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Andrea has a passion for back roads and we found a couple that didn’t quite go like the map says they should go…. Just as last post, here is the plan (in red) versus our actual (in blue).

Map from today with notes!

Both days were good rides, but if you are in the area, I would advise against M-35 north of Palmer (Tilden mine location) if you can… Most of the roads around Marquette County are covered up with dump trucks going somewhere, but this highway is pretty narrow with lots of double trailer dump trucks going along pretty quick.

A nice cut over turned out to be Jarvi road connecting M-35 to Old CR-480. It was short, but had a nice short hill on it which made it interesting (and functional).

Here are a 4-pack of photos from Suicide Bowl Road (sign, ski jump, random lake at the end, and end of the road for us). This road is casually paved… or at least casually maintained, leaving me wishing they would just grind it up and turn it to gravel-it would ride better.

Suicide Bowl Rd near Negaunee … dead ends to Cleveland Cliffs private road.

The last part of our ride had us chasing after dead ends almost back to Marquette, trying to find another way back to Marquette (cutting off some riding on US41). All of those attempts led to nowhere.

And for the random photo of the day, this one had to win. This camper / truck combo was spotted down on the Marquette waterfront when we went to go see a short musical comedy (about Ice Fishing, of course) down at the boat house last night.