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Title: Old Man, Bike and a Tike take a trip around the big "Fr
Post by: HappyMan on July 29, 2009, 03:42:39 AM

Read the full post here.

http://ridedualsport.com/forum/index.php?topic=385.0

My son and I just got back from a beautiful ride around the big lake. (Lake Superior) 1950 miles. This was the first big road trip for my nine year old. I take each of my kids around the lake on a camping trip as they get old enough. This is their initiation into bigger and longer road trips. Next year this little guy gets to go to Banff!

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Post by: HockleyBoy on July 29, 2009, 09:18:18 AM

Looks like you had a great trip with your son. Great pics.

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Post by: coachgeo on July 29, 2009, 03:44:34 PM

how much of that trip is offroad? Looks like an amazing trip.

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Post by: TheMule on July 29, 2009, 04:12:23 PM

HappyMan,

Thanks a bunch for this RR. I went to college at Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie and worked a couple of summers as a Tech for the university along the shoreline of Lake Superior from Whitefish Point to Grand Marais. I traveled much of your route in that area on a daily basis and your pics brought back some long lost memories.

thanks again,

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Post by: HappyMan on July 30, 2009, 02:01:06 AM

Quote from: "TheMule"HappyMan,

Thanks a bunch for this RR. I went to college at Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie and worked a couple of summers as a Tech for the university along the shoreline of Lake Superior from Whitefish Point to Grand Marais. I traveled much of your route in that area on a daily basis and your pics brought back some long lost memories.

thanks again,

Very cool Mule. Nice to hear that you could share in my trip. It sure is beautiful in that area!

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Post by: HappyMan on July 30, 2009, 02:06:00 AM

Quote from: "coachgeo"how much of that trip is offroad? Looks like an amazing trip.

Not nearly as much as I'd like to have. I set my route and plug it into my GPS and then I tell my GPS to re-route it for shortest distance and nothing but minor roads. It'll take me down some awesome roads as you've seen in some of the pics. However, I didn't get my TKC's on before the trip and my tires were running thin. I didn't mind the lack of grip but my biggest concern was on some of the sharper, rockier stuff. Getting a flat in the middle of nowhere and having it be a tear is not a great thought when you aren't carrying a spare.....So that being said I skipped a fair amount of the roads I would have taken for the sake of my tires. We travelled 1950 miles and about 5-600 were on dirt. If not on dirt they were small country roads. I stay off of highways and freeways. If I wanted to drive in a straight line I'd take the car..... 8)

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Post by: aeronca on August 03, 2009, 06:06:33 PM

really cool ride report. looks like your kiddo's had tons o fun.

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Post by: HappyMan on August 04, 2009, 04:54:31 PM

Quote from: "aeronca"really cool ride report. looks like your kiddo's had tons o fun.

We both have memories that will last a lifetime!

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