When we arrived at Mackinaw Island it was cold and rainy. Oh well what do you expect for mid September?
We had about 30 rigs at the camp out and had a real good time. It was good to see old friends again after a year or more. Each night we had a big bond fire and it was good to sit around it and tell tales about what we've been doing since we last met. One of our friends had recently retired from 30 years with General Motors and all during that time had to wear a suit and tie. Each time we saw him he was in "shorts". When I ask why he wore shorts in such cold weather he said he had one pair of regular trousers, they were his "puttin away pants."
We took a tour of Mackinaw Island by boat and the island is real quaint. The only vehicles allowed are a fire truck and an ambulance. Everything else is horse and wagons. During the winter the populations drops to about 50 people. I ask one of the year round residents how they got food in the winter and he said they use a "snow mobile".
We drove over the world's longest span bridge and it's a little over five miles. When the wind gets over 20 miles per hour they close everything except the middle lane and even then trucks and RVs are prevented to drive until all the cars are off the bridge.
We also took a trip to Sault St. Marie to see the locks there. All lake shipping is controlled by
these locks. In the winter time they are closed but then again in the winter the lake is completely frozen over.
After about a week in cold and rainy Michigan it was time to head back home. We were really excited during our trip back home that we were finally going to get our house sold.
