Mackinac Bridge

Today, the 52nd Annual Mackinac Bridge Walk was held today on the suspension bridge that links the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (home of the Yoopers) with the Lower Peninsula (home of the Trolls, so called because they live below the bridge). 50,000 or so were expected to attend. The bridge is 5 miles long, with the center span 3,800 feet long and as much as 200 feet between the bridge and the water below.This postcard photo was printed in 1959, but the postcard was mailed in the early 1970s.

On the back, the sender wrote:

"Hi Mom and Dad,
Well we came across this big thing all in one piece, no-one fainted. Tho I didn't know about Cathy about had a fit. Ha. Sure is beautiful up here, we are at Tahquamenon Falls. Today, we will move on to Watersmeet. And on to Copper Harbor, and then start home, I guess. Never know from one day to next what we will be doing. Just enjoying everything. You really should see this part of the country."

I am guessing that home is Rhode Island, because that is where the card was mailed. Tahquamenon Falls is in the area that actor Terry O'Quinn (John Lock from "Lost" grew up in. He's therefore a Yooper. Watersmeet is haunted: it is the home of the famous Ghost Light. They have a cool Casper-with-a-lantern sign that they put on the signs there.