Manistique has a place known as the siphon bridge. It sits low enough that, when the water is high, the bridge deck can be lower than the height of the water apparently causing the water to “siphon” under the bridge. These pictures were taken from the bridge. In the first picture you can see the canal on the right is higher than the river on the left. The second picture looks the other way at the canal. You can see that the top of the canal is in line with the top, not the bottom, of the bridge.
I saw a motel advertising, “showers, tubs, carpet.” How many of you remember when motels had linoleum, not carpet? Those were some cold floors. They felt good if you were in a hot place, though. And they sure made sense at the motel we stayed at in the Florida panhandle area–all that sand tracked in could be swept right back out. So, are you visualizing me sweeping Dave out the door?
We were detoured off US Hwy 2 onto a “seasonal road.” That means the road is not plowed by the county during the winter. There were a lot of houses along it so my guess is the locals plow it themselves just enough to keep reasonable access to their homes. I wonder if they all get together and pay some one or if the guy closest to the highway plows as far as his house then the next guy plows to his, etc. If so, what happens when the furthest guy needs to get out before the others plow? Does one guy plow from one end and a different guy plow from the other end and no one plows the middle? Anyone want to volunteer to come back next winter to find out and report back to the rest of us?
Today is a rainy day–good for sleeping but not so good for sightseeing. We pulled into a scenic overlook to take pictures of the Mackinac bridge. Here’s my view from our RV and Dave’s view from the overlook.
We then drove into town for fuel and lunch while the sky cleared some. So we went back and Dave got this picture.
Like that one better, do you?
The Captain’s Inn Motel had a sign saying “highly recommended by owner.” It was closed. Apparently no one else highly recommended it.
We are now in the Tiki RV Park in St Ignace, MI, waiting out the weekend and the weather. Sunday we hope to cross that big bridge. If there are no wind warnings that prevent us from doing so. All you blowhards out there keep it to yourselves on Sunday, OK?
TTYL,
Linda