Mackinaw City

We had a terrific day trip today.  We left at approx 8:45 a.m. for Mackinaw City.  When we arrived, we had an early lunch at Audie's (great fish and chips).  Then on to Fort Michilimackinac.  It was a beautiful day, and the Fort was not too crowded, so we were able to see everything and do everything we wanted.  My highlights were the French wedding, the musket shooting, and the archaeological dig and exhibits.  Dylan loved the diorama in the exhibit building, and the sheep.  Especially the sheep.
  

Then off to Mill Creek State Park and the sawmill demo - always dramatic and exciting. 


 We didn't stay long there, because Dylan decided he would rather go to a beach than walk on a nature trail.  
To make a long, long story very short, we wound up at a very obscure, difficult to find beach on Lake Michigan at Fisherman's Island State Park.  It didn't matter that it wasn't the ideal beach - Dylan loved it anyway.  Dick found a cache,  and Dylan and his Mommy went for a long walk along the shoreline.
We ate dinner at The River in Elk Rapids (very good szechuan cashew chicken), came home and collapsed.  A very long, very enjoyable day.  We covered over 300 miles altogether, and had no melt downs.