We're Back on Route

We're back to our original route and no more plotting routes.  We are currently in Michigan, we crossed Lake Michigan on the ferry from Manitowoc WI to Ludington MI on Friday afternoon.  In general the 5 days we took to get from Chicago to Manitowoc went pretty well, a good bit was on trails, though we did have one memorable day.  It started poorly when it took us 45 minutes to find the trail to get started, it seemed if we could take a wrong turn that day we did.  We had a few tense moments when we cycled through a section on the outskirts of Milwaukee - my first clue was when I went into a convenience store and the cashiere was totally glassed in, shortly after that we encountered 3 young boys with big guns on the trail, we weren't sure whether the guns were real or not, but we rode as fast as we could, no need to dawdle!  We ended up cycling about 64 miles that day.  Tonight we are camped in a city park in the town of Claire, Mi,  we are enjoying the pitter patter of rain on our tent,  dinner was snacks in the tent, the rain started just before we were going to cook dinner, no pavillion or shelter to stay out of the rain.  Our days ride varied with hills and a great stretch of straight away, a total of 69 miles!