Mackinac Island, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, has no automobiles, except for fire and ambulance vehicles. Travel is via horse, bicycle or walking. Snowmobiles are allowed for those few hearty folks that stay over the winter.

To reach the island requires an 18 minute ferry boat ride. You can see the long bridge on the mainland connecting Mackinac City to the other side of the Straits of Mackinac. An hour’s drive north is another bridge, almost 2 miles long, leading into Canada from Sault Ste. Marie. We took a ride on a tour boat and went through the locks.

 

 

 

Back at the island, the Grand Hotel is grand in every aspect. The longest porch in the country, and very upper class.

 

 

 

 

Arch Rock.     Sugar Loaf Rock.

A tractor parade on the mainland, crossing the bridge.

Sometimes I thought I’ve been close to the edge, but this actually puts a number on it!

It’s really just before a nice waterfall about an hour northwest of Mackinac.