{"id":7539,"date":"2021-09-29T19:56:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=7539"},"modified":"2021-09-29T19:56:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T19:56:14","slug":"carriage-ride-on-mackinac-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=7539","title":{"rendered":"Carriage Ride on Mackinac Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wednesday of our trip we spent the day on Mackinac Island, and spent our morning on a carriage ride around the island.  Unlike other carriage rides I have taken in other cities, carriages is one of the only ways to get around on Mackinac Island &#8211; no motorized vehicles of any kind allowed.  The ride was interesting and the island beautiful.  They weren&#8217;t blooming, but they have more varieties of lilacs growing there than anywhere else in the country, as well as the oldest and biggest in North America.  I would LOVE to be there someday when they bloom.  This is one of the very old trees &#8211; well over 100 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1919-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One stop on our tour was at Mackinac Island State Park.  The views from the lookout at Arch Rock were absolutely breathtaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IMG_1935-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday of our trip we spent the day on Mackinac Island, and spent our morning on a carriage ride around the island. Unlike other carriage rides I have taken in other cities, carriages is one of the only ways to get around on Mackinac Island &#8211; no motorized vehicles of any kind allowed. 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