We boarded the ferry early in the morning to head off on the final leg of our journey, to Frankenmuth, MI. On the ride over, with the storm, we couldn’t sit outside on the ferry, but it was such a beautiful day when we were heading back that we opted to do just that. We had a wonderful view of the Mackinaw Bridge that we had crossed coming from the Upper Peninsula on our way just a couple of days before.

Summer that night was at the Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth. Where in Wisconsin there was a strong Scandinavian heritage, in Frankenmuth it was all German. We had a family style supper with a Bavarian Combination Platter as the main course, and it was delicious.

We stayed out walking and enjoying the island until after dark, and I got this picture of Main Street as we were heading back into our hotel. As beautiful at night as in the daytime.

One more random picture, of the altar at the Little Stone Church we found while exploring in the afternoon. One more spot of beautiful on that little island.

We had the afternoon and evening free when we were on the island, to spend as we chose, so we just walked from the Grand Hotel back to Main Street to do a little exploring. We ran across The Little Stone Church, which I believe was built around the turn of the last century. So beautiful and picturesque.

Right down on Main Street we found The Pink Pony, with this hanging overhead outside. A friend at church who had been to the island before had told me they stayed right next to The Pink Pony, and recommended it for supper. That had been our plan, but we were still so stuffed from our lunch at The Grand Hotel that we just had Lance crackers and a coke, and were stuffed after that 🙂

When we were on Mackinac Island, we had a spectacular lunch at The Grand Hotel, and then spent some time exploring the site. Even the clock about the elevator was so fancy.

Our meal was fantastic, and our waiter told us not to miss visiting the cuppola on the top floor of the hotel, that the views were incredible. He was not wrong.