After visiting Trish’s ninety-six year old mother in Lake Orion, Michigan for several days, we came on up to Mackinac Island for a few days.
We took the passenger ferry from Mackinaw City on a twenty-minute crossing to the island where we have been in a century-old inn right on Main Street for a few days.
There are no cars allowed on the island and the ways to get around are walking, biking, or horse-drawn vehicles.
We spent most of our first day relaxing and reading on our front porch. It was also a good place to watch pedestrians, bikers, and horse-drawn vehicles including the UPS delivery wagon!
The second day we took an extended carriage tour of the island. The first held of the ride was in a two-horse carriage and mostly around the town on the island. The second hall was on a wonderful troika, a three horse carriage that took us all through the State Park woodlands.
On our tour we made a stop at Arch Rock for a unique view through the arch itself.
Perhaps the loveliest thing about being here are the magnificent flowers! The Mackinac Garden and Landscape Company brings over to the island thousands of flats of flowers each year. They plant all of the public spaces and also do private property plantings. Right now the flowers are at a late summer peak. We could wander forever looking at endless plantings everywhere!
What a beautiful few days before we travel on west from here.
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