Mackinac Island

We drove down to Michigan City to spend the night before crossing over to Mackinac Island in the morning.

As we crossed the Mackinac Bridge, a drenching rainstorm hit, so we couldn’t see much other than the car in front of us.

We took the Classic Star Line Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island in the morning. The ferry was a classic ferry, not one of the faster hydrojets. There were only 10 people on the ferry.

Mackinac Island was originally the second US National Park in 1875, but it was turned over to the state of Michigan in 1895 and became a state park.

We visited Fort Mackinac first, taking in their historical re-enactments of life at the Fort.

There are no cars on Mackinac island. You get around via horse drawn carriage or bicycle or walking. It does have a small airport that you can fly into, then take a horse drawn carrige to your hotel. We rented bicycles and rode around the island. It’s about eight miles around the island.

Mackinac island is just east of Mackinac Bridge and you can see it from the west side of the island.

In the evening we would go for a walk and look at the sunset.

We also hiked up over the middle of the island and saw the reconstructed Fort Holmes.

The morning of the day we went back to the mainlane was a very pleasant morning and I decided to do a run around the island. I came across this stack of rocks which looked fitting for the sunrise that morning.