Mackinac Island

Saturday August 17 Ferry over to Mackinac Island, only 4 miles wide the island is famous for not allowing cars, everyone walks, bikes, rides a horse or takes a horse drawn carriage/taxi. This was the location of an important fort in colonial period to shortly after the war of 1812, known as Machilimacinac (spelling varies), it changed hands from French, to English to American. Very touristy, of course, beautiful landscaping, lots of flowers everywhere, we spent about 6 hrs walking around and eating lunch (at Kingston Kitchen). Here are some pictures to give an idea of what it is like………

A Mackinac taxi goes by

From Mackinac Island we drove to Petoskey SP. For us it was just a place to stay the night but we were impressed by the extensive bike trails linking small towns along the lake, Petoskey to Traverse City e.g.