It is 9:00Pm and I just walked into my hotel room. I left my hotel room in Manitowoc (Wisconsin's arm pit) at about 8:30 and have been moving ever since.
This was billed as a rest day, and though it was not a day of physical exertion, there was virtually zero opportunity to do the wifely chores that one must do on a trip of this nature. 
Like wash the clothes, get the cash, clean the chain, and so on.So the post will be brief today, I'll add pictures later IF I feel like it (yes, I'm in a bit of a pissy mood- and no I will not explain- it's none of your business- maybe later), and I will then try to salvage something of this non rest day.
The big entry on the to do list today was to get on the SS Badger and ride across Lake Michigan. That turned out to take all freaking day. It was the kind of crowd that you'd see at the state fair. Just a smidgeon above the county fair crowd, but not really a Disneyworld group. Maybe Pigeon Forge- yeah that's just about right. The ship could have been right out of Noah's Ark era, coal powered if you can believe that. Heavy duty steel ship, complete with a bingo parlour. Anyway, we finally got into Michigan, ate dinner, consumed our second ice cream dosage of the day and then rode about 5 miles to the hotel.
Before starting the Badger activities, we toured downtown Manitowoc and wandered into a submarine museum.
Manitowoc was the site of a large sub shipyard during WW2 and the museum was very nice. Had a nice chat with a woman who's husband was stationed on the sub on display there. He's written an account of his missions while assigned to the sub and that was interesting.
I've had it- going to bed. May write more tomorrow, but I doubt it. We have a century ride tomorrow in a plus size- think it's 115 miles. Oh boy.
