Views of Mackinac Island

The view from the only "highway" in Michigan that does not allow cars. Seriously this is a designated highway that circles the island and it is for bikes and horses and walkers.

The so-called "West Mansions" on Mackinac Island

Mackinac Island Ferries create quite a wake, no wonder the Straits are so "lumpy"

and...

Mackinac Bridge connecting the Upper Peninsula with the rest of Michigan

Mackinac Island Views

An Inuksuk on the shore of Mackinac Island

Remember, I can't explain the geology stuff! Anyway a picture is worth a thousand words.

But that doesn't keep me from admiring the results. I can't believe we hiked all the way up from the road you see at the bottom of this picture

And from the road looking up!

Mackinac Island Marina Views

This was the view from our sundeck, are we lucky or what? Some of these mansions date to the 1890's
Fort Mackinac as seen from the marina. It is a steep walk up that hill.

If we look the other direction we see the lighthouse and the dock master's office.

The Fabulous Grand Hotel

The famous, and fabulous Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island

Open each summer from early May until late October.

When it opened in 1887 you could stay here for only $3.00 a night! Wonder what salaries were back then?

The World's Longest Porch

They call this the world's longest porch

Taxi!

We loved the flags!

Grand Gardens

What a view! I could get uses to this, especially if someone else

was doing the mowing and deadheading

The mane is Daylily!

The Grand Rose Walk looks more like a cottage garden.

Welcome to the North Channel

This is the lighthouse that greeted us as we came into Killarney Channel from Georgian Bay. Killarney Channel is generally considered the Eastern end of the North Channel.

The recently reopened Sportsman's Inn at Killarney

Herbert's Fish & Chips is the best meal deal in town, although I wouldn't exactly call $13.00 for a box of fried fish and greasy fries, er, excuse me "chips", and some packaged condiments a "deal". The fish is fresh & tasty and the lines are always long.

The water is really so clear that you can see the bottom. This shot is right beside our boat in the slip at Sportsman's; the water is at least 12 ft deep and you can see the grass and timbers littering the bottom of the harbor.