Mackinaw island
Hi All, We are considering going to Mackinaw island next summer. Is there much to see and do there? Also is there other sites to see in the area? Thanks. Jim2007
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It's our favorite place to bike which we would do every couple of years from Chicago. The challenge, in addition to the nine mile circle tour, is to find someplace for food that you can afford.
If you go be sure to watch the building of the bridge on the second floor of Mama Mia's pizza restaurant AND have at least one Pasty for lunch or dinner.
Incidentally, the island is named Mackinac, as is the bridge, but pronounced Mackinaw. It has something to do with the shift in control between France and England. I think we took over sometime after the war of 1812.
Check out how an island doctor learned so much about our digestive system after a troop was shot in the stomach.
Almost forgot. Before you go you might want to rent the movie `Somewhere in time' with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour that used the Grand Hotel as a setting.
Also check out this webcam of the main street where the snowmobiles are lined up where normally bikes would be: http://www.hornsbar.com/webcamlarge.htm
If you go be sure to watch the building of the bridge on the second floor of Mama Mia's pizza restaurant AND have at least one Pasty for lunch or dinner.
Incidentally, the island is named Mackinac, as is the bridge, but pronounced Mackinaw. It has something to do with the shift in control between France and England. I think we took over sometime after the war of 1812.
Check out how an island doctor learned so much about our digestive system after a troop was shot in the stomach.
Almost forgot. Before you go you might want to rent the movie `Somewhere in time' with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour that used the Grand Hotel as a setting.
Also check out this webcam of the main street where the snowmobiles are lined up where normally bikes would be: http://www.hornsbar.com/webcamlarge.htm
