NorMich99SE
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I'm not sure how many outside of Michigan know of Mackinac Island, (pronounced Mackinaw) but it's quite a popular spot around here. For those who don't know, it's an island where there are no motor vehicles (well, except a fire truck and an ambulance) so everyone gets around either by foot, bike or horse. They bill it as a step back in time and it really is pretty cool. It's located in the Straits of Mackinac, the thin band of water where lakes Michigan and Huron meet between the upper and lower penninsulas. Anyway, last Saturday my fiance (Bella on the boards) and I took the day and went there. Rode over on the 8:30 ferry and came back on the 6:00 and took lots of pics, and I just thought I'd share some them with y'all since it was such a beautiful day to be there.
First up, sunrise over the Island from the Mackinaw bridge
Just a cool pic of the towers I took driving over
The bridge from the ferry on the way to the island
Main street when we got there, by the time we got back after riding around the island (8 miles) it was packed with tourists and carriages and such
Then we climbed up to arch rock
and had this view
looking down at the road through the arch
Later on we ran across this sitting across the street from some of the nicer houses and had to take a pic
One of the attractions on the island is a place called The Butterfly House, basicly, there's a greenhouse type area filled with plants and they have all these butterflies from all over just free roaming inside. I wasn't quite sure about it at first, but once we went in, it was actually pretty cool, here are a couple of the cooler looking ones I snapped pics of.
To be continued...
First up, sunrise over the Island from the Mackinaw bridge
Just a cool pic of the towers I took driving over
The bridge from the ferry on the way to the island
Main street when we got there, by the time we got back after riding around the island (8 miles) it was packed with tourists and carriages and such
Then we climbed up to arch rock
and had this view
looking down at the road through the arch
Later on we ran across this sitting across the street from some of the nicer houses and had to take a pic
One of the attractions on the island is a place called The Butterfly House, basicly, there's a greenhouse type area filled with plants and they have all these butterflies from all over just free roaming inside. I wasn't quite sure about it at first, but once we went in, it was actually pretty cool, here are a couple of the cooler looking ones I snapped pics of.
To be continued...
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