tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887615167396394017.post3436233620312983535..comments2023-08-24T02:13:14.611-07:00Comments on Bike the Borderline: Blazing SaddlesAnt and Kathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03967699952602226923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887615167396394017.post-28219649944938155012010-08-06T21:01:28.698-07:002010-08-06T21:01:28.698-07:00Awesome ride. To Lake Superior, then back down. ...Awesome ride. To Lake Superior, then back down. Now that's the way to travel.<br /><br />Sounds like it wasn't the best place you stayed at, but you can find good places in that area. They are simple, 1950s style motels, very basic, but loads more character than your basic econo/motel 6/fairfield/doubletree. So on the one hand, it's actually a good thing the chains haven't wiped out the mom & pop hotels, but you do have to look around a little. Same with the food. I'll have to admit, the lone starbucks on Mackinac Island actually serves hot chocolate the right way (with milk), crazy how the little things are important, but how hard is it to make hot chocolate?<br /><br /> I'm not sure what it is about the cuisine in much of the States, there is, to use Pirsig's term in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", a certain lack of "quality", if I understood the book. Certainly deserves some longer puzzling and writing.<br /><br />Not sure which way you're headed, but there are some nice towns (Charlevoix, Petoskey), with actually pretty decent food. Have fun!Michaelokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875120497192685911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887615167396394017.post-53370486730461162652010-08-04T17:06:35.921-07:002010-08-04T17:06:35.921-07:00Hello you too. Wow, I can't believe how far y...Hello you too. Wow, I can't believe how far you have come and how little you have to go. What next? Have just discovered how to be a follower (although have been secretly following all along). Good luck for the rest of it-looking forward to a catch up hopefully in the not too distant future. Much love Karen xUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03109114075532022430noreply@blogger.com