Being on the western edge of the eastern time zone it was dark at breakfast and we started riding as the sun rose. A flat to slightly rolling day with good cloud cover to keep it cool. Friends Curt Jones from Ludington and John Lynn from Midland met me with their bikes at our last sag stop 20 miles out. We followed the PAC Tour route on the very nice Pere Marquette bike trail into Midland. John swung us by his house where we snapped a picture and then he led us to our motel. It was nice to see them and have an escort into town. Both John and Curt worked at Dow Chemical which was founded in Midland in 1879 and is still headquartered here. Midland is the county seat of Midland county. Robert Jarvik (artificial heart) is from here. In 2010 Forbes magazine listed Midland as 4th best small town in the USA to raise a family. Tomorrow it is on to Imlay, MI.