With the time change breakfast is now 6:30am until 7:15am. We were gone by 8:00am!!!!

. . .nice of these folk’s to make mention of Allen’s 70th B-day he celebrated with us on the road . . .

. . . nice use of an old watering can. Snaren, you should make one of these!!!

. . lots of nice view sheds today . . .here was a great pasture type setting . . .

. . . just waiting to be developed!!!!

There are Amish in the area as noted by the horse and buggy DOT roadside signs. Here the Yoders had their ‘fleet’ line up and ready to go to town!!!

. . . more and more no trespassing signs. Not sure if this is unique to this part of the state or all around MI.Must be some property rights issue  . . .but stay away!!!!

65 mile ride today and here was our halfway point . . .to Claire, MI our home for the night was the Party Store!!! Stop NOW  . . and we did . . .

Six of us sampled the ‘Pizza Ball’. Moist crusty outer shell filled with a variety of pizza fixins’.

.99 cents each. On a busy weekend they will sell over a thousand of these little morsels!!!

. . .we turned onto a side road that had been recently seal coated.In a car you would never notice the smell. On a bike, on a hot, no wind day the odor was VERY overpowering and almost made one gag . . . went on for 5 miles!!!

Right outside of Claire was what I think is a ‘Biker Resort’ DON”T come a calling unless you are invited!!!

Tonight we are staying in the City Park in Claire, pop 2,500. Rod and Hugh are our chefs. They have several; supermarkets to choose from. Looking forward to it!!!

They whipped up a nice pesto angel hair pasta with rotisserie chicken. We even had fresh veggies tonight for a salad. YUM!!!

The whole gang sitting down to eat . . . David is sick and is staying in a motel tonight.

After dinner we decided to walk down to the local 50’s drivin/ice cream parlor. Behind our campsite is a car wash wish this HUGE blower system to dry off cars and trucks as they drive out . . .we are ALL hoping it is not a 24 hour operation . . .get out the earplugs!!!!

Mark decided on a Nutella malt . . .

 . . . oh, they deliver . . .

 . . . and Allen had a Strawberry Sundae.

Only 40 miles tomorrow to Bay City, MI. We are hoping to sleep in until oh, maybe.  . . 7:00am!!!!