Mackinac Island, MI

8-7-2012: Today we boarded our dog at a local Doggie "spa", hopped on the Shepler's Ferry and rode it to Mackinac Island.  A small island located a few minutes from Mackinaw City, it's a place where people go to buy fudge, ride a bicycle, take long walks, or spend the night in $400 per night hotel rooms.   We opted to buy some fudge :)

There are NO cars allowed on the island so bikes or horses are the only means of getting around.  Thousands of people walking around, tons of fudge shops and other gift shops and dozens of restaurants wore us out after 3 hours.  Kinda like walking around in Disney World. Fun place to visit, but now we can say, "Been there, done that."  No need to repeat it.
The weather is beautiful now.  Finally.

Petoskey, MI

Well, we made it to Petoskey, MI which was our goal for a few weeks in August while summer winds down.  The weather is great!  Highs in the 80's and in the 60's at night. Perfect!  Apparently Petoskey is also the "summer vacation spot" for the entire state of MI as there are tons of people here, lot's of traffic on the main highway, and a line at every restaurant.  We don't mind though.  it's a very pretty part of the country and we have a great spot to stay so we're just chillin and goofing around.  More pics here.

Our spot for 3 weeks.