This was our second summer trip by car -- no RV.
On Wednesday July 25th we drove to Rogers City in northern Michigan to spend 6 days with Vic's brother and his wife at their summer home on Lake Huron. We took our friend Barb with us. While there we drove north to Mackinaw City to take the ferry to Mackinac Island for the day.
Mackinac Island is a unique place as there are no cars allowed -- only bicycles or horse and carriage.
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| View along Main Street |
There are many ice cream and fudge shops on Main Street so we stopped to shop along the way.
On our previous trip to Mackinac Island we rented bicycles to travel
around the perimeter of the island. This time we walked the trails
across the island and visited many sites we had not seen before.
We visited the Stuart House Museum which highlighted the history of the fur trade industry on the island. Then passed the cemetery on the trail to Fort Holmes and the lookout point.
The 2 forts on the island are Fort Mackinac (founded in 1780) and Fort Holmes (built in 1812) .
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| Fort Mackinac |
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| The stairway down the hill from Fort Holmes. |
The Grand Hotel, built in 1887, held a special event earlier this year to celebrate 125 years in business. The hotel is a very impressive structure with beautiful gardens.
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| view of the Grand Hotel from the ferry |
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| Barb on the walkway to the Grand Hotel |
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| Horse and carriage topiary in the Grand Hotel garden |
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| Another view of one of the Grand Hotel gardens |
There are many other beautiful hotels and Bed and Breakfast Inns on the island. All the places had beautiful floral decorations. Here are a couple of examples:
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| The Lilac Tree Hotel on Main Street. |
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| Metivier Inn (originally a private residence built in 1877) |
There are two remarkable rock formations known as Sugar Loaf and the Arch Rock.
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| View of Sugar Loaf from Point Lookout |
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| Views of Arch Rock |
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