UP: Ride Time = Drive Time

Thoughts, Speculation, Riddles, and Facts-

• Copper Harbor only has 25 Miles of trail, but everything runs both ways
• Boreal Forest/ exotic ferns grown in the Keweenaw peninsula 
• We didn't have to swat at one bug while in Copper Harbor, but there are weeds Jimmmay
• The new titled Copper Harbor "Flow Trail" downhill makes good use of 400' of vertical, taking 10-15 min
• The Red trail is the gem. 
• Hobs would like going down Pauls Plunge, but coming back up I'd get the look... 
• The MTB folks of copper harbor are adding another 16 miles of out and back trail along the lake, meaning 32 miles
• Horse Shoe Bay, couple miles east of Copper Harbor, get there by bike via dirt road/ hiking trail for swim, rock picking, pics, wandering around in lacra

• Pasties? What? Decoded- Must eat fresh with rutabaga next time
• Houghton/ Hancock has a mini-Duluth vibe
• There are more skinny's/ wood traps in 4 miles of the MI Tech Trails then in MN/ WI combined
• People that live in the Keweenaw have no desire to leave the Keweenaw. UP thing?
• Fancy carbin XTR rear derailleurs can not hold up to the technical hammering and mud = Downgrade to upgrade
• First time to visit a car wash to spray off a bike in last 11 years. 
• Hurley, Wisconsin is a good spot
• The eastern time zone needs to move farther east!
• Another fancy XTR riddle- when your 10 speed chain breaks, a 9 speed sram power link works just fine
• Pivot Company should change name to Pivot Creek Company.
• Lake Namekogon SP Campground has many a memory for the clan
• Wanted to ride the new stuff north of OO, but we were already cooked
• Rock Lake- finally was able to do the hildebrandt loop backwards with the Pirate. He got a fling PT on me
• When your car key/ ignition wont turn (worn out tumbler), tap on it with something. But not too hard...
• Wonder who's Pivot creeks louder Richy's or mine?
• 5 days, 15 hours of driving, 15+ hours of riding. Mission complete

                                    Pirate playing with the Copper Harbor bird...