Monday, we hit the road sans campers and headed south to St. Ignace where the Mackinac Bridge joins the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the Lower. The bridge is amazing to me, almost five miles long. We also explored the campgrounds at Straits State park. Butch and I camped there for one night three years ago and especially enjoyed the views of the bridge lit up at night. Then we walked along the main street at St. Ignace-a fun touristy town-- and of course couldn't resist some fudge made famous at nearby Mackinac Island. We ate lunch at an old diner and then headed north again to Sault Ste. Marie to view the locks there connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
Everything about the locks is amazing--the size of the ships, the statistics about the amount of shipping passing through the locks every year, the amount of water displaced and used to fill the locks. We were lucky enough to arrive when one huge ship was leaving one lock and another approaching the biggest lock. The superstructure on this one was six stories tall.
A little souvenir shopping and it was time to head back to the campground. It was a lot of driving so today we will stick closer to the park, explore the falls, and perhaps take in the shipwreck museum about a half hour north.
A little souvenir shopping and it was time to head back to the campground. It was a lot of driving so today we will stick closer to the park, explore the falls, and perhaps take in the shipwreck museum about a half hour north.
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