Sault Ste. Marie, and Mighty Mac!

So our last leg of the Sunday journey took us all the way up (finally) to the U.P.

GM texted Chris to let him know that there were high wind advisories on the Mackinac Island Bridge - also known as Mighty Mac or Big Mac.

Here are some facts that might seem interesting to some, but seemed terrifying to me as I contemplated driving over it...

• Mighty Mac is a suspension bridge spanning five mile long bridge that spans the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. 
• Opened in 1957, it is 8,614-foot long, and is the world's fifth-longest in total suspension, and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.
• The Mackinac Bridge splits Lake Michigan to the west and Lake Huron to the east.

What I can tell you is that (1) the wind advisory is really for big trucks, (2) it was pretty straight and flat, and (3) I did just fine.  It's unfortunate that I didn't blog back in 2008, because my freak out crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland would have been one for the ages...

Stayed the night with GM and MK, wonderful hosts who even made waffles for us in the morning!  They are good beer people, and we are so grateful to stay with them in their wonderful house in Sault Ste. Marie!

Mighty Mac

 

And then, we were in the U.P.