Labor Day, 2007, marked the 50th anniversary of the Mackinac Bridge Walk and was celebrated by almost 60,000 walkers who hiked the entire 5 mile length of the bridge. We got started late, entering the bridge on the St. Ignace side about 9 am, and walked into a crowd crossing the bridge like a huge human caterpillar. We took our time and enjoyed the morning, trying to see things up close that you don't normally get to see when you drive across at 45 mph. It took us about 2 hrs. to get all the way across. It was interesting to see and feel how much the bridge sways and rumbles in the wind. When we hit the mid-way sag in the suspension I felt a little like a drunken man because the bridge was swaying almost imperceptibly; my equilibrium was just slightly off, but enough to feel dizzy as the concrete and steel wriggled from side to side under my feet. When we got to the other side we found out there was a 4 hr. wait for a taxi to take you back across. And the lines for the buses weren't much better. So, we killed some time in Mackinaw City, then hopped a ferry to the island (Mackinac). The island was a nice highlight that we hadn't expected; we had a nice lunch and shopped for a while before needing to depart and catch the last ferry leaving for St. Ignace. All in all it was a nice way to finish up the summer. School started the next day.
The blog looks great, Dad. I'm putting comments in, but they won't show up until you OK them. You can change that in the settings, in the upper right corner of the page. Because you're the blog's creator, only you will see the settings button. In there, go find the permissions tab or something. Anyway, I don't know off the top of my head how to change things, but you'll be able to figure it out if you mess with it.
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