I started and ended my GL Gold at the BP gas station in Stevensville, MI. I chose a clockwise route and opted to run up along the TC11 rather than down on the TC17. Less congestion, less traffic -- and more big trucks to act as Moose Sweepers(TM). I stopped for about 5 hours at the Villa Inn, a small mom-and-pop motel on the western edge of Hearst. Clean, comfortable, relatively inexpensive -- but that was (Holy crap!) back in 2004!
Kevin Smart
Mt Pleasant, MI