As I left, the waiter at my lunch stop (who had learned from small talk that I was a tourist) wished me to enjoy my time in Green Bay. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that it was almost over already. It’s just another city, y’know?
I already knew the best route up the west side of Green Bay, so I followed it in reverse of the last time. It involves a combination of roads with poetic names like Riverview Drive and Lakeside Drive, and those with prosaic names such as County Road J, County Road S, and County Road Y.
That last one was closed last time, which resulted in a hellish series of detours from my planned route, including the US highway that was being reconstructed south of Peshtigo WI. Today I avoided it almost entirely.
Because I have time, I added a scenic detour to the route, however. Just across the river that forms the Wisconsin/Michigan border, there’s a winding road called River Drive. It goes roughly north instead of NNE as US 35 would, but it was worth the extra miles.
I did end up having to get on a US highway however. Instead of taking US35 along the bay, I took US41 north to Stephenson, location of the only restaurants near the state park I’m staying at tonight. Not that there’s much to choose from: a crowded “pub” with a grill, or a quiet “family restaurant” with a real kitchen. I went with the latter.
I’ve been making a conscious effort to limit my speed. My route was planned for the old scooter, and going faster just means getting to the day’s destination faster… When the purpose of the trip is supposed to be the journey.
