Thursday, August 24 - Picking Up the Blog

Thursday, August 24 - Picking Up the Blog

Since I am so far behind in my posts, I’m going to make a new start, will go back and fill in later.  At least that’s my intention.  The last post was a couple of days before Mom died, and I’ve been in a holding pattern since then.  Here goes.

We are still in Mackinac City, waiting for calm water and an ice maker repair.  This marina has over one hundred slips and we never saw more than eight boats there.  The young lady in the office said it was toward the end of their season.

This ornate wood stove was in the restaurant we chose for breakfast.  Of course 

Danny loved it - the breakfast buffet and the store. 

On an earlier exploration, we had passed the lighthouse and shipwreck museum, so we decided to brave the cold weather and tour it while we were out.

There were three buildings restored to their 1910 appearance.

The main building held the lighthouse itself and two apartments, one for the lighthouse keeper and his family and one for the assistant. It was restored beautifully. 

The lighthouse itself was narrow and not terribly tall.  The view was  impressive, but we were so crowded it was hard to get good pictures.

The station had a fog signal as well as a lighthouse.  It was housed in a separate building, which was moved once because the sound was too loud in the keeper’s quarters.

The Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Museum had models of several of the ships that were lost, both as they looked new and as they look now on the bottom of the straits.  We thoroughly enjoyed our visit.

Since it was very cool outside, potato soup hit the spot for dinner.  Who knew dry soup mix could be so good?  Rotel makes everything better.