My Labor Day
2009 Mackinac Bridge Walk (Page 1 of 3)
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For many years I have wanted to participate in the annual Labor Day bridge walk across the Mackinac Bridge. I just never got around to actually doing it...until 2009. Tim, a good friend of mine, has walked it several times and had been inviting me to join him for the last couple of years. Finally, I decided to do it! We arrived in Mackinaw City (the city at the southern end of the bridge) at 9:30 a.m. I was amazed at how many people there were! We waited in line for a bus to take us to St. Ignace (the city at the northern end of the bridge) for two hours! It took another 45 minutes to get across the bridge. Traffic was crazy! Tim met one of his friends and the three of us began walking at about 12:40 p.m. We were among approximately 50,000 people to walk the 5-mile span between Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.
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A view of the bridge from where the bus dropped us off in St. Ignace.
The walk begins! It was a warm day. The temperature was 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
All walkers walked southward in one of northbound lane.
People of all ages participated.
Cars continued to cross in two southbound lanes and one northbound lane.
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