What a perfect finale for my MI trip! Becky and I drove up to the Mackinac Bridge to meet my mom and stay for a couple nights! We left Wednesday afternoon (Callie got to stay with Aunt Sandy and Uncle Bob, who finally learned that she DOES get to sleep on the bed and eat people food :), and had a great drive up! We got in pretty late, but we still beat mom, so we hung out in our hotel room and waited! Our hotel was awesome, the Best Western Harbour Pointe...and our room was looking right over Lake Michigan! Mom finally got there and we talked for a while, but we were all pretty sleepy from the drive and anxious for the next 2 days so we got some shut-eye!
The next day was pretty foggy and misty, so we decided to spend it at Mackinaw City doing some much needed shopping! They have the neatest downtown area with great "Yooper" shops and food! We went shop to shop, finding trinkets at all of them, but not really buying anything, and then stopped for lunch where my mom and Becky split an ENORMOUS turkey leg, and I had a heaping pile of BBQ ribs! Us Yooper girls can eat! We wanted to see the movie, "Night at the Museum 2" and there's only one real small theater around so we decided to attend the night showing. First we grabbed a couple drinks at the Keyhole bar down the street! The bartender was great and we told her to wait for us because "we'd be back!" The movie was SO funny, even better than the first! Then, as promised, we headed back to the Keyhole. There just happened to be 3 guys drinking there that night and we ended up talking and drinking with them and picking out music on the jukebox! They were all teachers somewhere in MI and made this an annual trip! It was a great night!!!
Sunrise from our hotel room
The next day was the big trip to the island! We were so excited, and just hoping for better weather! We got it! It was a little cool, but ended up being sunny all day and perfect weather for an island trip! We took the ferry boat over, which is SO fun because we all love ferry boats! We arrived over there and immediately rented beach cruisers to ride around on since there aren't any motor vehicles on the whole island! Just bikes, feet, and horses! We rode the whole perimeter (8 miles!) and took our time, stopping to take in the sights or just to rest on the warm rocks by the water! It was a perfect day! When we got back around, we all had a little sweet tooth and knew there was homemade Mackinac Island fudge waiting for us! We all bought a chunk and pigged out! It's the best! Then we found one of those old time photography shops and none of us had ever had our pictures taken! We decided on the "Saloon girls" theme and had a blast getting in costume, and maybe a little into character! We had lunch at the cutest little restaurant, The Pink Pony, and did a little more shopping! It was a perfect day!
That night we ordered in and just had some 'girl time!' It was such a great time, and I miss them both so much and can't wait for the next visit!!! <3>
The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island
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