The Mackinac Bridge links the Lower and Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  Before the bridge was completed in 1957, only ferries went across the Straits of Mackinac.  The Mackinac Bridge Walk began that first year with 250 participants.  It happens now on Labor Day, with the Governor of Michigan and 50,000 other walkers and runners.  I took the picture above, under the bridge approach looking north.

Here’s the bridge walk itself, looking south:

My wife and I finished the five-mile walk in an hour and 40 minutes.  Two lanes are given to walkers, and on the other two traffic continues to flow.  We went up Saturday with a group from church and stayed at Camp Kinawind.  We did sightseeing on Sunday.  After a 5:30 a.m. breakfast on Monday, we got on the camp bus for the trip to the bridge where the driver dropped us off on the north side.  We were walking on the bridge by 8:30.  We caught up with our bus on the south side later in the morning.  The whole experience was a pilgrimage.  “Blessed are those who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.” (Ps 84.5)

Here is a picture of the Straits of Mackinac and the bridge we crossed.