A very nice day, sunny and comfortable. Drove into Grass Lake. Beautiful little village. The first thing we saw was an open sign for the Lost Railway Museum. In 1901-02 the Interurban line from Jackson to Grass Lake was built. The electric interurban railway system was the primary mode of public transportation. Grass Lake was a bustling little town then. This is a new museum, about two years old I think. The docent was very friendly and we ran into another visitor who was actually in the film that was running there. He was telling us all about when he was a communications guy who spanned from the copper to fiber optics period for the railroad. We likened this museum to our own Trolly Museum in Silver Spring.
Next, just driving around we ended up at Mystery Hill. This was an overpriced, underused tourist trap. Even so, it is one of those mystery spots were gravity is defied and water runs uphill. It was an expensive quaint stopover.
Driving on down the road, we saw this memorial to the Irish Potato Famine called An Gorta Mor.
Next door was the St. Joseph Shrine. Behind this church were 14 Stations of the Cross on a very beautiful and peaceful trail that partially ran along the riverbank. Some of the stations contain Sculptures made to look like wood but made from cement. These were made by two Mexican artists from 1932 - 1936.
Ended our day at Ironbark Brewery. It is such a small world. A couple sat down beside us and we started talking. She said she was from Tecumseh, MI. I mentioned that my aunt had lived there. She asked her name and then said my Aunt Blanch was her teacher and she knew my cousin Jack. Hopefully, when we visit a brewery in Tecumseh, I will text her and we can meet again.
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