A Travel Diary
Mackinac Island 2010
No cars, just horses and lake light — September 2010
30Photographs
1Days
3Places
Scroll to explore ↓
A Travel Diary
No cars, just horses and lake light — September 2010
A late-summer day on Mackinac Island, Michigan — where motor vehicles have been banned for over a century and the only traffic is horses, bicycles, and the ferries crossing the Straits. We walked the shoreline under the Mackinac Bridge, climbed to Fort Mackinac and the bluffs below the Grand Hotel, found Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf in the island's wooded interior, and watched the light change over Lake Huron. Tap any photo to enlarge it, or open the map.
A late-summer day on Mackinac Island, Michigan, where cars have been banned for more than a century and the only traffic is horses, bicycles, and the ferries crossing the Straits.
We walked the shoreline beneath the great Mackinac Bridge, climbed to Fort Mackinac and the bluffs below the Grand Hotel, found Arch Rock and Sugar Loaf in the island's wooded interior, and watched the light shift over Lake Huron all afternoon. It's a place that feels genuinely out of time — and it's better for it.
This trip ran 1 day, September 3, 2010. Along the way we spent time at Fort Mackinac & the Grand Hotel, The Straits & the lighthouses, and Arch Rock & the shoreline. The gallery below tells it day by day, in 30 photographs.
Planning your own trip? Read Mackinac Island: our family itinerary & tips →
Fri 3 Sep
The Straits & the lighthouses · Fort Mackinac & the Grand Hotel · Arch Rock & the shoreline
