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Mackinac Island

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Our second stop on our Michigan Tour was Mackinac Island.  A fabulous place and where I would buy a summer home if I was the kind of person who had the kind of money to buy a "summer home" with.  The absolute coolest thing about it - the horses!!!  They have a no car rule on the island so you have to walk, bike or have a horse to get around.  It was awesome!!!!  We started by taking the ferry.  This already means it's going to be a good trip because I love boats.  I don't care how big or small, being on a boat is cool. In this case, it was downright COLD!!!!  We were driving into the wind and anyone who has been to Michigan knows that its not the most pleasant of winds.  The rest of our group chickened out and stayed "inside" but Mom, Dad and I were on top the whole trip. And were rewarded with beautiful views of the Island. We stayed in the lake View Hotel which was across the street from the beach.  It was a gorgeous old hotel.  An
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Michigan Tour 2013

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I know, I know...I haven't blogged forever...again.  Well, I had to make a photo book for Mom to take on our latest adventure so I finally got around to organizing pictures from our Michigan Trip in May 2013. So here is stop one on that trip. We went with Knight Tours for their "Tulip Trip".  They were going to three different places in Michigan and I was excited to make it back to the state where I served my mission, even if it was a very, very different part of the state. We flew in to Grand Rapids and picked up a bus for Holland, MI.  They are known for their tulips and have Tulip Days every year.  We missed the crowd by going the week before, but the flowers were still out and GORGEOUS.  If these are too many pictures of tulips- sorry, I've decided that they are my favorite flower to photograph.  The colors are always so bright and fun. We also visited Windmill Island.  This has a large working windmill that they use to grind wheat int
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