When we left St. Ignace to go south, it was pouring rain. It is so miserable to hook up in the rain. I felt sorry for Denny. He does all the outside stuff and I do all the inside. We had to go over the Mackinaw Bridge, the only way you can get from the Upper to the Lower part of Michigan. It is a toll bridge. The state has a good money maker there because, even if you live in Wisconsin, there is no way to get to the lower part of Michigan without paying the toll, unless you go all the way down from Wisconsin, thru Illinois and Indiana and up to Michigan. It was built in 1957. For years, everyone thought you couldn't build it thru the straits. It is 5 miles long. We saw pictures of the ferry lines before the bridge was built. They were much longer than any lines on the Washington ferries in the height of summer.
It was a little scary going over the bridge in pouring rain. The visibility was not even a half a mile. The only good thing is that there was no wind. Our RV is 12' high, so it is like a sail in the wind, easy to topple over. When there is a lot of wind, you are escorted over.
The bridge from a distance
Views from our truck as we were crossing
The rain continued the entire time we were driving. It was only 3 hrs, 15 min, but it felt like 8 just because of the stress of the weather. We were so glad to finally get to our new destination that we opened up a bottle of champagne to celebrate
Denny said this was the worst rain storm we have ever driven thru since we started in 2009. We have been going thru all these northern states fairly fast to beat the fall/winter weather, but it is starting to catch up to us.
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