Technical difficulties

I've been doing great, riding through Northern Michigan. It's cooled off and the bugs aren't too bad. The scenery has switched to rolling hills with trees. It's nice to ride hills again. I stopped by Voyageurs national park.





My gear, on the other hand, is having issues. My iPhone won't charge from the wall anymore. I figured out that it will charge from one of my rechargeable batteries that I can plug into the wall while charging the phone. It's also losing supposedly saved stuff like blog posts, which makes writing my blog really frustrating.

My tire woes have returned. I was in a convenience store chatting with someone when we heard a loud boom. My tube had exploded on a weak seam.


It had even blown part of the tire off the rim. Luckily, the tire (the German wunder tire) was fine but now I am down to riding my one remaining inner tube, which has a slow leak. There should be a bike shop today in Ely so hopefully, I can stock up on spare tubes. Here is the main street in Ely.


I'll reach the shore of Lake Superior tomorrow. I'll turn north towards Thunder Bay, Ontario which I should reach about August 21. I spent some extra time here in the North Woods of Minnesota so I won't have enough time to make Toronto. Instead, I'll fly home from Sault Ste. Marie in the upper penninsula of michigan.

Usually, about this time during a summer tour, I'm feeling about ready to go home but this time, I feel great and wish I could keep going for at least another month. This trip is a lot easier than my Alaska and Yukon rides so that's probably why I feel really great and not tired at all. On the other hand, while pleasant, this trip really doesn't have the jaw dropping scenery of the north.



-- Post From My iPhone

Location:S River St,Cook,United States