It’s been a really busy week. We started the weekend with a bike ride. For our friends that ride, on regular bikes or e-bikes, consider a trip to western Michigan. There are several nice bike trails around. We rode a section of one called Little Traverse Wheelway. There were some great stops along the way for amazing views. We event stopped for a quick lunch right on the trail.

On Sunday, we went back to Mackinaw City and took the ferry over to Mackinac Island, which we’ve dubbed “the island of misinformation”. First when planning our trip over, we read online that only one ferry company was operating in the fall. So we headed to their docks. At the gate, we were directed down the street to a different parking lot. From that parking lot, we could see another ferry preparing to board. We hopped right on. Once on the ferry, we meet another full time RVer, Candie. It was great to chat with her about her experiences. Once we landed on the island we decided to get lunch with Candie and her pup, Shadow. We stopped at the first restaurant we saw without outside seating. Unfortunately they were not dog friendly but they directed us down the street to another place. That place had a small outside area for sitting with dogs but it was full. They directed us back in the other direction to a 3rd place. The 3rd place was closed for the season. On our 4th attempt we finally found a place that welcomed Shadow. Sitting across from us, we met another couple of RVers, Diane and Tim. They aren’t quite full timers but they’ve traveled quite a bit on some longer trips. The RVing community is so welcoming. And it’s great to hear all of the various experiences. They might have even talked us into a visit to Texas in 2025. We’ll see.

After lunch we split up and headed to the Mackinac Island Art Museum. We thought this was the museum that our friend Paul Grabiel had a painting in. We didn’t find it unfortunately. That bit of misinformation was our fault I guess. Next I wanted to head into the state park to see Arch Rock. Since horse drawn carriages and bikes are the only mode of transportation on the island, we stopped to ask a Taxi carriage for a ride up to the rock. The driver told us taxis aren’t allowed and we’d have to take a tour. Since we weren’t interested in a tour, we decided to walk. It was quite a step hike up to the top of the island. We stopped at a bench at the top to catch our breathe. What do you think we saw go past? 2 TAXI CARRIAGES. At least the rest of the walk was pretty level. And the views at the rock were worth the effort.

On the walk back toward the return ferry, we stopped for a drink at a pretty mini golf sort of place on the water. Of course I didn’t get any pictures, because we suck at taking pictures. I did get some of a bride and groom headed to their reception on the island. It would be a pretty cool place for a destination wedding.

After a really busy weekend, Jay and I decided to add a little interest to our traveling family. I’m happy to introduce little Miss Gander. Her and Smore are getting along great and some of Smore’s usual behaviors are starting to return. We really hope they’ll be good friends.

We have another big weekend planned. Hope you come along for the ride.