Mackinaw Island is Michigan's greatest escape! It is like being in a different world and time. Easy life style, no orange barrels, no rush hour (altho there is traffic with bikes and horses!) poor cell phone reception making people interact personally with each others, and no central air or TV in most hotel rooms. I love it!!!
The only means of transportation are bikes, horses or good walking shoes. Andy and biked the perimeter of the island, 8.5 miles. Easy to do with the correct bike and the paved flat surface. If you bike through the middle along the airport and golf course, there are big inclines. But the environment BEGS you to relax. The atmoshphere encourages you to EAT. And the quietness REQUIRES you to interact.
Native Americans traveling to the Straits region likened the shape of the island to that of a turtles' back and named it Michilimackinac, Land of the Great Turtle. Mackinac Island National Park became Michigan's first state park in 1895. Eighty percent of the island is a state park, 20% privately owned or owned by the city. Growing concerns for public health and safety in the 1920s led to regulatory systems which remain in effect today to restrict motor vehicles. Interesting facts!
We stayed at Haan's Bed and Breakfast, a 1830 Victorian home that has been in the present owners family for the past 30 years. Great breakfast, our own bath and a window air conditioner (rare on the island). The owner may be needing a part time manager next summer....I offered, but I would also change the beds and clean to have a summer job next year on the island. Getting my resume ready. Wish me luck!
Mackinaw Island is Michigan's greatest escape! It is like being in a different world and time. Easy life style, no orange barrels, no rush hour (altho there is traffic with bikes and horses!) poor cell phone reception making people interact personally with each others, and no central air or TV in most hotel rooms. I love it!!!
The only means of transportation are bikes, horses or good walking shoes. Andy and biked the perimeter of the island, 8.5 miles. Easy to do with the correct bike and the paved flat surface. If you bike through the middle along the airport and golf course, there are big inclines. But the environment BEGS you to relax. The atmoshphere encourages you to EAT. And the quietness REQUIRES you to interact.
Native Americans traveling to the Straits region likened the shape of the island to that of a turtles' back and named it Michilimackinac, Land of the Great Turtle. Mackinac Island National Park became Michigan's first state park in 1895. Eighty percent of the island is a state park, 20% privately owned or owned by the city. Growing concerns for public health and safety in the 1920s led to regulatory systems which remain in effect today to restrict motor vehicles. Interesting facts!
We stayed at Haan's Bed and Breakfast, a 1830 Victorian home that has been in the present owners family for the past 30 years. Great breakfast, our own bath and a window air conditioner (rare on the island). The owner may be needing a part time manager next summer....I offered, but I would also change the beds and clean to have a summer job next year on the island. Getting my resume ready. Wish me luck!
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