Mental Health weekend

Thanks to Linda for keeping Chris with her, Deb and I were able to take a much needed mental health mini vacation this weekend. I still can't handle long car drives so we chose to check out a small area of Michigan. Chris had been scheduled to do a class trip on Friday but I knew he had not returned the permission slip for that trip so we decided to pull him from school for the day and dropped him in London before driving to Sarnia to cross into Michigan. We travelled to Bad Axe, where we attempted to visit the petroglyphs but the site was closed, covered up and had construction type chain fencing to keep people away from the ancient artworks. We did enjoy a stroll along the paths there and found two of the swinging bridges (one seen in picture here) spanning a small creek. Next day we headed for Midland to check out the "Tridge". Unfortunately our camera wasn't behaving and we only got one shot of one section of the three linked span. This footbridge is shaped somewhat like the center of a peace sign. The bridge was built over the intersection of two rivers. Very nice and there was beautiful parkland on all sides. From there we turned back toward home and drove through Frankenmuth. That looked like a huge tourist destination despite the fact that this is not really tourist season. Too many people and far too much walking for me...we continued to drive straight through town and on to the next. We spent the night in Imlay City before returning home today. At the motel we were able to enjoy some exercise in the nicely heated pool. It was a very relaxing trip and it was great to get away from it all. Thanks Linda!

Chris says he had a great weekend too. He claims to have done a couple of all nighters while watching tv and is paying the price now. He was in bed around 5 pm for the night in order to catch up on his sleep before heading back to school tomorrow.