Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island

For our 4th Wedding Anniversary we spent 2 days at Mackinaw City/Mackinac Island in the upper peninsula of Michigan. This is on Lake Huron. It was beautiful and a fun experience for the whole family. The island does not allow cars and the only mode of transportation is horse and buggy or bikes. I tried to talk Chris into renting a tandem bike with a trailer to pull Carter. Since we could not remember the last time we rode bikes and being pregnant and all we decided maybe that wasn't the best idea. The way to get to the island is by Ferry. So we took a ferry from Mackinaw City where we stayed over to Mackinac island. The ride was beautiful and Carter especially loved the boat ride.

This is Mackinaw Bridge view from the island.

We enjoyed watching others play on the rocky beach walk on the boardwalk.

We enjoyed ice cream on the island...had to make sure to find ice cream without eggs...this boy did not want to miss out on his ice cream.
These are in front of the Grand Hotel. After 6pm you have to be in a suit and tie to enter the lobby. That is NOT where we stayed...little bit out of our budget.
There are horse and buggies all over the island as well, had to watch our step at times. Carter let us know every time he saw a horse. He is such an animal lover.
We stayed at a great hotel in Mackinaw City...great pool...great contenential breakfast (make your own waffles and everything)...and right on the lake. This was at the back of the hotel. It was cool and the water was freezing. Carter did not care one bit and walked RIGHT in...sweatshirt, jeans, and shoes! He loved the beach...even swore he saw a turtle in the lake...turned out to be a large rock. But he fed it sand and truly believed it was a BIG turtle. He made us laugh.


We had a great trip and loved the time away from home even if it was just 2 days. Next time we are going to rent or bring some bikes to the island.