Somewhere in Time

Mackinac Island's in the strait which connects Lake Huron with Lake Michigan. It's been a tourist desitination about as long as there've been white settlers in Michigan. The island was fortified in the eighteenth century, was a national park from 1875 through 1895, and has been a Michigan state park for well over a century. Horseless carriages were banned about the time they became common, and the island's roads are populated by horses, carriages, and bicycles.

So the place has a Victorian look and feel, and enough authentic history to keep a tourist busy just wandering from site to site. But the real attraction is the scenery; it's a wonderful place.

This photo's from the Lilac Festival Parade, which occurred in the rain on June 18 this year. It's really like most small-town parades, except there were more tourists. And no fire trucks.