Saturday, August 04, 2007
Mackinac Island - Part 1
The ride to Mackinac Island is by ferry boat......ours was a jet shooting water in an 80 foot rooster tail!
One of the downtown streets on the island.....everything moves by horse carriage, including all food and other supplies! Bicycles are there by the thousands.......There are a few gasoline-powered vehicles on the island......a police car, an ambulance and four fire engines.....plus a number of gasoline riding mowers!.....In the winter snowmobiles are allowed as no tourists are there.
The Grand hotel......$12 to just enter the door and walk about the hotel. Buffet lunch is $45...A friend stayed with family in two rooms for two nights.....$1,400!!!!Duke
