September 5
Overnighted at Split Rock Resort after a full day of mostly climbing and cruising and descending on mostly delightful back roads. My first lunch opportunity in a long stretch was at Tower Bar and Restaurant, which proved to be a friendly multigenerational place, several of whose customers have also worked there. Second lunch 18 miles later was in a nice warm (I was wet) Chinese restaurant and occurred during the second and more electrical half of a prolonged deluge of a thunderstorm. The sun was shining by the time I finished eating. Reaching my lodging was eventful, because Google Maps was routing me through some private roads that I eventually could not get through (electrically operated gates on the north side of Lake Harmony.) I phoned the resort and they talked me in as the sun was setting -- very helpful staff! The support phone call was not going well (I could not communicate well my whereabouts) until she asked me if I had passed Miss Piggy's restaurant. Yes I had, and I knew how to get back there, and she could direct me from there. Problem solved.