Day 41 Ludington MI to LakeView MI Where Mike and Gyl Hondorp Host us at their home

Day 41 July 29 Ludington MI to Lakeview MI

On the road to Lakeview MI

Public School, maybe K - 8 in small county of MI

We are met at a DQ near Lakeview by Darryl's sister Beverly and her husband Roger Johnson, and their friends who live in Lakeview, Mike and Gyl Hondorp and son Kyle

Below, from left, Kyle, Mike, Dale, Darryl, Ed, Gyl, Dave behind Gyl, Pat, Jim, Beverly and Roger

We arrive at Mike and Gyl's home

Relaxing in their back yard, having cheese, fruit, and drinks. From left Mike, Gyl, Dale, Darryl and Pat

Our hosts served us a fantastic dinner of steak, pasta salad, garlic bread, and followed by Gyl's special K-bars and chocolate cake for desert.

Group picture the next morning as we depart for Frankenmuth

From left, Mike, Darryl, Dale, Pat, Gyl, Tom, Jim, Dave, Roger and Beverly

SS Badger Ferry from Manitowoc WI to Ludington MI Day 40 July 28 2013

Pat and Jim team up too make eggs with left over bratwurst and Pancakes  

Darryl joins us. He will be with us until we leave Lake View MI for Frankenmuth MI

The SS Badger arriving in Manitowoc

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The team on board, Pat, Dave, Tom, Ed, Jim, Darryl, Dale

Captain Curtis takes time off from piloting the ship to play Texas Hold-m with us.
He takes the pot from Ed with Kings over Ed's Jacks

Dave wins it all!

Jim meets a man named Matter who is involved in MIA*POW, he gives Jim and Dale commemorative coins. He also donates $100 on our donation page. Thanks Matter.

We meet other cross country cyclists. Terry on the left, travels by himself, and met up with Bob and his wife who left Vancouver, and have traveled 2400 miles so far.

Terry, Bob, we lost your contact info and blog info in the laundry. If you see this, add your info by commenting on this post or email to 6over60@gmail.com

The pickup and RV being unloaded from SS Badger in Ludington.

We arrived in Ludington, in the evening. It was  raining so Tom called two audibles, dinner at fast food, and rooms at the Best western.

Day 39 Fond du Lac WI to Manitowoc WI July 27 2013

First View of Lake Michigan as we approach Manitowoc

Arriving in Manitowoc WI from left Jim, Randy, Dale, Tom, Ed, Pat

Darryl, flies in to join us for a few Days!

Tom, Jim, Pat, pick him up at airport and take a side trip to Green Bay and Lambeau Field

Fond du Lac to Manitowoc WI

Fond du Lac to Manitowoc WI 

Dinner at Luigi's Italian Restaurant in Two Rivers

Left to right, Kimberly, Reagan, Ed, Dale, Dave, Holt (the little boy in front of Dave), Alyson and Mark

Dale, Dave, and Ed went to dinner at Luigi's Restaurant in Two Rivers after arriving at Manitowoc.

As we were waiting for a table, Mark Henderson sitting with his family, says I saw you on Keloland TV the other night.

The Henderson's are from Sioux Falls SD, and vacationing in Manitowoc WI.  What are the chances of them and us meeting in Manitowoc WI! After dining we went over to Pic and Save to get some supplies and run into the Hendersons again!

TOTAL RIDING STATISTICS FROM JUNE 19 to JULY 27

Riding Statistics June 19 - July 27 2013

Number of Rides                      35
Total Miles                              2,496.23
Total Riding Time                    181:47
Total Elevation Gain                82,463 feet
Average MPH                          14

Lake Michigan Sunday morning 7/28/2013

Today we take ferry from Manitowoc WI to Ludington MI

Jim's Tribute to buddy Ray Burbage

Jim's tribute to a Buddy Ray Burbage

Ray, with his mom

My good buddy Ray was killed in Vietnam February 1968. We were both due to be discharged in the fall of '68. We had planned to take a few months off and tour the US before going back to college.

44 years later I'm making that tour to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project in memory of Ray. Ray's younger brother Rex may meet us at the end of the ride.

As Jim would say "Whose is that guy!"

Day 37 Day off and Visit to Trek Factory Waterloo WI July 25

Ed, Jim, John Burke president of Trek, Dale, Pat, Tom. After our tour John gave us the honor of visiting with him for 15 or 20 minutes in his office!

We all had read John's book One Last Great Thing: A Story of a Father and a Son, a Story of a Life and a Legacy  which is a tribute from son to father . It was very special to have a  personal meeting with John. 

Below, a picture fo us out from of the facility, Tom's wife's cousin Sharon and her husband join us on the tour. 

Todd, our tour guide who did an excellent job of giving us the inside story on Trek.

After visiting Trek, Tom's friends take us into Madison WI and Tom manages to get us a tour of Camp Randall Stadium! at University of Wisconsin

It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a complete stadium since 1917. It is located in the south-central region of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The stadium seats 80,321.^[3] It is the oldest and fifth largest stadium in the Big Ten Conference, and the 41st largest stadium in the world.