The End of the Line

So, I'm sitting in my hotel room near Toronto airport.  My bike is safely delivered to the shippers, and I hope it will get on the plane with me tomorrow night.  According to my satnav I've travelled 7,561.5 miles with a driving time of 6 days, and an average speed of 49mph.  I didn't check the odometer to see if the bike and satnav agree.

My last day's riding into Michigan was uneventful, though it may have been on that day I came to the Heath M Robinson Memorial Bridge.  I expected it to go in a circle or stop half-way, but it was just an ordinary bridge, so I guess it's a different Heath Robinson.  The Michigan welcome centre sported good figures to celebrate its history of being a state of the working man.

I arrived safely at Aileen and Steve's and spent a couple of days being lazy and keeping out of the 90℉+ heat.  In a walk round Ann Arbor we came across these fairy doors.  I'm assuming that they are just that, and if you want a more detailed explanation I'm afraid you will need to rely on Google.  There are quite a few of them in town.

And this is the town.

We stopped for an ice cream and this lovely red brick building was nearby.

We also stopped for a coffee and Steve and I had the Nitro Brew.  This is iced coffee dispensed from a keg by pressurised nitrogen.  The result is like draught Guinness in look and texture and is an outstanding drink.

We also had a ramble round another town nearby, Dexter.

And that's it really.  I will go into Toronto to rubberneck tomorrow, but it is to pass the time, not to provide blog material, so I will sign off now.  Hope you enjoyed the travelling as much as I did.