Before all the craziness started, I was thinking about doing the Great Lakes Challenge with the added twist of doing all of the Great Lake Series Rides. The most efficent start/return for each lake ride seems to be St Ignace. Circling the lakes totals 4754 Miles. I came up with a ride time of 100 hours. Included in that 100 is 21 hours of rest.
Leg 1 To St Ignace
https://goo.gl/maps/g69RnnKeMa7opLvN8
Leg 2 Lake Huron
https://goo.gl/maps/QuUtepSv92cu91fy8
Leg 3 Lake Michigan
https://goo.gl/maps/9LwqkSXqc1gFnmq77
Leg 4 To start of Lower Great Lakes
https://goo.gl/maps/imb3GvRkhmmJ85oC9
Leg 5 Lower Great Lakes
https://goo.gl/maps/QrJgQxBreCky3KcFA
Leg 6 to St Ignace
https://goo.gl/maps/c2JLBkCcXkN5a6HY7
Leg 6 Lake Superior
https://goo.gl/maps/8eirXWwSNUXBm78x7
Leg 7 Return to Start
https://goo.gl/maps/CP6tJ8u235a8RKUB9
When adding the first and last leg to the run, total miles is 5760, Run time of 120 hours with 37 hours rest.
Has anyone done this ride?
This ride doesn't look possible for 2020 so I am in the long range planning stage at present.
Thanks for contemplating the ride.
-Mark
PS. Not sure how to get these maps to show tried inserting example below which showed during writing but disappeared when I pressed save.
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PsPs
updated the links.
Leg 1 To St Ignace
https://goo.gl/maps/g69RnnKeMa7opLvN8
Leg 2 Lake Huron
https://goo.gl/maps/QuUtepSv92cu91fy8
Leg 3 Lake Michigan
https://goo.gl/maps/9LwqkSXqc1gFnmq77
Leg 4 To start of Lower Great Lakes
https://goo.gl/maps/imb3GvRkhmmJ85oC9
Leg 5 Lower Great Lakes
https://goo.gl/maps/QrJgQxBreCky3KcFA
Leg 6 to St Ignace
https://goo.gl/maps/c2JLBkCcXkN5a6HY7
Leg 6 Lake Superior
https://goo.gl/maps/8eirXWwSNUXBm78x7
Leg 7 Return to Start
https://goo.gl/maps/CP6tJ8u235a8RKUB9
When adding the first and last leg to the run, total miles is 5760, Run time of 120 hours with 37 hours rest.
Has anyone done this ride?
This ride doesn't look possible for 2020 so I am in the long range planning stage at present.
Thanks for contemplating the ride.
-Mark
PS. Not sure how to get these maps to show tried inserting example below which showed during writing but disappeared when I pressed save.
<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m40!1m12!1m3!1d5607815.798482866!2d-92.91677730086853!3d46.66248400123778!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m25!3e0!4m5!1s0x52a6332052b03f75:0xe62733d548e09ada!2sClearview General Store, 5323 MN-61, Lutsen, MN 55612!3m2!1d47.647445!2d-90.675011!4m5!1s0x52a9141fae324157:0xe237130fab5409b7!2sHoliday Stationstores, 915 Lake Shore Dr W, Ashland, WI 54806!3m2!1d46.5879303!2d-90.8948473!4m5!1s0x4d4e20448ef7cc47:0x8db0faaf6cd4a981!2sHoliday Stationstores, 2000 US-41, Marquette, MI 49855!3m2!1d46.5477801!2d-87.4303326!4m5!1s0x4d35f5d84cf2b27d:0xfb93cd098f624a6b!2sHoliday Stationstores, 924 US Hwy 2 W, St Ignace, MI 49781!3m2!1d45.8568588!2d-84.73760349999999!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1590976544171!5m2!1sen!2sus" width="600" height="450" frameborder="0" style="border:0;" allowfullscreen="" aria-hidden="false" tabindex="0"></iframe>
PsPs
updated the links.
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