I want to share some of the pics I took from the Mackinac Bridge yesterday.
Starting to walk the bridge
View of mackinac Island from the bridge
Riders on a truck
Getting near the first tower
View of the cables and towers
Dizzying of view looking up at towers
View of the moon in the AM(The little white spot between the first cable and tower is the moon)
Center brace of bridge
People on top of second tower
Walking on the grate
Everyone walking toward Mackinaw City
Fort in Mackinaw City
(This was awesome. British soldiers fired the cannon while we were walking)
My certificate number is 20,880
Finish Line
After I arrived in Mac City I walked toward the line to get on the school bus to get back to St Ignace. The line stretched from one end of Mac City to the other. The wait to get back was 3 hours. About 20 buses did not show up, plus there was more people than expected. Walkers from as far as California and Texas came for the 50th bridge walk.
3 comments:
hey there redneck I was there too about the same time you were and looking at your pics its like looking at mine. My cert number was 20,465. Wasnt it great. First time ever seeing the bridge and of course walking it too. Had a blast
That's great that ya got to see the bridge. Are you from Michigan? If not, what state?
For a look at last year's Mackinac Bridge Walk, see the first interview on this week's episode of Perils For Pedestrians. (I was one of the people at the top of the south tower last year.)
Tuesday, October 11, The Universityhouse Channel will show Episode 131 of "Perils For Pedestrians".
Contents of Episode 131 (2007):
--We travel to Mackinaw City, Michigan, for the annual Labor Day bridge walk.
--We talk with an advocate in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
--We visit a neighborhood that needs sidewalks in Knoxville, Tennessee;
--Tuscaloosa, Alabama, needs more crosswalks.
--We look at a dangerous intersection in Grand Island, Nebraska.
--We talk about closing the gaps in the East Coast Greenway.
--We look at the role of the pedestrian and bicycle professional.
DISH Network Channel 9411 -- The Universityhouse Channel
Tuesday -- 9:30 PM Eastern, 6:30 Pacific
Episode 131 is also available on Google Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3617416275047497892
Note: Public access cable channels are showing different episodes than DISH Network.
Thank you.
John Z Wetmore
www.pedestrians.org
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