Friday, September 16, 2022

Mackinaw City

 During the pandemic we took a few short day trips just to get out of the house. Mackinaw City is on the northern tip of the lower peninsula of Michigan.

Downtown is all restaurants, clothes stores, and fudge shops.
No trip to Mackinaw to complete without bringing some fudge home.
The ferry terminal where you pick up a boat to Mackinaw Island.
The Mackinaw Bridge, 5 miles across the straits between the lower and upper peninsulas in Michigan. On labor day you can walk the entire bridge.

Looking over the straits to the Grand Hotel on Mackinaw Island.

One of the ferries over to Mackinaw Island.
 

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