Trivia! Mackinac Island was designated as the SECOND National Park in the US, after Yellowstone. National Park status lasted from 1875 until 1895, when the state of Michigan voted to take it back as a state park.
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- Round Island Lighthouse looks like a schoolhouse in the Straits of Mackinac, connecting Lake Huron to Lake Michigan.
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- We took a tandem bike ride for 8 miles (the circumference of the entire island). A true test of a relationship.
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- Magnificent flower baskets dot the streets downtown.
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- Customer parking only!
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- Even the police force is on bicycles or horses. They do have emergency vehicles, though.
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- She looks like a ghost from another era.
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- Why are the gardens in Mackinac so lush? Composted horse poop is free to residents.
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- OH MY. Turtles. We’d better do more walking.
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- Fudge is a Mackinac staple. With only 500 residents, there are 17 fudge shops. Each will give you a generous sample, totalling a pound of fudge if you eat them all.
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- Picnicking at Fort Mackinac, an old American military outpost, originally built by the British during the American Revolution.
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- We watched hundreds of sailboats finishing the Chicago to Mackinac Island race, after about 50 hours of sailing.
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