And so we begin...

Hi.
Simply, I am the wife of a man who is newly diagnosed with lung cancer. We live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. For treatments and some doctor's visits, we will travel to Marquette, 100 miles to the west. The drive is beautiful - rugged and wild. Some of the way you have an awesome view of my favorite water body, Lake Superior. Some of the way, you travel through the interior of the peninsula, on Michigan State Highway 28, or M-28. There is a 25 mile portion that is ABSOLUTELY straight and flat, namely the Seney Stretch. The Stretch is widely known and variously beloved and bemoaned. It can be experienced as boring, or a fun place to let the car's engine wind up to top speeds! Many a Yooper (person who is from the UP - for those uninitiated) has fought drowsiness on the stretch. Most have inched down it through mind-numbing blizzards, lost in the headlights and flakes.

The reason the Seney Stretch can be flat and straight is that it transects a huge swamp. Some think it all looks the same...it doesn't, really, if you look. I have a favorite scenic vista near the Fox River crossing. Today is the first day I pulled over and took a photo. I intend to photograph the same view on each of our crossings. We'll watch the seasons change this view and we'll write about our trips, observe the stretch and the Fox. I expect there will be many shared scenarios with the changing, with John's journey, with our perspectives and lives. Come on along for the ride.