In order to have a full day to explore Mackinac Island, we took the 9am ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island which took us under “Big Mac”, the bridge that connects the mitten of Michigan to the Upper Peninsula.
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Big Mac
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Once on the island, we rented bikes and headed along the island’s west edge - it was beautiful, albeit a bit chilly. Luckily, as we made our way to the Grand Hotel, it began to warm up. We wandered around the hotel, before enjoying drinks/snacks on the front porch of the Grand Hotel.
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| The west side of Mackinac Island |
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The Grand Hotel
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| The lobby of The Grand Hotel |
Back on our bikes, we rode up to Arch Rock, Sugar Loaf, and Skull Cave, before riding back into town to return our bikes.
We had a yummy lunch overlooking the water at the Pink Pony restaurant and then headed up the hill to tour Fort Mackinac. The fort is perched above the town and affords a beautiful view of Lake Huron. We happened to be visiting during a demonstration canon firing which Jim thoroughly enjoyed.
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| Fort Mackinac |
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The canon firing demonstration
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| The view from the fort |
Once we had had our fill of Fort Mackinac history, it was time to walked down and check into our hotel - The Island House. This hotel was built in 1852 as a waterfront beach house and today is a quaint, Victorian hotel. After stowing our luggage in our room, we took advantage of the view from the front porch rocking chairs. As the sun set, it began to get chilly on the porch, so we headed into town for dinner at Horn’s Gaslight Bar & Restaurant.
We wrapped up or magical day at Mackinac Island by warming up by the fire-pit in front of our hotel. This truly was an amazing day!
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