Day 27 50 by 12

The campground at St Ignace was pretty nice. The store was 0.2 miles away. Fresh food and cold beer was at hand! (For those of us who imbibe.)  Steve has joined us each night for the past 2. We get along just fine. He knows we have a strong alliance and could vote him off the island if he was a pain. He showed up at camp with a cold beer for me. He stays. For now...
The 4 of us rode together all day today for the first time. There was only one road to follow as the options were nil. When I say we rode together, I mean as a team. If you are familiar with Team Time Trials, that's kind of what we were doing.
Here's how it works. 4 guys in a row. The front guy sets the pace. The other 3 follow that pace. Front guy gets tired. Signals he intends to move to the side and the group, without slowing, moves past him. He then takes his spot in the back. Everyone takes turns at the various spots sharing the work at the front. The front rider is essentially pulling the group along. I called us Team Touring Time Trial.
We were flying.  The roads were very good and mostly very flat. Shoulders were wide. With a vigorous tailwind, we were averaging over 16 mph with speeds up to 20 mph. compared to a normal average of 11.5ish. So, we had covered 50 miles by 12 (o'clock). We were going to reach our campground by 12:30. The next one was 30+ miles away. The wind had taken a turn and had been in our faces for the last 10 miles so we considered our options. Lanny Park had a cheap motel 15 miles further along the way. We also learned that it was going to rain tonight. Perfect.  Team Touring put together another entertaining ride to finish off the day. Dreamland Motel was on the mark, minus wifi. We are safe and dry and looking forward to another day on the road.
Total mileage today = 69
Total mileage on the route = 1,580

Take care and thanks for reading.
Cheers.
KPW