A tour of Mackinac Island: What a great fort! - Summer Adventure 2011 - CycleBlaze

August 1, 2011

A tour of Mackinac Island: What a great fort!

Kim writes:

Today's tour around Mackinac Island was a lot of fun. The fort was especially interesting, as was the butterfly exhibit. No cars are allowed on the island so, needless to say, bicycles are in great abundance. The other wheeled mode of transportation is the horse-drawn carriage. The ferry boat rides to the island and back were great....always love being on the water.

Beautiful view of Mackinac Harbor from the Fort
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UPS delivery on Mackinac Island
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Guess which bikes belong to us
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Fort Mackinac
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From the 1880s
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Things have changed only a little bit
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Love all the bicycle themes
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Brighten the day!
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Nice
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Cool bench
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Seat for butterfly-nut Lyndy!
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Standing as still as I can
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John writes:

Holy cow! Today, Kim and I returned to civilization with a BANG! First of all, upon departing our campsite, we played tourist at the nearby Castle Rock, which affords a view of the local countryside from 200 feet above the trees. (It also has glitzy statues of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe).

Paul Bunyan and Babe
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Then we pedaled the short distance down to the city of Saint Ignace and caught the 12:30 Shepler's ferry out to Mackinaw Island. We ate a healthy lunch at Millie's Cafe and then played tourist, visiting the downtown streets, the Butterfly House, and Fort Mackinac.

Mackinac Bridge
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Beautiful day to tour around
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Parked near two of the the Kissel bikes
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Another view of the harbor
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Dinner time for the moths
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At Fort Mackinac
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At the bar in Fort Mackinac
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In the barracks at Fort Mackinac
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A breezy day at Fort Mackinac
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Schlitz
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Horseback riding tour - a little bit like cycling
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At the end of the day, we triumphed over an ugly I-75 and the five mile bridge over the Mackinaw Straits by catching the 7:00 Shepler's ferry back to Mackinaw City, which is on the south side of the straits across from Saint Ignace. There, we rewarded ourselves with a Mom-n-Pop motel room because there is an 80% chance of rain tomorrow. After settling in, we walked down to Cunningham's Family Restaurant and both ate the Whitefish dinner special.

Today's ride: 6 miles (10 km)
Total: 729 miles (1,173 km)

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