St. Ignace - Mackinaw Island 07/26 & 07/27/2021

Monday & Tuesday 07/26 & 07/27//2021

Day Miles: 55

Total Miles:  6647

Travel Days:  129

Total Days:  272

WARNING:  This post may contain an obscene amount of pictures.  I warned you.

We left Rogers City and headed north towards St. Ignace.  We were unable to get into the marina on Mackinac Island due to a sailboat race.  St. Ignace is just North of Mackinac Island and Ferries run all day long.  It was a scenic cruise and arrived around lunch time.

Mackinac Bridge

The Lake Huron waters are very clear.

After the normal securing of the boat, lunch and showers, we called the Ferry line who sent a shuttle to the marina to pick us up and we caught the 2:30 ferry to Mackinac Island.  As we exited the ferry, we felt as though we were transported back in time.  There are no motorized cars allowed on the island.  All transportation is done by foot, bike or horse.  The main street is very busy with lots of bars, tee shirt shops, fudge shops and people.

Amazon will find a way

We went into a couple of shops and then stopped at Mary's for a drink.  Nice selection of drafts.

First bar that I have been to that had Tito's on tap.

Bar stools were comfortable.

We walked the strip and then stopped in the Pink Pony for their famous Island Rum Runner.

View from the Pink Pony Patio

After the Pony we hiked up a path to see the Gazebo that was used in the filming of "Somewhere in Time".  NO, I have not seen the movie.

The views from the top were amazing.

At the top was also a Fort, but we did not tour it.

There were a lot of nice houses, yards, and hotels to see also.  

The Governor's vacation home.

Small church - we missed service.

Thought of brother Don and Sparkie (sorry Ann) who just did the MS150

On the walk back to catch the Ferry back to St. Ignace we did have to stop and purchase some Fudge from JoAnn's fudge shop.  They are known for their fudge and it is very good, and am not a big sweet person.  Exhausted we just had dinner on the boat.  We are planning to go back tomorrow with "Jackpot" and "New Hope" as they are staying at the same marina on Tuesday.

We did meet and talked to a couple of Border Control Officers at the boat for a while.  No I did not get arrested.

Tuesday

"Jackpot" and "New Hope" arrived at St. Ignace at 10:30 and we were on the 12:00 Ferry heading back to Mackinac Island.  We saved the tour of the Grand Hotel until today to do it with them.  When we got to the Island we were all hungry so we had lunch, and a Bloody Mary at Mary's.  After that we walked to the Grand Hotel.  It is said to have the largest porch of any hotel.  It was very impressive and fun to see.

View of the Grand Hotel from the water.

Back of Brenda's head.

Sonny holding the door.  The Longest Porch. 

Garden

Ice cream shop

Porch

Us, Jack, Joann, Sonny, and Brenda

View from the hotel.

After the hotel tour we did have to stop at Sadies Ice Cream.  It is said to be the best ice cream ever.  I am not an ice cream connoisseur, but the deer tracks were good and Marcia had no problem finishing her mint chocolate chip.   We walked back to town and stopped to have a drink at the Great Turtle.  We walked back down Main Street to the Pink Pony so they could see it and visit the store.  

We were all tired so we took the Ferry back to St. Ignace.  We had cocktails and Joann prepared a charcuterie tray as no one was really that hungry for dinner.  We said goodnight and prepared for departure on Wednesday morning.