Amazon.com description: Product Description: Ride Michigan is a guide to backroad riding whether it's a short ride in the countryside or a planned five-day excursion. Author, Bill Murphy scouts and maps the most interesting, varied, light-traffic, well-maintained backroads in the state of Michigan. The book is divided into four sections; the northwoods, the lakeshores, the southern farmlands and the Great Lakes. Murphy also delves into the philosophy of appreciation and exploration. He defines his basic strategy of travel, and living life in general, with another fundamental premise declared on page one. Join Murphy as he explores Michigan and the Great Lakes region with 34 detailed and entertaining chapters that chronicle places to go and things to see on the bucolic back roads that crisscross this marvelous place that Michiganders are fortunate to call home.