Summer road trip should include Lake Michigan circle tour

One Chicago Sun-Times reporter discussed in his column recently what many of us have known for quite sometime--a summer road trip can only be better if it includes the Lake Michigan Circle Tour.

Excerpt: 'The road is life." Jack Kerouac wrote that.

For me, it's more like: The road is vacation. I find peace on the highway.

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: Chicago Sun-Times

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