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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Worth Sharing Sep 3^rd, 2016 at 2:51am	Print Post
	Thousands of people will celebrate Labor Day by walking across the Mackinaw Bridge. It would be cool if it looks like this on Monday!


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Worth Sharing Reply #1 - Sep 3^rd, 2016 at 11:22am	Print Post
	I've always wanted to "Walk the Mighty Mack"... and maybe one day in the future, I will!!! Funny, I live in the mitten state, and I've only been to/across the bridge once when I was a teen!


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Worth Sharing Reply #2 - Sep 3^rd, 2016 at 1:36pm	Print Post
	Paul you are a pure-blooded Troll! (Were you in a Yugo on that trip? Thrill seeker that you are)! My parents were both from the Upper Peninsula. We would make an annual trek of 600 miles to visit Family. I was 9 years old, when 'The Bridge' opened. I remember well the huge Car and Train Ferries that crossed the Straights of Mackinaw. Drivers waited in line a couple of hours, (engines turned off), waiting their turn to drive on board by the hundreds. The crossing took about 45 minutes. It was a spectacular 'cruise', especially, with the bridge under construction! The Bridge and the Interstate totally changed Michigan travel.


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Worth Sharing Reply #3 - Sep 3^rd, 2016 at 3:50pm	Print Post
	How much is the toll? In 1969, my wife & I were canoeing in Boundary Waters. Drove home round the top of Lake Superior. We did not have much $$ & the toll seemed extreme. We drove back to Canada, came into the US at Buffalo. Got to Buffalo with 25 cents between us. We had a Texaco credit card. Used it for gas to get home to Syracuse. Not on NYS Thruway. Could not afford that either.


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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Re: Worth Sharing Reply #4 - Sep 3^rd, 2016 at 8:07pm	Print Post
	"The Bridge" tolls were cheaper than the Ferry Boats and went down after recouping some of the State's investment. Now the tolls are low ($4.50, I think) and just provide for maintenance. I can remember making trips like that with my wife and rolling into the driveway on fumes. It sure added to the adventure! When younger collectors see those amazing gun prices from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, they have to appreciate some of us were just getting by. I collected Lee-Enfields because '03 Springfields and Krags cost $40-$50. ('1969' Gas was about 24 cents a gallon in Michigan).


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Worth Sharing Reply #5 - Sep 4^th, 2016 at 12:07am	Print Post
	We went all the way to Copper Harbor for two weeks in the spring of 1977, and we went in a brand new 77 GMC Suburban. Stopped in Tahquamenon Falls and Marquette on the way up, and Iron Mountain, Sault St Marie, and Gaylord on the way back. We also visited Ft Mackinac on the way up too. One of my favorite family trips. We spent more than a week exploring the copper mines. Ask my dad about me scaring the life out of him... all because I wanted to keep a huge boulder (it's still in dads front yard to this day).


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