I rode pretty much straight through to Cheboygan, stopping only for stretches, fuel, and the odd photo shoot. It’s been sunny all day. Fortunately the safety gear also protects most of me from the sun, so with a little judicious sunscreen I was OK. It’s been windy, which has kept the heat down. It’s mostly out of the west, which only helped me a little with speed. But rarely strong enough to cause trouble staying on course.
I checked in at the state park at about 12:30. I’ll be here two nights, so I took care to find a soft place for the tent (not on the rocks). The park is a few miles east of the city, which is a little inconvenient, requiring me to double-back to go to Mackinac this afternoon.
Since I know that Mackinaw City is not very good for restaurants (and the island worse) I’m eating lunch in Cheboygan, getting a whitefish sandwich at Alice’s Restaurant on Main Street. (You can’t get *anything* you want, but the usual assortment of burgers and sandwiches, heavy on fish.) This is the kind of city that *has* a “main street” with shops and such (in addition to strip malls).
