After a rainy night, the sky was cloudy this morning and though we got a little precipitation, we decided to go ahead with our plan to spend most of the day on Mackinac Island. The crossing on the Star Line's Radisson was a little rough. In fact, we were told that if we sat on the top deck we would get wet, so we stayed down below.
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| Menu at the Carriage House |
We walked around downtown for most of our visit and didn't go all the way up the hill to the Grand Hotel. We had lunch at our old favorite Carriage House restaurant in the Iroquois Hotel. The tomato basil soup was delicious, as was our shared turkey club.
We wore jackets for about half the day, and I carried them for the other half. We took a late afternoon ferry back and the crossing was as rough as any boat ride I remember. Once we seemed to be airborne and I wondered fleetingly how difficult it would be to help the small crew get lifejackets on the passengers. The waves splashed at the windows and I was really glad to be inside.
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This evening we had our little cocktail hour but weren't hungry for dinner. Instead, we went out for ice cream and bought of the famous mackinac fudge to bring home. After our treat, we sat in the park near the bridge and watched the waves crash on the shore. I could feel winter in the wind.
