LFTR Episode 68 - Uneasy (Plus The UP, a Mackinac Island, and some RV trouble)

LFTR Episode 68 - We were feeling a bit Uneasy this week (and specifically on an intense ferry ride) and Jamie wrote a letter about it. Things were back on track for a bit this week until they weren’t. We discuss our time in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Mackinac Island, as well as being uneasy (both personally and for our country).Highlights include:* A hike that ended up being a trip to the beach.* A hike that did happen to a picturesque lighthouse on a rocky cliff* A beautiful boat ride at pictured rocks* An encounter with our old Mantis and the new family who travels in it!* A perfect day on Mackinac Island (after a thrilling speedy ferry!)* Funny how the cheap and free things are often more interesting than those that charge admission* Crossing into Canada but getting halted in our tracks* Why when we suddenly change plans do we end up swimming?* We can’t dehumanize. Even when people dehumanize us.* Democracy only works when everyone agrees it’s worth it* Human rights are not political, are not radical* Your dollar is not more important than a human being* The overthinking spiral and how to break it* Clinical Anxiety/Depression vs general* Can’t afford therapy? Try podcasts! 👌Links:* Bay Furnace Campground* Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore* Au Sable Light Station (and the trail to it)* Pictured Rocks Cruises * Our old Mantis* Straits State Park* Mackinac Island Ferry Company* Lucky Bean Coffee* Mackinac Island State Park* Arch Rock* The lawn at Mission Point Resort* The doghouse at Windmere Point* KOA Sault Ste Marie* Texas SB 8 led to higher infant deaths* Depresh Mode PodcastThanks for listening! As always you can find LFTR at http://lettersfromtheroadpod.com, and you can email us at [email protected] LFTR Diaries on the LFTR YouTube channel.Find us on socials @lettersfromtheroadpod!If you feel like kicking us a few bucks because you like what we do you can Become a PenPal and chat with us and others in the PenPals Discord. Get full access to Letters From the Road at lettersfromtheroad.substack.com/subscribe