Ashland, WI to Wakefield, MI 60.1 miles

I said farewell and thanked my hosts Adam and Kristi and hit the road. It was raining, it would rain almost all day and stay in the low 50s. That was okay, I was ready to cover some miles after the last two short days.

I crossed into Michigan at Ironwood, MI and stopped for a hot cup of coffee at Contrast Coffee Company. Maybe I was just cold but that cup of pour over Papua New Guinea coffee was pretty spectacular.

From Ironwood there was a paved rail trail called the Iron Belle Trail that took me most of the way to Wakefield, Michigan where there was a town campground on Lake Sunday.

The temperature was cold enough there was fog blowing off the lake. And that night it got down to 47 degrees. I was having trouble falling asleep because I had sent home my winter sleeping bag and only had clothes and a sleeping bag liner to sleep in. Eventually I remembered I had a Tyvek ground cloth and thought if I wrapped up in it, it might trap enough heat for me to be able to get some sleep. It took an hour to warm up enough to sleep but it worked.