Get ready...drum roll please...Yesterday I went to the island for the first time in 2013!!!!! Lou, Anita and I got on the boat and spent the day walking and eating our way around Mackinack Island! It was a beautiful day and the temperature made it to the low 70's! Anita made the trip all the more enjoyable because she has wanted to see the Grand Hotel for years. Her excitement poured over into Lou and me and off we went up the hill. FYI...you cannot just walk into the Grand Hotel and look around. You pay a $10 fee. And if you decide to eat the lunch buffet in the hotel dining room, they will subtract the $10 from your lunch tab. We walked through the hotel and took pictures of Anita seated on round sofas, colorful settees, and front porch rockers! We saw the Esther Williams swimming pool, the impressionist painting exhibit in the gallery, and the Grand Hotel horse and carriage with the top-hatted driver. We decided to check out the lunch buffet which began by speaking with the hostess and asking her how much the lunch buffet was. You ready? $41.00 - minus the $10 fee we paid to enter the hotel and that leaves the cost for lunch at $31.00 plus beverage, plus tip! No thank you! So we left the Grand Hotel behind and headed back down the hill to my favorite place to "lunch", the Hotel Iroquois. Lou and I ate there 2 years before. You can dine right on the water and watch the shipping traffic pass by. Well, yesterday the outdoor dining area was overrun with small flying bugs. They were everywhere so we opted to dine inside. And it was delicious! From there we walked the main "drag" and watched people, always a fun thing to do. We stopped by the Butterfly Shop owned by my friend Mary Ann, and visited with her for a few minutes. Lots to see and lots to do and we enjoyed every moment. Around 4pm we headed back to the boat dock to await our ride back to the mainland. A "grand" time was had by all!
The evening ended with a trip to the candy store (remember - my son-in-law Brett makes all the chocolates by hand). Just walking in the door assails your senses, especially your sense of smell!
CHOCOLATE! And then of course there's the ice cream - YUM! So early in the ice cream season and I've already become addicted to Peanut Butter Moose Tracks!
Talk, talk, talk and laugh, laugh, laugh! What a life!
Praise the Lord for friends! I am blessed!
Prayers today for Terri traveling to Georgia on a sentimental journey and don't forget my friend C and E and his family.
I wonder what today will bring? More exciting news to follow!
Happy Saturday! xxoo
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