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:

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On Oct 26, 2021, at 1:50 AM, Alan C cole@lantic.net 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?

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On Oct 26, 2021, at 7:41 AM, ann sanfedele annsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:

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:

Thanks Alan! As Ann mentioned, the bridge in question, about 5 miles long, connects the Lower portion of Michigan to the Upper Peninsula (i.e., the U.P.)  The photo of the bridge is near the southern end of the bridge. My time on the island involved a ferry ride over from Mackinaw City (English spelling) to Mackinac Island (French spelling). There is also a ferry from St. Ignace which is near the northern end of the bridge. Meg remembers the time before the bridge was built; there was a car ferry service linking lower MIchigan to the U.P.

I’ve seen a show about living on the island year round. The hotels close, most guest houses close, most of the fancier “cottages” are owned by the wealthy who only spend some time there in the summer months. The school has 30-40 kids attending; last year there were 3 in the graduating class from high school. Most of the horses are ferried from the island starting about now, they winter at a large farm about 20 miles north of the bridge.

Another bit of trivia - those who live in the U.P. are often called Yoopers. In retaliation they refer to those in lower MIchigan, as trolls. Because trolls live below the bridge.

Stan

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