July 3rd we made our way up the rest of the Lake Michigan Coast to end up on Mackinac Island. We had a bunch of planned stops, but ended up making entirely different stops. First off, we stopped in Charlevoix for lunch, where we found out that they are famous for their Mushroom Houses (all designed by architect Earl Young, they look like hobbit houses):
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| Charlevoix was a charming little town |
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| This was art by the library, but we all really liked it |
Next, we headed to Petosky, with the aim of looking for Petoskey Stones. Unfortunately, the line to get into the State Park Beach was super long, so we decided it was not worth the time. But, on the way, we had spied Kilwin's headquarters and factory store, which offered free tours, so we decided to backtrack 15 minutes and go there instead:
We decided to skip the official tour with the goal of getting to Mackinac Island earlier, but took in the process through the windows (and bought a little chocolate):
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| Pulling taffy |
We made it to Mackinaw City in time to catch a ferry just before it left (note the city is spelled with a w and the island with a c, but they are pronounced the same):
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| First look at the famous Mackinac Straits Bridge, known as "Mighty Mac" |
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| First look at the Grand Hotel, which was built in 1897 and has the largest covered porch in the world |
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| Scenic views as we pulled into harbor |
I'll save a longer post about Mackinac Island for tomorrow, since we spent 2 full days there and saw a ton.
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