Posted July 15, 200618 yr Part 1- downtown Part 2- Bike ride pictures Part 3- Cemeteries Part 4- Grand Hotel Part 5- Mackinac Island’s public school Part 6- Miscellaneous Part 7- Fort Mackinac Part 8- Ferry ride back to Mackinaw City
July 16, 200618 yr Wonderful job! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 16, 200618 yr superb thread, i felt like i was there. nice history lessons too. a familiar sight, astor's mackinac fur trade is memorialized in manhattan via the beaver murals in the astor place subway station:
July 17, 200618 yr Excellent comprehensive tour of a beautiful place! Is the town still filled with the aroma of fudge?
July 17, 200618 yr :-o Look at all of those bikes.....and PEOPLE!!! Man crime must be out of control there with all of those people outside of their cars like that.
July 21, 200618 yr Terrific photos. I'd been wanting to get up there ever since I first saw the movie Somewhere In Time 20 years ago. The wonderful soundtrack from that movie was playing in my head as I scrolled through your pictures. Minutae tidbit I - The composer of that soundtrack has my last name but shortened it to simply, John Barry (his first and middle name). Minutae tidbit II - I read somewhere that cars are not permitted on Mackinac Island, except for emergency and service vehicles. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 21, 200618 yr - I read somewhere that cars are not permitted on Mackinac Island, except for emergency and service vehicles. 'Tis true. You can rent a bicycle on the island, or if I recall correctly, you can even rent a horse and buggy. Horse-drawn wagons are used for tours. When horses pull a loaded wagon uphill, sometimes they fart, and the people sitting in front catch the brunt of it. When the breeze is right, from the ferry you can catch the mingled aromas of pine trees, fudge and horse manure. Unique.
July 21, 200618 yr When horses pull a loaded wagon uphill, sometimes they fart, and the people sitting in front catch the brunt of it. When the breeze is right, from the ferry you can catch the mingled aromas of pine trees, fudge and horse manure. Unique. :laugh:! That's damn funny, but you're not selling me on making the trip, Rob! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
Create an account or sign in to comment