Today was an easy ride of 50 miles. The day started out overcast but ended up to be another picture perfect day in the low 70's. Of course there was the head wind but that's to be expected. I think this was the first day we started downhill and throughout the ride the hills weren't big. Ashland, WI was about 38 miles away on the lake. That was a big iron ore mining town and port with lots of ore docks. We asked a couple about the docks but more important we wanted to find a good bakery. They recommended Cocos in Washburn. The picture is the last ore dock being taken down. We found a bike path through town along the waterfront that we took which went by the marina. Talking to Scott at the marina he first offered us the use of the showers. It would have been nice but we still had 12 miles to go. He said to be sure to stop at the visitor center where US 2 and 13 intersect. We did stop at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center and learn more about the history of the region. Next stop was Cocos where we had a sandwich and shared a piece of raspberry cheese cake. We will go there tomorrow for breakfast. We made our way to Memorial Park Campground with another lakefront site. It's really nice how these small towns have campgrounds right in town There's 3 guys on a 10 day bike tour of the area camped next to us.
Last ore dock being taken down, there used to be 4 of them.
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