It’s laundry day in Frankenmuth, MI. He’s 100m on bike route from Ontario.

Frankenmuth elevation 633ft

James rode 65 miles today. He’s at a campground in Glen Arbor, Michigan.

Glen Arbor elevation – 581 ft.

James spent the nights, 08/26 and 08/27 in Escanaba MI due to rain. He’s been riding along Lake Michigan and is now in eastern time zone. As of this posting, he’d already ridden 70 miles today. By the end of today, James had pedaled 116 miles. He’s stopped in Epoufette MI tonight. Weather is stormy.

The other day he witnessed a grandpa and grandma crash a 3-wheeled trike. One was knocked unconscious so the ambulance was called. Yesterday, he witnessed a taxi t-bone a van at an intersection.

Escanaba elevation, 607 ft.
Epoufette elevation 591 ft.

THURSDAY AUG 23 – After riding 95 miles, James stopped at Mercer, WI.  He woke up to rain and decided to stay where he was. Rain is supposed to be over by Saturday morning.  He is 75 miles from Michigan.

Mercer elevation, 1611 ft.

James biked 75 miles today. He stopped in Hayward, WI. Will spend the night in a motel.

Hayward elevation, 1191 ft

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 – James spent night in Nisswa, MN

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 – 65 miles ridden today! He stopped in Bowlus MN for night. He is off of trails now and riding on roads.

Nisswa elevation, 1,230 ft

Bowlus elevation, 1109 ft

Tuesday, August 14 – James spent the night in Bemidji, MN. 

Wednesday, August 15 – This morning was laundry day. James included a little shopping as well before he left the Paul Bunyon trail and started on the Heartland Trail. There are a lot of purple and yellow wildflowers along the trail. It reminds him of the Coeur d’Alene trail though more hilly and steeper.  He’s close to Leech Lake.  He rode 41 miles today.

Bemidji elevation, 1,365 ft

Leach Lake elevation, 1,342 ft

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 – James started biking from Grafton North Dakota. His leg started to ache severely, but its hard to keep a good man down!! He bought leg wraps, and is taking his time building his endurance back up. He rode 44 miles and camped in a quiet city park in Alvarado Minnesota.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 – He rode 49 miles to St Hilaire. After a day of heat, he drank 1 quart of chocolate milk, 1 quart of orange juice and 1 can of V8 juice.

He’s starting to see hills again.

Grafton ND elevation 830 ft
Alvarado, MN elevation 810 ft
St Hilaire MN elevation 1,089

James spent last night in Langdon, ND. He is going to bike to Cavalier where he’ll meet up with friends. They’ll bike with him to Grafton, ND. He’s going to fly to Idaho to meet up with family for some time camping with them. He plans to resume his biking adventure around August 10.

Langdon elevation 1,1611 ft
Cavalier elevation 886 ft
Grafton elevation 830 ft

One of the highlights is talking with the people he meets.

TUESDAY, JULY 24 – Clothes dry a little slow in the rain. Rode 91 miles on Highway 5 with wide shoulders and easy biking, James made it into North Dakota. Correction on the town he stayed in. It was Bowbells. He camped in the city park that had restrooms and a swimming pool.

BowBells, elevation 1,962 ft.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 – Nice cool morning at 54 degrees. Rode another 91 miles with a tail wind. James stayed in Bottineau, a college town. The park there had mostly RV’s with nice showers.

Bottineau elevation 1,637 ft.
Just over 10 miles south of the US-Canadian Border
Home to Dakota College at Bottineau

THURSDAY, JULY 26 – Weather pattern is pretty much the same. North west wind. James biked 60 miles to Rock Lake, a small “rustic” town.

Rock Lake elevation 1,545 ft