Nothing today except an all you can eat family style chicken dinner with all the fixin's at the Bavarian Inn, in Frankenmuth. It's about frickin' time! My mom and I were supposed to go October 1st but she wouldn't answer her phone all day. Or several other days we were supposed to go. Next is a little chocolate birthday cake. For some reason the covered bridge by the south entrance was closed.
Here's what Wikipedia says about the bridge. 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' bridge are made of 15,960 board feet of four inch planks. The portion receiving the greatest wear is of oak while the remaining portion is spruce. 20,000 board feet of Douglas Fir make up the rafters and the roof is shingled with cedar. An additional 4,340 board feet of pine was required for the bridge side boards. In addition to two lanes for automobile traffic, the bridge also has two pedestrian walkways.
If you look up covered bridges at Wikipedia there's a picture of it that I cut down to 25% to fit here. BTW, the Town's lattice bridge was patented in 1820 by Ithiel Town, an American architect and civil engineer.