whitecloud, where the north begins and the pure water flows.
thanks for the info and now I know I wasn't " up north " :)
 
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=202897#p202897:33ae5e7n said:
Trak » Sat May 19, 2018 10:54 am[/url]":33ae5e7n]
I can tell you exactly where up north begins, its on m37 at Whitecloud... huge sign says: Whitecloud, where the north begins and the pure water flows.
I might have been up north after all, I just finished looking at my map of Michigan and white cloud is almost due west of Zilwaukee :)
 
[url=https://classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=202889#p202889:1ydb8ad3 said:
detdrbuzzard » Sat May 19, 2018 11:30 pm[/url]":1ydb8ad3]
everyone in Michigan sez " i'm going up north " problem is no one seems to know how far north you have to go to be up north.
I rode the Mighty ST 1300 to henry's yesterday cause I wanted to go for a short ride once I left. my original plan was to go to Ohio and bum around but it seems i'm always in Ohio so I changed plans and decided to stay in Michigan. look couzinjeff rode his Mighty ST 1300 to henry's also
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Very nice. :heat:
 
I'm from Northern Michigan, about a 30 min drive to the mighty Mackinaw bridge..we usually think of anything south of Clare Michigan to be downstate, lol. Sounds like a nice ride you had.
detdrbuzzard":14jul7m0 said:
everyone in Michigan sez " i'm going up north " problem is no one seems to know how far north you have to go to be up north.
I rode the Mighty ST 1300 to henry's yesterday cause I wanted to go for a short ride once I left. my original plan was to go to Ohio and bum around but it seems i'm always in Ohio so I changed plans and decided to stay in Michigan. look couzinjeff rode his Mighty ST 1300 to henry's also

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