After a morning of rain, we drove down to St. Ignace, MI and boarded a hydro-jet ferry out to
Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw). What a neat place! No cars, no motorcycles, no motorized anything. . .just bicycles and horse-drawn carriages on the whole island. We boarded a two-horse carriage ride that took us past the
Grand Hotel (and it is really grand) to the Surry Hills Museum. As we left the museum, we boarded another carriage (this one with three horses) for a long tour around the island. Along the way, we saw the island's cemetery and stopped for a few minutes to see
Arch Rock before taking us to
Fort Mackinac. There, we were greeted by a docent who was an officer's wife from the early 1800's who explained a lot about the history of the fort. We then entered and toured through the many restored buildings and watched a demonstration of gun firing by
some men dressed as period soldiers. The view from the fort was awesome as the town and harbor lay at the base of the hill. We then walked down to the town and played tourist - buying T-shirts and some delicious chocolate fudge. Another ferry trip to the mainland and we had dinner and drove back to the RV. What a fun day!
After a morning of rain, we drove down to St. Ignace, MI and boarded a hydro-jet ferry out to Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw). What a neat place! No cars, no motorcycles, no motorized anything. . .just bicycles and horse-drawn carriages on the whole island. We boarded a two-horse carriage ride that took us past the
Grand Hotel (and it is really grand) to the Surry Hills Museum. As we left the museum, we boarded another carriage (this one with three horses) for a long tour around the island. Along the way, we saw the island's cemetery and stopped for a few minutes to see Arch Rock before taking us to Fort Mackinac. There, we were greeted by a docent who was an officer's wife from the early 1800's who explained a lot about the history of the fort. We then entered and toured through the many restored buildings and watched a demonstration of gun firing by 
some men dressed as period soldiers. The view from the fort was awesome as the town and harbor lay at the base of the hill. We then walked down to the town and played tourist - buying T-shirts and some delicious chocolate fudge. Another ferry trip to the mainland and we had dinner and drove back to the RV. What a fun day!
1 comment:
Hi John and Susan!
It's so much fun reading about your adventures, and getting good tips for our future travels. We'll miss you at the campouts the next couple of months, but look forward to seeing you sometime down the road.
Selene
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