{"id":10971,"date":"2013-08-12T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=10971"},"modified":"2013-08-12T19:51:03","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T23:51:03","slug":"day-52-sunday-august-11-ludington-to-le-roy-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=10971","title":{"rendered":"Day 52. Sunday, August 11 – Ludington to Le Roy, Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the time we left at 7:45 this morning, the salmon fishermen were already at their task.\"\"<\/a> Though the 55\u00b0 felt quite cold, there were less clouds than yesterday,\"\"<\/a> so we hoped the sun would warm us. \u00a0For over a half an hour we biked the country roads \"\"<\/a>with the pungent smell of oil drilling,\u00a0\"\"<\/a>finally confirming our scent. \u00a0The sun didn’t seem to want to break through,\"\"<\/a> but the exertion from the rolling hills was keeping us warm. \u00a0Our country roads\"\"<\/a> had us going in every direction today; east,\"\"<\/a> west,\"\"<\/a> north\"\"<\/a> and south; \"\"<\/a>adding distance to the much shorter straight shot. \u00a0But the scenery,\"\"<\/a>lots of deer,\"\"<\/a>and lack of traffic made it worth it.<\/p>\n

M.E, this one’s for you,\"\"<\/a> still looking for the tree with the full bottles.<\/p>\n

At 40 miles we stopped for a delicious lunch and to determine how far to go, 50 or 70 miles. \u00a0Still early in the day and with no internet at the 50 miles stop, we opted for the longer of the two. \u00a0We continued to wind\u00a0through villages \"\"<\/a>and townships, \"\"<\/a>our course becoming quite a bit hiller. \u00a0It was taking so long, the trees were changing as we biked. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>We’ve seen a lot of dogs on leashes, but a cow?\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The clouds were really building\"\"<\/a> and we hoped our legs would hold out before the storm let loose. \u00a0By the time we dragged ourselves into the township of Le Roy, we felt much like this sign.\"\"<\/a> Seventy four miles (63 as the crow flies) was quite enough for today.\n\t\t