Lake Superior 1K

[Elipten_imp]

And the missing part is... How is the knee? Congrats, we'll done and I hope I can do it one day.


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[Pterodactyl_imp]

Well done. Great ride report. I have to admit, too tough for me..

Cheers

[Cormanus]

Great ride report Ole, and well done. I'm with Pterodactyl.

How's the knee?

[the Ferret]

Heck of a feat ole. Not sure this old man could stay up for 24 hours anymore. Did you have any concerns about falling asleep?

Congrats and hope the knee sustained no set backs

[Ole]

The knee is about 80% I would say. Today was my first day back to work since May 26. I am medicating my knee right now with beer. I had zero problems staying awake. The two good nights sleep before helped a lot. I am used to working all night shifts at work when thunderstorms come through. I am a water guy for the city but when storms hit our area everybody works to get the lights back on. Tiz how I pay for these trips. I love OT.

Can't fig out why my CB1100 odometer says 1094 miles for the lap yet the Garmin Nuvi 550 says 1062? Anybody want to comment on this? Are Honda odometers that bad?


So I just chew the fat with some of the guys in the rest area. Met some nice longriders. We traded stories and tips. Got back to my truck at about 5AM had a beer and crashed till 1130AM. Yep. Beer for breakfast but nobody saw me so it was OK.

The rest of the day I hung low and watched boats and visited with other boat watchers.







the boathouse is in the front on this guy




Word went through the campgrounds about this crazy guy who did the lake in a day and they came over to look at my bike. They told me it was dirty. I liked the patina.









I'd rather ride a bike than wash it.

[Ole]

Later that evening I did the tourist thing and bought a ticket to go on a boat tour of The Soo Locks. 23$ for two hours. We got to go through the locks. Twice.



went by the campgrounds



and realized I left my tank bag stuck to a Toyota



The hydro power plant. Fisherman were catching rainbow trout right at the discharge area.





Italian masons built it out of local sandstone


Where the state of Michigan trains new boat pilots



we entered the American Locks





we had a steady hand on the wheel



they shut the locks behind us



and soon were the level of Lake Superior



and out the other side we went
Our tour took us under the bridge I rode in to Canada







Here comes a salty









He is heading to the ocean
Our tour went up a canal in to a Sault Ste. Marie Ontario steel mill. 4500 workers make steel 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Huge piles of coke, coal, taconite pellets, and limestone.







We took the smaller Canadian Lock to get back to the boat company dock

It is really small only used for pleasure crafts





Tomorrow I go to Paradise

[Cormanus]

Fantastic post and photos, Ole. Good about the knee.

On a recent long ride my speedo at 110kph consistently read about 6-7 kph above the GPS. That's about 60-70 extra kms over 1000, isn't it? 1000 miles is 1600 kms so the gap would be greater.

[emptysea]

Thanks for the report. Wonderful pictures.

I missed my Circle Tour of Lake Michigan last summer due to a death in my family and I am anxious for my next opportunity to explore the shores of any of the Great Lakes. In the meantime, I will have to live vicariously through pictures and reports like yours.

Glad your knee held out. It's a helluva ride in 24 hours. As someone who is still recovering from 2008 miles in 5 days, I envy your stamina.

[Ole]

My last day at The Soo I jumped back on the bike for about 200 miles. I took the back way to Paradise. Stopped at every tourist attraction I could find. There was an old light house that the forest service has maintained kinda as a museum. Near Brimley.





of course I had to climb to the top







No lens at the top it is in the Smithsonian the volunteer said
North of Paradise is Whitefish Point. It has a wonderful shipwreck museum. Well worth the 13$ to get in. They have the bell from the Mighty Fitzgerald that went down just off the point. The one in the famous song.





Lighthouse lens







This is the exact suit the diver was wearing to get the bell


Lots of cool old stuff at that museum. I spent two hours there they had a 20 minute movie in a tiny theater of the dive to get the bell.










Then had the second best burger in all of Michigan. West Pier Drive-In under the RR bridge just west of the Soo Locks.
They serve it on a coffee filter



7.25$ worth of vein filling horsepower



I wasnt sure I was going to get it all down. The staff was rooting me on,,,,



but I got er done couldn't finish the fries tho


The CB1100 performed perfect on the big ride. I have highway pegs and a saddleman gel pad under an Alaska leather sheepskin. Stock seat. No butt burn at all. It was great fun and I hope you guys enjoyed the ride with me.

david

[Elipten_imp]

You bet we did. Thanks for writing it up. I just love these ride reports.😙


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