A Chicago reporter took a motorcycle tour around Lake Michigan last summer and writes about it in this day-by-day accounting, including time spent along the south coast of the U.P.
Excerpt: Ever since my ex-hippie neighbor goaded me into buying a Harley-Davidson during the height of my midlife crisis, I've taken to the road on the biggest two-wheeled rolling couch Milwaukee could muster -- a 2007 metallic blue Ultra Classic.
During a week of perfect July weather -- with packed saddlebags and a brunette holding on for dear life -- we headed east, planning to make only left turns in a complete circumnavigation of Lake Michigan.
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Source: The Chicago Sun-Times
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