Travel Blogs from Mackinaw City, United States
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Awning Deployment while in motion, not recommended
... following the Michigan Lake tour, which takes us up Lake Michigan and down Lake Huron in a circle around Michigan. We reached the Mackinaw Bridge and decided to drive over it as part of the tour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackinaw_Bridge on the return ...
Mackinaw Island
We finally made it to Mackinaw Island. Kelly and I have wanted to visit there ever since her sister, Robin, told us about it a few years ago. Robin and her Mom have been going there for a Republican convention for several years. We got up this ...
BIG Mac Bicycle Tour
This is going to be short... I promise.... Just pictures..Internet service very spotty.... Enjoy the ...
Drive to Mackinaw
... it got to be a little tough keeping the RV between the lines. It took us about 3 hours to drive around the lake, down to Mackinaw city. As soon as we got set up in our spot the sky opened up with a major thunderstorm and hail. After the storm passed ...
Alden B. Dow Home and Office
I checked out of my hotel in the Detroit suburt of Romulus and headed for the Alden B. Dow Home and Office in Midland, MI. Tours of the building are offered on most days at 2:00. I arrived with plenty of time to spare. When it was nearly 2:00 ...
Tractors and semis
This morning we woke up to 45 degree temperature. The tractor parade over the bridge was to start at 9am. Around 8:15 is started to pour but was finished by 9. We zipped into town, parked the car took out our chairs and joined the other hundred people ...
Beginning Of Day Two
stopped in Mackinaw city for lunch and sight-seeing. VERY dog friendly. Almost every store had dog bowls filled with water and many people stopped to pet Maggie ...
This is as far north we go.
... nbsp;The area is beautiful, and the weather has not been hotter than 81 yet. We took the ferry over to Mackinaw Island yesterday. It is small island only about four miles long. No cars or motor vehicles of any sort are allowed ...
Big Bridge water far below
Well David really does not like driving over briges and he got a big one! There was road construction and it was long but he did great and we arrived on the other side. There was a huge RV park where we stayed. There were many experienced RVers who gave ...
Is it Mackinaw or Mackinac?
... I would have won. We hit the road at 11:08 a.m. We had continuous rain, sometimes quite hard, until about 40 miles from Mackinaw City. We began to see breaks in the clouds and were glad we wouldn’t have to set up in the rain. ...
Holiday Inn Express - 8am
I came up here yesterday from Saginaw on a family trip – seven of us in a van. Yesterday we spent some time in Frankenmuth after a party there the night before. Frankenmuth being a Bavarian-modelled town. A little bit of Germany in the middle ...
MI: Fudgies by Ferry to Mackinac Island
... . Both are pronounced the same, rhyming with “saw”, shortening the Indian name “Michilimackinac”. Mackinaw City is your typical tourist town with small hotels lining a beach and lots of shopping for souvenirs, fudge, ...
Closing the Superior Circle
... circle tour. Over the Mackinaw Bridge under high winds, or should I say in high winds. Always exciting traveling over the bridge on motorcycle, not as much fun in high winds. Our stay tonight is in Mackinaw City at the Holiday Inn Express. ...
At the Base of the Bridge
It was a beautiful day. I travelled the length of southern Michigan. It was fantastic. This game of staying off the interstates leads to random and wonderful events. Like this morning. An hour after starting off I drove past ...
Holiday Inn Express - 7am
Sitting on the balcony at 7am, it is still dark and there is a refreshing chill in the air. The railings are covered in water and the carpet – yes carpet on the balcony – is waterlogged in places, squealing underfoot. The only perceptible ...
Jim & June's Odyssey 091007 - Mackinaw City, MI
... situated on Lake Huron and has 600 sites. It would be a great place to stay during the summer months. Mackinaw City itself is actually a village and caters mainly to tourists. Everything looks brand new or at the very least, ...
Driving today
... nbsp; We were going to stop part way for the night but Jon was feeling pretty good so we kept on driving and arrived in Mackinaw City about 5. We are staying at a nice KOA outside of town. After getting set up and having supper, we drove ...
Day 2
... didn't even clean up after himself!!. We got packed up and then it was basically all day in the RAIN until we reached Mackinaw City and the Mackinac Bridge, very beautiful and BIG. The views of Lake Michigan were absolutely beautiful , but once your over ...
Mackinac Island
... 9:00. I had intended to rent a bike and peddle around the island but it was too late for that so I caught the 9:00 ferry back to Mackinaw City. I enjoyed my visit to Mackinac Island but I'm disappointed that my memory of my previous visit is so bad. ...
June 21, 2011
... coming in at 1pm and lasting for 2 days. Our plan was to relax a bit today and perhaps go into Mackinac City, and then take the ferry to Mackinac Island tomorrow. Mackinac Island is most famous because automobiles were banned on the Island in ...
The Island with No Cars Allowed
... nbsp;8,858 miles driven Lessons learned: - Mackinac is the island; Mackinaw is the city on the mainland. - Skip Mackinaw City; go directly to Mackinac Island. - Wear your Tevas (not sneakers) to Mackinac Island so you can wade out ...
Jim & June's Odyssey 091007
... situated on Lake Huron and has 600 sites. It would be a great place to stay during the summer months. Mackinaw City itself is actually a village and caters mainly to tourists. Everything looks brand new or at the very least, ...
St. Ignace & Mackinaw Bridge
We went to St. Ignace, upper Michigan, on Monday. We then visited a bridge view area and it was so cool!!! Enjoy the ...
Day 2 - Mackinaw City and Indian River
We woke up the next morning and unfortunately the weather was not pleasant. But we figured we would head up to Mackinaw City anyway before our final destination, Indian River. When we got to Mackinaw City, the sun had started to shine brightly! Our first ...
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