Day 7- Mackinac Island

July 13

I had been looking forward our entire trip to go to Mackinac Island and when the day finally came, I was so excited! We caught the 10:30 ferry and headed out to the Island. Our ferry was pretty cool because it had a stream of water coming out the back in an arc. It also went pretty fast for a ferry. We were on the top deck of the ferry and got a great view of the island as we approached.


When we got off the ferry we headed to our carriage ride of the island. For those who don't know about Mackinac Island, it is where "Somewhere in Time" was filmed. On this island, they don't allow motorized vehicles, so everyone gets around by horse, carriage or bike. Pete and I chose to go by carriage.


This carriage took us to many fun places around the island. It dropped us off at Fort Mackinac where we were able to spend an hour or two looking at all the different buildings that made up the fort. It was really a neat place.

View of the island from Fort Mackinac

We also went on a self guided tour of the Grand Hotel. That is quite the place, but I don't think I would ever pay $300 to stay there!

The Grand Hotel
Closer view of the Hotel
The inside of the hotel

The porch of the Grand Hotel

The horse draw carriage pulling into the Grand Hotel

After our carriage tour was over we ate dinner at a local Mexican restaurant and then walked around the main street going into all the fun shops. They are famous for their fudge and about every third store is a fudge shop, so of course we had to buy some very expensive, but delicious fudge! We caught the 9:00 ferry to head back to Mackinaw City. It was a gorgeous trip back with the setting sun. This was my favorite day of our entire trip. I LOVE Mackinac Island. Now if only I was rich and could afford a summer home! :)

One of my future summer homes

This is really the one that will be my future summer home

One of the hotels on Main Street with shops below