Today, we took a short drive up to Mackinaw City, MI to board Shepler's Mackinac Island Ferry. Even though all of the different ferries charge the same price, we went with Shepler's because they were the nicest on the phone and willing to work with me to get an internet discount even though I did not have a printer. For three adults and one child, it came to $70 even. The wind was quite brisk on the upper deck. Grandpa and Zach couldn't hang tough with me and Grandma and ran down below to the lower enclosed deck. On the way over, you get a fabulous view the Great Mackinac Bridge and also a nice view of the famous Grand Hotel.
We poked in and out of a few shops and ate lunch at Millie's On Main. The food was great, service was wonderful and restaurant provided a terrific view of Main Street. The amazing thing about Mackinac Island is there are no motor vehicles of any kind; only horse drawn buggies and bicycles. Just be careful where you step. We spent the majority over our time on the island at Fort Mackinac. This fort was founded by the British in 1780 and has quite an interesting history. Some of the buildings still stand as they did 225 years ago and all of the other buildings have been restored to how they looked during the final years of the fort's occupation.
Don't forget to pick up some fudge when you are on Mackinac Island. I'm told that this is some of the finest fudge in the world. A few more shops and, hey, where did the day go? Back to the mainland to get some chow after all of that, we were all pretty exhausted. We then headed back to Petoskey, back to the hotel. I know we will all sleep pretty well.
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