![]() ![]() There's so much to see and do here that you'd need a full week to take it all in. He wants to return soon so we can do the bicycle tour around the island. This was Hubby's first visit, and he loved it. But we did catch several historic churches and museums and gift shops and restaurants. With all the commotion from the race, it's a wonder we saw anything else. Other crewman were unfurling huge sails on the lawn at the Yacht Club, next to Marquette Park. He said their boat had blown five ($150,000 worth) engines during the trip, and that one man had gone overboard and been dragged a mile, entangled in netting or rope, before they were able to rescue him. We heard the phone conversation of one crewman walking behind us. Officials say Georgios Theocharous, 51, and Ming Yan, 35, a married couple from San Jose were killed when a significant rockfall occurred around 9:00 a.m. ![]() Straggler sailboats were still arriving, and soaked sailors were spreading wet belongings all over the piers in an attempt to dry out. The winner had been announced, and dozens of sailboats lined the harbor with their crews just beginning to recover from days of sailing. We hit the tourist jackpot, arriving on the island just as the annual 104-mile Chicago to Mackinac Island sailboat race was finishing up. You travel by bicycle or horse drawn carriage or on foot. I love that the island has no motorized vehicles. Peek inside to see a life size depiction of Pere Marquette ministering to the native Huron people. The Missionary Bark Chapel, situated at the edge of the park on Fort Street is a 350 year old wooden hut built circa 1670 as the first mission in the area. One knows that most rare accidents derive from many wrong events together. Marquette Park just below the fort is a hive of activity day and night. After that his career was turned from Geological Engineering into Rock Mechanics. Not until this visit did I learn that Fort Mackinac was the basis for all that history after it was built on this island in 1780, high on a bluff overlooking the water. I'd wondered why Mackinac Island ended up such a big tourist attraction, since several other similar islands dot the harbor here. ![]() I never knew that Mackinac Island was Michigan's "most historic spot", and it was fascinating reading all the historical markers as we traipsed around the main road. Last time I visited Mackinac Island was more than half a century ago, and I didn't remember much except the ferry's horn that just about sent me over the boat's railing, and a park with lots of deer. ![]()
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