Mackinac Island

 

 

 

Mackinac island...wow, this is the most beautiful place in the entire world, so peaceful so perfect so complete regardless of being tiny (I think it was only 9 miles in the round?). There are no cars here and everything is done by foot, bicycle, or horse and cart and its just perfect...I didn't want to leave. I was actually nervous for coming here because I'm nervous of boats and of course there's the ferry to get to the island in the first place. But it was worth every single second. The pictures I took do not even do this little island justice. you have to be there to really see what I am talking about to experience what I felt. We was only there for one short weekend but it was perfect. First day we got a horse a cart tour and stopped halfway at a butterfly house we I had I butterfly (more than one in fact) sit on me for the first time ever, I was like a child with excitement it actually made me cry. There's something about butterflies for me that spell freedom and to get to spend time in a place like that with beautiful music playing softly in the background meant so much to me. So after we eventually left the butterfly house I might have kept that going for as long as possible ...(opps) we jumped on another horse and cart and drove though the state park and onto arch's rock. It actually had this most beautiful story behind it but I can't remember it fully enough to replay it back. The next day when we were cycling around the island we got to see the rock from the other side too looking up it was unreal how much beauty one place could have. Then there was fort Mackinac which is where there used to be base for the soldiers, that was amazing...getting to see the place and the buildings where the soldiers used to live, work and raise their family from every day. The tiny little school and tiny hospital for all those people made me wonder how they ever managed, but wow did it give me so much more pride for them all.

It wasn't even just the landmarks that were beautiful, you could walk down a road and be in awe of the nature and the buildings, on main street the shops were perfect and the stuff sold in them amazing and unique to the island itself. if I could have I would have spent thousands there maybe more. 

I would give everything to go back again. True story.

I love you Mackinac