I thought to myself since the trip went well, why not another?? The Plan to ride the UP (again) going all along the coast. The trip was on, made the mistake that seems to plague me, you can not out run a rain storm! Slowly I am learning to stop and get that rain gear on instead of trying to outpace the storm. The gent in the 1st picture I ran into at a gas station. He shipped his bike from Germany, then he met the bike in New York City and pointed the bike west. Pretty much did a bucket list of motorcycle trips (Grand canyon, Yosemite etc) Wow, and what bike you ask? A

883 Sportster with a chopped out front end!! Amazing and I would have really liked to share the road with this Rider, but he was heading southeast, and I north.

So on I go. Here is my bike along Hwy 55 again. If it seems that I am on theis road alot, probably true. Hwy 55 is nice and bendy (Follows the Wolf River), few intersections and very scenic. If you don’t believe me here’s a link http://www.motorcycleroads.com/75/669/Wisconsin/Hwy-55-Menomonee-Reservation-ride.html

At the end of the day, I made camp in the Nicolet National Forest Campground. Would basically spend the rest of the trip motel(ing) it! In my opinion campgrounds in the UP are pretty much geared to RV’s (pull through sites, blacktopped and lawn-like) kind of pointless to tent it.

This what the campground looked like in the morning. It was the start of another great day, and it felt good to be on the road again.

And here we are, had a nice talk to the Park ranger about bikes and places to check out in the UP. Another huge plus about the Dairy State, local riders are more than ready to share their favorite roads with you!! And once clear of all the trees you can see the day is breaking out nicely!

Getting closer to Eagle River (WI) Hwy 32, which is a beautiful road. Hwy 32 runs along the shoreline of several smaller lakes while working your way into the NorthWoods. As an added bonus the sky seems to go on forever.

The Blue Cow is in Eagle River (WI), I guess to celebrate the farming industry (which we have lost the #1 title to california). There are a lot of neat things to see and do in Eagle River besides the cow.

Bond falls, yes I’d been there before but since I have an affinity for water and tumult kind of a no brainer that I would re visit the Falls

A great resource http://www.upcruising.com/