On my hike into town, observing changes in the State-Hill-Packard triangle.

Pizza Bob's has moved uptown, and Big Ten Burrito closed in favor of the location on South U. That leaves two well-worn storefronts open. No signs of permits or lease offerings at either at the moment. I bet there is a lot of rehab to get either one up to standard.

Otsego County Library, with free WiFi, no password required. Gaylord, MI.

Heading home from camp via old 27 for a ways.

Not a lot of news from the Straits, but what news there is suggests a bomb threat on Sunday afternoon.

The Bridge Authority website, https://www.mackinacbridge.org/ is returning a "403 Forbidden" error.

I'm listening to the Chippewa/Mackinac/Luce scanner, they are discussing traffic control for the reopening.

This is a case where the suggestion is "Expect Delays" but not so much "Seek alternative routes", not unless you want to go the long way around.

ARROW ham radio net tonight featured 30 seconds of warble tones of slow-scan television

sent by W8XM, decoded by AC8ES

I think this is a picture from a recent in-person meeting at a park

This Lenovo Yoga C630 Windows on Arm laptop is not a great laptop as a daily driver, but as a portable Internet terminal it's actually quite good. It can have a SIM card in it, but instead I'm just tethering it to my phone.

Sitting in the car in the parking lot at the airport, gathering in some sunshine and watching airplanes take off from KARB.

The flag here on the flagpole is quite tattered, the city should fix that.

Photo is the KARB tower.

I would gladly bring an airband scanner here.