When there is a door closed, there is another door opened. Similarly, when there is a trail closed, there is another trail opened.
We are easily to be satisfied with current situation at most of time, because we have so strong ability to adopt the surrounding environment.
Last year, I began to get used to remember most of the trails in the Tech trails. Everything looks good until the flash flood. The trail connected to the main trail closed, and then my entrance was disconnected with the main trails. It was quite frustrated. I tried all the way west to the Breakers, but the trails are so straight and not very interesting.
My roommate Ben suggested me a new route near Calumet, which interested me a lot. First of all, I need to solve the issue that how to transport my bike to there, because I don't have bike rack behind my car. Fortunately, I found that the second row seats can be folded forward, which provide more space and this point I should know earlier. In this way, I remove the front wheel of my bike and just able to put it into my car. Looks great!
The new biking route starts from a small village named Ahmeek, then I need ride on the "Five Mile Point Road". This road go north and ends near Eagle River. There are lots of ups and downs in the road. Sometimes you can barely see the Lake Superior. This road actually has 12 miles rather than 5 miles. But the name is memorable.
When ride around one hour, you can face the lake in the Eagle River. Good weather make you extremely want to go outdoor.
The way back, is not the same road, but called "Cliff Drive" way, totally seven miles. Cliff Mine is along the road. The Cliff mine was the first successful copper mine in the Copper Country, MI. This mine is abandoned now.
All the way back, there is one bonus for biking. You can buy a ice cream in the Ahmeek. There is nothing better than having an ice cream after exercise. Enjoy!
