It’s not too early to plan your Labor Day activities. If you can’t make the Labor Day Walk across the “Big Mac,” usually taken by the sitting governor, other politicians and lesser dignitaries, Middleville has the answer for you.

American Legion Post #140 is sponsoring Middleville’s traditional Labor Day Bridge Walk on Labor Day, Sept. 5 and the public is invited. The group will start their hike across the Main Street Bridge over the Thornapple River from the Pavilion at 9 a.m. They can reasonably expect to finish the walk at 9:02 a.m.

All walkers are given a participation certificate signed by the village president. Those who want to walk more bridges can walk the newly-dedicated north section of the Paul Henry-Thornapple Trail with its six bridges or the original section of the trail, with three bridges, making ten bridges available for the serious walkers.

The Thornapple Trail Association started the light-hearted walk in 2004, and sponsored it every year since, until the American Legion offered  to sponsor it this year.