Stan..
I love both these galleries.. so much fine photography and a bonus for
me is familiar territory.. as I mentioned to you on FB..
I'm from Chicago, Alan, grew up on Lake MIchigan and as a child visited
the area Stan showed us in both galleries.. IF you look at a map of the
USA showing the Great Lakes you will note that Lake MIchigan and Lake
Huron are pinched together .. The bridge crosses the strait between the
area called the Upper penisula and the rest of the state of MIchigan...
It is near the Island but doesn't touch it.
When I first visited Maciknac Island the bridge was not yet built across
the straits - went there as a child with my parents. And when I
photographed the
Grand Hotel (from essentially the same angle as Stan's photo) in 1989
Richard and I were on the way home from Alaska - we did not go on the
bridge..
we went into Canada and continued east above the Great Lakes.. the
northern shores of which help form the border between the US and Canada.
as to a good place to retire... don't think many would want to.. the
winters are bitter and the summers are now overrun with tourists not to
mention
the inaccesibility factor, which keeps it from being entirely spoiled..
I doubt the year long residents are wealthy..
ann
On 10/26/2021 1:50 AM, Alan C wrote:
Stan, I found both your GESO's very interesting. A bit of everything,
even horse-drawn transport. The island looks a nice place to retire
for those who can afford it! That image of the long bridge with a
suspension section at the far end puzzles me somewhat. Why would it be
on an island or perhaps it is a distant shot off-island?
On 25-Oct-21 11:02 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
A set of 40 images from our recent trip to Mackinac.
For context for those who are not familiar with the island, it is
largely a tourist destination, reachable only by ferry or air (or on
foot/snow machine when the lake freezes over), there are only about
1,000 permanent residents, and there are virtually no motorized
vehicles on the island.
This gallery is not intended as a travelogue but rather is is simply
a collection of some favorite images from our visit. The Grand Hotel,
a few of the “cottages”, the fortress, downtown traffic, and flowers.
And flowers.
Spoiler alert! One of these images may be seen in the upcoming
November PUG…
https://adobe.ly/3vI6wQz
Stan
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