Thread:61Storm/@comment-29709319-20190621035327/@comment-29709319-20190901015114

We're off to the USA state of Michigan today for two covered Bridges and two waterfalls.

Covered Bridges In Michigan, USA ⛲️Fallasburg Bridge is a 100-foot (30 m) span Brown truss covered bridge, erected in 1871 in Vergennes Township in the state of Michigan, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Lowell on the Flat River. The bridge is one of only four Michigan covered bridges open to vehicle traffic. The bridge currently rests on concrete and fieldstone footings at each end put in place in 1905. As is typical for covered bridges, it is a frame structure with a gabled roof that is covered with creosote shingles. Its construction is of the through-truss type, and the white pine (sourced from Greenville, Michigan) trusses are completely sheathed on the outside with rough pine boards. The floor is 14 feet (4.3 m) wide and 100 feet (30 m) long and the bridge has an inside clearance of 12 feet (3.7 m). The bridge has warning signs on each portal: "$5 fine for riding or driving on this bridge faster than a walk."

⛲️Zehnder's Holzbrücke (German for wooden bridge) is a wooden covered bridge, built in a style similar to that of the Black Forest or a river valley in Switzerland, located over the Cass River in the middle of town. Though completed in 1979, the structure is constructed using traditional covered-bridge timber framing techniques. The floor joists and three-span Town lattice truss system of the 239 feet (73 m) bridge are made of 15,960 board feet (37.7 m3) of 4-inch (100 mm) planks. The portion receiving the greatest wear is of oak while the remaining portion is spruce. 20,000 board feet (47 m3) of Douglas Fir make up the rafters and the roof is shingled with cedar. An additional 4,340 board feet (10.2 m3) of pine was required for the bridge side boards. In addition to two lanes for automobile traffic, the bridge also has two pedestrian walkways. The bridge is located in Saginaw County, Frankenmuth, Michigan. (Note: The two towers sticking above the roof of the bridge are not part of the bridge. I think their part of a church.)

Waterfalls in Michigan 💦Hungarian Falls is a series of waterfalls in Dover Creek in Houghton County, west of Hubbell, Michigan. The site is near State Highway 26 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There are three drops with the largest being 50 feet (16 m). The total height of the falls is 90 feet (28 m). The base of the waterfall is made up of Jacobsville Sandstone, a type of rock common in that area. Hungarian Falls is also near Michigan's tallest waterfall, Houghton Falls.

💦Wagner Falls is a waterfall on Wagner Creek near Munising, in Alger County, Upper Michigan. They are in the Wagner Falls Scenic Site, a Michigan State Park of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The total height of the falls is 20 feet (6.1 m).

National Themes For September 1: National Chicken Boy’s Day, and National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day.

🐓👨‍🎤National Chicken Boy Day! Standing 22 feet tall and holding a bucket of chicken, this fiberglass statue of a boy with a chicken head stands along Route 66. Named after the former 1960s Chicken Boy Restaurant, he is also known as the “Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles”. The iconic statue remained in place at the restaurant until the owner died in 1984. At that time, Chicken Boy was given to Los Angeles art director, Amy Inouye, and was placed in storage until a suitable location could be found. Some twenty years later, Chicken Boy was moved to his new home at Inouye’s design firm. The result of the restoration of Chicken Boy was a community effort and donated funds.

📝National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day celebrates words in the English language which do not rhyme with any other words. Also known as refractory rhymes, these are words that poets try to avoid using in verse. Some unrhymable words in the English language include: ✨Orange, ✨Month, ✨Silver, ✨Spirit, ✨Chimney, ✨Purple, ✨Woman.

I've never heard of a Chicken Boy restaurant. I have trouble making the words that do rhyme, rhyme. I'm no poet. I love these covered bridges, the one because it looks old and the other because it looks like it's ready for Christmas. Not that I would want to visit it in the winter but I still would like to see it. I love both waterfalls for the rock formations. The Hungarian Falls I would like to wade in and the Wagner Falls I could fall asleep listening to it falling over the rocks.

Warm hugs!🐶💕🌥