This summer we took a trip to Michigan. We went to the peninsula on Big Bay de Noc just west of Manistique. It was the first time Kaitlin and I had been, but as a boy John had gone every summer until he was about 16. His dad was from Garden, MI. Here is a photo of the water tower in Garden. It is a fairly small town and it seems as if you have to drive hours to get anywhere even though the peninsula is not that large.
We had an amazing time and I can’t wait to go again. This was something that we had wanted to do for a long time and just never seemed to take the time or have the money. One day my husband came home and said “Let’s go to Michigan over the weekend.” I was totally shocked and after I thought about I said why not. We went for three days, driving all night (11 hours one way). It was worth it. Here are just a few photo’s of what we saw.
The Mackinac Bridge pronounced like MACK-in-aw, note the silent “c”, and affectionately known as the “Mighty Mac” or “Big Mac”), is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the non-contiguous upper and lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects the cities of St. Ignace on the north end with Mackinaw City on the south. For more information visit here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinac_Bridge
Here it is at sunrise on the day we came home. I took this photo from an overlook in St. Ignace just before we crossed. It was super windy that day and traffic was only allowed to move at 20MPH
Here is a close-up of the suspensions and supports. It was humongously large!
I took this photo just as the sun was rising. We were on our way home and were just east of Manistique.
This is one of my favorite photos. We had stopped to get some pictures of the sunrise. My husband was videotaping. It was very windy and the sound of the waves crashing to shore was loud. The air smelled clean, cold, & very wet! It was just glorious. The clouds were stupendous. My daughter used up the last of her camera photo’s and we filled the memory card on the digital camera. All I have to do is watch the video and listen to the sounds and it takes me right back to that wonderful day.