I’ve just reached the western edge of Ontonagon County; by crossing the county line, I’ve entered Gogebic County on South Boundary Road on Porcupine Mountains State Park. Unfortunately there is no “welcome to Gogebic County” sign here to document the occasion with, just a “welcome to Ontonagon County” sign on the other side of the road. And a change in the pavement; maintenance is a function of county government.

So that’s all 83* of them. There have probably been motorcyclists who’ve ridden to every county in Michigan; I’ve seen countless bikers crisscrossing the state, so I can’t be the first to do that. However, I’m probably the first scooterist to do so, and I’m almost certainly the first person to do most of it on a “moped”-class vehicle.

To be honest, if you’d asked me as a kid what I hoped to accomplish by the time I was 50, this would not have been it. But one takes the glory that one can get, eh? :/

*Historically, when Isle Royale was a mining, forestry, and resort area with an ongoing population, it was a separate county. Now, as an uninhabited national park, it is nominally part of “nearby” Keweenaw County. I didn’t take the scooter there, but I went there on this trip, so in a sense, I include that county as well.

So my overarching goal has been achieved. Of course I still need to get home. That’ll be another 400ish miles of riding and a ferry, over the next 40ish hours.

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