Iconic author Ernest Hemingway followed his own path in a distinctively adventurous manner. I’ ve compared his approach to life to that of motorcyclists, pursuing adventure on lonely ribbons of asphalt, willingly exposed to difficulties they could have chosen to avoid.

Iconic author Ernest Hemingway followed his own path in a distinctively adventurous manner. I’ ve compared his approach to life to that of motorcyclists, pursuing adventure on lonely ribbons of asphalt, willingly exposed to difficulties they could have chosen to avoid.

Adventure on Michigan’ s Lower Peninsula.

There are easier and more comfortable ways to experience life, but Hemingway, and motorcycle riders, wouldn’ t have it any other way. Hemingway spent considerable time in the northern part of Michigan’ s Lower Peninsula and many of his stories are based on events he experienced here. Riding a motorcycle is the perfect way to retrace Hemingway’ s wanderings, visiting the same places he enjoyed as a youth and later as a veteran recuperating from wounds suffered in World War I.