Ely Trip 663miles pt3

After a quick stop at the DQ in Ely we started heading south, we didn't even eat any ice cream-honest!. Highway 1 from the North Shore to Ely was a great ride. The smell of the pine in the air reminded me of the aroma in the house when putting a “live” tree up at Christmas. The stop at Café Stuga in Harris, MN was crazy. Tim knows of all these great places to stop, guess that is what happens when you put 20,000+ miles in the saddle each year. One day I might be able to do this but I do want to stay married to my first wife for a lifetime and know my children! So more ridding time will come later in life. We both went different directions at the I35 split. I arrived back at home at 9pm.

Ely Trip 663miles pt2

After leaving Duluth the North Shore was cool ridding. Lake Superior was calm and it is always great to see this lake, the largest fresh water lake in the world. We stopped at Betty’s Pies for some soup.

Ely Trip 663miles pt1

I’ve been wanting to do this trip in ONE day for while. So a couple weeks ago on a Saturday morning I left at 6am and headed north for Forrest Lake and met Tim. We would spend most of the day together from then on. It’s about 100miles from my house to the micky D’s at this exit. After we met up we headed for Duluth and a stop at some brick building downtown; Aerostich. If you haven’t checked out their site or stopped by this place you are really missing some great products being made in the USA.