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The Upper Peninsula: Come at me bro. (Original Post) demmiblue Jul 2023 OP
Armchair civil engineer checking in Shermann Jul 2023 #1
Usually, there's an area on the span with only one lane each way. Tough to reverse. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2023 #10
Never in a Yugo. Meadowoak Jul 2023 #2
! demmiblue Jul 2023 #3
Beautiful drive. Although not on a holiday weekend. Srkdqltr Jul 2023 #4
Home of Da Yoopers... multigraincracker Jul 2023 #5
Love me some Mackinac Island.. democratsruletheday Jul 2023 #6
Currently heading the opposite way (south from northern lower Michigan) Freethinker65 Jul 2023 #7
I'm a troll 'Freethinker'..... democratsruletheday Jul 2023 #12
Agreed. Freethinker65 Jul 2023 #13
Reminds me of the traffic jams that used to occur before the bridge when we took ferries across. Biophilic Jul 2023 #8
I've been to the casino of LTBB in Petoskey a number of times Tetrachloride Jul 2023 #9
I walked Mackinac Bridge one weekend (Labor Day?) in the late 90's, No Vested Interest Jul 2023 #11
Now imagine a single lane in which the traffic looks like the left lane. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #14
Trolls. Kid Berwyn Jul 2023 #15
I don't know why masochists make that trek on a holiday week/weekend marmar Jul 2023 #16

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,762 posts)
10. Usually, there's an area on the span with only one lane each way. Tough to reverse.
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 03:47 PM
Jul 2023

It's strange when the closed lane is the one paved with concrete, and you have to drive on the lane paved with steel grate.

Even stranger when driving a motorcycle on the steel grate and you can look down and see the water. And the steel grate makes the motorcycle steering a bit random.

I wonder if the ferry still runs that strait.

democratsruletheday

(1,226 posts)
6. Love me some Mackinac Island..
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 01:31 PM
Jul 2023

it's one of the most uniquely beautiful areas in our country IMO. It's what makes Michigan really stand out too. My daughter has an internship there this summer and is loving it. Very proud of her.

Freethinker65

(11,135 posts)
7. Currently heading the opposite way (south from northern lower Michigan)
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 02:05 PM
Jul 2023

Hate the 4th "up north". Too crowded.

democratsruletheday

(1,226 posts)
12. I'm a troll 'Freethinker'.....
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 08:02 PM
Jul 2023

that's what people who live in the U.P. in Michigan call Michiganders that live south of the bridge. And as a troll even I know you don't vacation there between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Head up in October when the trees change colors and prices go down and have a ball.

Freethinker65

(11,135 posts)
13. Agreed.
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 05:06 AM
Jul 2023

We have had a family place on a popular lake since the late 50's. My parents were downstate educators so I spent my entire summers there through my teenage years. Began to really appreciate the area during my late twenties. Now in my mid fifties, we are one of the last with original structures on our bay. Lake is still beautiful, but I prefer the quieter,less congested, and less noisy times of Autumn.

On the plus side, I got back to home in near record time on Sunday😀.

Biophilic

(4,738 posts)
8. Reminds me of the traffic jams that used to occur before the bridge when we took ferries across.
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 03:42 PM
Jul 2023

So glad I'm not in that line up, but it's good for the Yuppers. They need the business.

No Vested Interest

(5,196 posts)
11. I walked Mackinac Bridge one weekend (Labor Day?) in the late 90's,
Sun Jul 2, 2023, 03:54 PM
Jul 2023

when it was closed to traffic and available just to walkers.
It was likely the most athletic endeavor of my life (and the coup de grace for my knees).

OldBaldy1701E

(6,341 posts)
14. Now imagine a single lane in which the traffic looks like the left lane.
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 07:09 AM
Jul 2023

But going both ways. Now you get what it is like on the Outer Banks of North Carolina from Memorial Day until Labor Day. There were times when it took almost fifteen minutes just to pull out onto Hwy 12.

(Down home, we call all the visitors 'touron' with the plural being 'tourii'! There are also nicknames for sections of the beach. One very nice beach area is called 'Coquina' but we always called it 'little Ohio' due to the abnormal number of that license plate compared to the others in the parking lot.)

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