I made an extra trip into Manistique just after sunset because I’d forgotten that I wanted to refill my oil, and knew I might not be going that way the next day. The Zephyr station on the edge of town had some, and my timing was good because it had room for nearly a quart.

I got off to a fairly early start (8:30) and headed to Palms Book State Park. It’s the site of a Kitch-iti-kipi, a huge natural spring which emerges at a constant temp of 45F year round. They have a raft on a cable that visitors can use to look down into it. I was there at 9am and only 4 other people arrived while I was there.

The ranger there advised me about roads north. As I feared, the route I’d selected was not paved all the way, so I opted to go back around the south side of the lake and take M94. They were doing the same one-lane altetnating thing as on US2 but there was very little traffic. It was a very nice ride, at least until Shingleton where it merged with traffic from the east.

I grabbed lunch in Munising at Harvest Home Cafe which is a very “home business” place (they take orders and give you the bill on a spiral pad of paper) that has a variety of wraps and sandwiches and such. This gives me the afternoon and evening to explore Pictured Rocks.