Mackinaw island

We decided three days ago (the 25th) we would go to Mackinaw Island, very small island to the northwest of MI. Before going, we went to a very INTERESTING church. We then went into the parking lot by the harbor and got tickets to go on the ferry to Mackinaw. We got on a small ferry boat, then sat in the roofless top section, and had a beautifully scenic ride to the island. We came upon a nice harbor there, with bicycle rental places and little restaurants. It was very nice.

The ferry stopped, and the luggage (for the people staying for more than one night) and bicycles, were the first one's to get off. Then we got off, shivering and cold. The wind was particularly chilly.

For a while, while there, we saw and went to some fudge shops and little clothing stores. I bought a hat, and Rebecca got some fudge. We then applied to get tickets for the carriage ride all around Mackinaw. We boarded a carriage.

A kid in his 20's was our narrator, and as we went through the town, looking at shops and historic homes, I couldn't hear a word he was saying. He had a strange accent, and it sounded like his words were slurred. "-his th- marke- whooo th make fo."(This is the market where they make food.) The tour guide's name was Rob, and his horses (brown and black mares) were named Wilbur and Orville. (I actually at that time had my bio of the Wright's, so it was a funny coincidence. )

Well, as we went up and saw all the nice homes, I just enjoyed it. As we saw many fudge shops, we also saw nice little homes. We went up a good big hill, and Rob said, (or I think he did) that his part of the tour ended, and that someone else's began. At the top at the hill, Rob dropped us off at a butterfly conservatory. He said that we could skip the butterfly thing, you could just take the one down. But, you could get on one any time you wanted to.

We went down a small hill, (not the one we came up) and saw a nice little round building with a painted turtle in front. We went in, showed them our tickets, and went in through some doors.

In a room full of different beautiful plants, I saw all different butterflies of different colors swarming around the room. There were over 700 butterflies in this conservatory. Some yellow with brown spots. Some orange and red and green. Some blue and black, with little designs fashioned into their wings. They got on the flowers, flew around the room, and got on me a couple of times. It was a very cool feeling, having them on me. When we left, I was very sad.

We waited for the next carriage, and got into one with an old, bearded man. We went through a lot of forest and foliage, and listened to the tour guide, (Dave) talk about the history and folklore of the island. Very interesting.

We saw the Arch Rock, which was cool to look at, a big arch with a big whole over the lake shore of Lake Michigan.

We then went back down into town, got off the carriage, and then got back on the ferry. We rode back home, and then got in the jeep and got back to the R.V. I finished Ezekiel (the book in the Bible) and then went to bed. All in all it was a great day.

Whoaaaaoooh! Whoaaaaoooh! Let's go braves! Beat the Phillies!,

Andrew.