Ferry!

When I first told my dad about the bike ride, he was all about taking a ferry across Lake Michigan. My response, of course, was the usual d-a-a-d with a little roll of the eye leftover from the teenage years. Lo and behold, dad is right (this is your father's day present, dad, admitting that you can be right sometimes!). This is a great idea and solves all of our problems. Biking northwest through Wisconsin to Milwaukee then taking the ferry to Muskegon allows us to skip biking though Gary, IN. AND, that means that anyone who wants to ride with us out of town can find easy transportation to get back home. (July 12th, folks. Pump up your tires.) Plus, how pretty is this going to be?

Upon taking this ferry, I will have ferried across my top five favorite lakes in the world:
1. Fallen Leaf Lake, California
2. Lake Atilan, Guatemala
3. Lake Tahoe, CA/NV
4. Lake Baikal, Siberia
5. LAKE MICHIGAN!

The fee is $70. There might be a small fee for the bike. There's another older, cooler ferry, the SS Badger, but it is much further north and basically the same price. So we're going to take the fancy one...

http://www.lake-express.com/schedule/index.aspx


June 11 - September 1, 2008 - 3 roundtrips daily
Sail Arrive
Milwaukee 6:00 AM Muskegon 9:30 AM
Muskegon 10:15 AM Milwaukee 11:45 AM
Milwaukee 12:30 PM Muskegon 4:00 PM
Muskegon 4:45 PM Milwaukee 6:15 PM
Milwaukee 7:00 PM Muskegon 10:30 PM
Muskegon 11:00 PM Milwaukee 12:30 AM