Day 10 - St Ignace Michigan to Duluth Minnesota 711kms

JA very exciting first stage only 20 mins into the day a 12 k run with two timing points meaning you need to stop and get your card stamped at a mid point then try and make up time to the last point all very exciting! We knew we arrived at the last point 1 second late but had no idea of the ideal time at the mid way point so we needed to wait until the luch stop to find out!!!!

Another beautiful day today driving along side of lakes and in amongst the trees - some people are now finding the trees and water a bit of a bore, but I love it! Not that I get to much time to enjoy the views when my head is in my lap looking for most of the day looking at route amendments,timings and tulips as well as writing notes for the blog on route! A navigators work is never ending.

The second and final TS of the day came just before our lunch stop at Sydney's Restaurant Munising.

Wow!  ERA have really come up trumps today with two cracking regularities to add a bit of excitement to our very long days driving. The second regularity - Creighton Truck Trail - the best! 

Even before the start, all the cars had to navigate a deep mud filled hole which lead to much hilarity and heroics not only from the cars and their passengers but also our intrepid field photographer Gerard Brown.

Like the first regularity this too had an intermediate timing point and pretty rough sand to negotiate which made the second party really tricky to make up,the time! We should have done better but none the less were chuffed with our results - 1 second late  & 3 seconds early.

At the lunch stop there was a real buzz from the mornings activities and having checked out the results from our  lead competition Phil and Kieron Car 27, it looks like we may have had a result!!!  But we won't know for sure until the board is checked  later tonight - our feeling is that we have made a big inpacked on their 23 second lead!!!!

The rest of the day has been quiet in comparison - very long endless roads leading us to our stop over in Duluth, driving along the southern side of Lake Superior.

Some interesting facts...... 

Lake Superior is the largest lake in the world and holds 10% of the worlds fresh water.

The Results.....

After all the excitement and the boys in Car 27 playing their best poker face, we only managed to gain 3 second on their lead - now running 20 seconds behind them.