Daytripping in Southern ON

When we arrived in Mackinaw City on Friday night we took a walk down the main drag, to the tourist stores, fudge shops and marina, to find the boat launch to Mackinaw Island.
We bought boarding passes online so we could skip the line in the morning. We want to get on an early ferry so we can take the route that goes under the Mighty Mac Bridge.

Saturday morning we take our time getting coffee and breakfast sandwiches, and board the ferry at 8:45am.

Mackinaw Island is beautiful, very geared to tourism but we can't complain about that - we are tourists!
We both left our sunglasses at the hotel, so that's our first purchase on the Island. Our best decision: a horse drawn carriage tour - tix purchased online, much easier - for a few hours of hop on-hop off around the island. The guides were fantastic, so much history there.

We walked around the Island for the rest of the afteroon, checking out private residences and the famous Grand Hotel. It was a clear day, the sun beating down, and by 4 o'clock we were done and ready to board the departure ferry.

A stop at Zip's Mackinaw for souvenirs - no shirts that we liked, so just bought another sticker - and then back to the hotel to clean up.

In the evening we went to the Jack Pine Lumberjack Show. It was cheesy and fun and we laughed the whole time.

Looking forward to the drive over the Mackinaw Bridge tomorrow.Read more