I went up to northern Michigan this weekend with my parents. My dad was attending a conference up there, and I came along since it had been so long since I had seen them. We had a pretty cool time. It turns out that Lake Michigan is far cleaner than I expected it to be. I was envisioning this nasty, polluted body of water, but it was actually quite clear. The scenery in northern Michigan is impressive as well. It features rolling hills, old forests, and winding rivers. I can now understand why so many rich Detroitians have cabins up there.
On Saturday we went to this island called Mackinac Island which was between the Upper Peninsula and the main hand-shaped part of Michigan. They do not allow cars on this island in an attempt to keep it as touristy as possible. It was pretty cool though. We took a bike ride around it and did a little hiking.
I’ve been bursting to tell everybody about the coolest thing I saw this weekend though. When I was driving north, I pulled over at a rest stop for a break, and there was a Chevy Trailblazer on fire. I have never in my life seen a car on fire. Everybody was just standing around staring at it. When I went inside, it was just a small blaze under the hood, but when I came out, the flames were pouring out the sides. There was a huge pillar of black smoke. The fire seemed to be contained to the engine compartment, and thankfully no one seemed to be hurt. I was dying to take a picture of it, but I restrained myself figuring that I would not appreciate it if someone did that when my car was on fire.
August 4, 2006
sounds like a cool time. heh, seems that you like throwing “ians” on the ends of cities to describe the ppl there. hautians and detroitians, haha.
i actually saw a car on fire one day last year on my way back from class. there were firemen and an ambulance there too, but i could never figure out what had actually happened. it was definitely one of the stranger things i’d seen.