April
2007

overview

Ottawa, KS
Missouri
Mississippi River
Kentucky
Virginia
New Jersey
Kearny
Jersey City
Nutley
Belvidere
Newark
Lyndhurst
Sussex Co.
Pennsylvania
New York
Ontario
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Lawrence, KS

 

April 2007 trip to NJ

Lake Michigan

Lake Express ferry

The last time I crossed Lake Michigan was in 1955 on the Manitowoc-Ludington ferry. This time, the trip was much faster. The Lake Express takes 2½ hours to get from Muskegon to Milwaukee. Using my GPS, I could see that, once past the breakwater, we were averaging 35 mph. The fastest speed I clocked was 38.4 mph. For a ferryboat carrying 40 cars, that is very fast.
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on to Wisconsin