September 2, 2002

when you're on vacation, you're on vacation

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We arrived in St. Ignace, MI around 8:00 a.m. this morning and enjoyed near-perfect weather as we participated in the 45th Annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk.  The "Mighty Mac" connects the lower peninsula of Michigan to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  We hiked the five mile long Mackinac Bridge in less than two hours.  Amy snapped today's photograph, which shows the view from the grated portion of the roadway.  The height of the roadway above water at midspan is approximately 200 feet!  We collected our completion certificates in Mackinaw City, purchased some fudge, and headed back home.  Tomorrow, I will begin work on a slideshow of our Mackinac Bridge walk and post it on the web site.

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"My voice mail message said I was out of the country.  We all work hard, and when you're on vacation you're on vacation and you have to cut it.  There was a time when I'd go away and check my voice mail religiously.  I stopped."

Marlynn Snyder, a publicist at Arista Records, as quoted in a
New York Times article by Ginia Bellafante titled
I'm Not Answering, I'm Not Available and Don't Bother Me.

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