On Sunday, Steve and I drove up to St. Ignace across the Mackinac Bridge and took the ferry to Mackinac Island. There are no cars allowed on Mackinac Island, only bikes and horses. The ferry landed at the wharf in town and immediately we were in the midst of a bustling crowd of tourists and vacationers visiting the island. All of the luggage was being loaded into horse drawn wagons and the people into horse drawn carriages. Most people rented bicycles but of course Steve and I took ours with us. We proceeded to ride out of town and around the island. It was only 8 miles around so we were back in town in about an hour. We had a little lunch and of course some famous Mackinac Island fudge. We then took another spin around the island but this time as we came back to town, we went up into the center and top of the island. There is an air strip and a golf course and cemetaries on top of the island. There is also a fort that was built by the British during the War of 1812 to capture the American fort that was below it. After the war, the fort was returned to American hands and was occupied until around 1890. We then rode back into town and rode through the side streets to see houses built back in the 1700's. We also saw a lot of stables for the horses. We had been wondering what they did with all of the horses. We then took the ferry back to the mainland and returned back to Petoskey.
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