Straits State Park, St. Ignace, Michigan
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. Deuteronomy 10:17
We began with a fairly nice weather day. It didn’t end well.
It was only a two hour, 97-mile drive today, so we weren’t able to pack up and leave early. We had to wait until after lunch. Blaine knew rain was on its way, and he frequently checked the weather radar to keep updated. He was expecting rain about 2:00pm. For once, they got it right. Darn!
But we were able to drive fairly slowly across the five-mile Mighty Mackinac Bridge – the longest suspension bridge in America! What fun! Fortunately, it wasn’t windy today. I found the following on-line. It’s comprised of excerpts from an article dated last June. Also, just as an FYI – Blaine discovered that the bridge could sway as much as 35’ in high winds! That’s a lot!
MACKINAC COUNTY, Mi (WPBN/WGTU) —
When the wind reaches speeds of 65 miles an hour, the bridge closes to traffic.
A category one hurricane starts at 75 miles per hour.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority says there was a gust up to 72 miles per hour on Sunday.It caused both a camper and a boat on a trailer to tip over on the bridge.
Typically, the bridge would be closed at that wind speed, but that storm front only took a couple of minutes to go from calm winds to hurricane gusts.
At 35 miles per hour, the bridge authority starts escorting high profile vehicles like trucks or trailers.
At 55 miles per hour, it is closed to those high-profile vehicles.
Those lanes are really, really tight! Our mirrors barely cleared!
But I guess ‘cleared’ is all that matters. : )
This is the same area we walked to the other day.
See the speed limit sign and the yellow barrier? I was standing right there. : )
Here we go!
Not a crystal clear day, but still nice.
That’s water down there. I had to lean way over the console to get this picture.
Yeah. That means I took my seat belt off.
We remember visiting that place a few years ago.
It’s Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, built in 1889.
It’s much nicer than the picture shows, and we were sorry we couldn’t visit today.
It took us nine minutes to cross the five-miles today, and cost $14.
I guess Lake Huron Huron has a Circle Tour just like Lake Superior. Maybe some day . . . .
Alpena. That’s where we’re headed.
There were several views of Lake Huron today . . . and the dark clouds that were building.
And here it is. The promised rain.
See the freighter?
A short respite from the rain.
Very short.
Campers Cove RV Park, Alpena, Michigan
We arrived in the pouring rain . . . .
It’s been a long time since we’ve had to set up in the rain. It’s not fun. I think the last time it was anywhere near this bad, was the day we first moved in, back in April, 2017. At least it was considerably warmer today. 😊
The short lane where our site is. We’re right beside that pine tree.
Our new home is just across from the playground.
This is a lovely site, with some type of water view on every side. Unfortunately, we were forced to back into the site, and our biggest window – the windshield – faces the play area (both playground and small beach) instead of the lake. Sigh . . . . But we have a nice wide yard, so we’re able to sit by the lake without feeling squished.