Back in Arizona

Well folks, we arrived back at Happy Trails today. It really feels good to be "home". We have been on the road for 5 months and 20 days, and have traveled 14, 347 miles, crossing this wonderful country of ours from west to east and back again not just once, but twice. We've visited with lots of old friends, made lots of new friends, and had some wonderful adventures.

I've helped a lot with planning our trips, looking up places to stay and routes to take, and am looking forward to being back at Happy Trails and having nothing to do, but lay in the sun, tease the dogs that walk by, and taunt my favorite hummingbird, Buzz.

I hope you've enjoyed reading about my adventures with my humans, John & Peggy.

That's all folks...............................see you next year!

St. Louis - Again

Well folks, my long summer adventure is coming to an end. After Orlando, we came to St. Louis so Peggy could check up on her brother, Howard, before we head back to Arizona for a while.

We started our stay in St. Louis with a bang........or I should say - John, started our stay with a bang. We had just pulled into the Casino Queen RV Park, and Peggy was getting everything inside set up, when John comes in holding his head with blood streaming down his arms. Yup, all our RV friends know what he did..............he stood up under the bedroom slide out. Fortunately, there was a hospital just a few blocks away, so Peggy drove John there and he got eight staples in his head. (Ouch! I bet the staples hurt as much as the bump!)

In the meantime, niece Tamara had decided to fly in to St. Louis to spend the week end with us. She took the Metrolink from the airport, and was sitting on the doorstep of the coach when John & Peggy returned. I saw her there, but couldn't open the door for her. Tamara said she was beginning to think that John & Peggy had forgotten about her!

On Saturday they all went out to lunch at one of Howard's favorite old haunts. On Sunday, John, Peggy and Tamara rode the tram to the top of the Gateway Arch. You would never get me up that high! They said the views were awesome, and they also enjoyed the Arch Museum. Afterward, they went to Howard's to watch football and have a tailgate party in his room.

Peggy & Tamara before going up to the "Top of the Arch"

Picture of Jefferson Memorial Park taken
from top of arch showing shadow of arch.

Dodging Wilma

Well, my wish for no more hurricanes was not granted. After our stay in Memphis we headed for Florida. Stopping first in Tampa to have service on the coach at Lazy Days RV. John said that's the first time we've been there that they didn't buy a new RV! I really had a good time at Lazy Days. While the mechanics were working on the coach we sat in the Crown Club and all the girls that work there were just ga-ga over me. My very favorite was Jennifer - she even held me and let me get white fur all over her black outfit!

Hanging out in the Crown Club with John.

Me and my friend Jennifer with John.

After getting the dash air fixed, we moved over to Orlando for the Monaco Eastern Come Home Rally. Since John and Peggy were on the parking committee, they had to be there early. The first five days there were quite warm and humid, and they were spent wondering if and when "Wilma" would be coming their way.

The parking for the rally started on Sunday, and the day was very cloudy and breezy. It started raining around 7:30 pm and the wind was getting stronger. It rained on and off all evening, and around 7 am it really started to come down and the winds were even stronger. It was mostly raining sideways! The winds were pretty strong - gusting up to around 65-69 mph. There were only a few times when the winds were strong enough to rock the coach, but it stayed very dark all morning, and the rain and wind just kept up. Around noon, the rain let up and it started to lighten up. By 1:00, the clouds were starting to break up and the sun was beginning to peek out. Most of this I know from Peggy, as I spent the entire time hiding under my blanket on the couch! We feel very fortunate that Wilma stayed as far south as she did and we only got the fringes of the storm. We didn't get any pictures of the storm, as there was not much to see from inside the coach and Peggy wouldn't go out in the rain.

After that, the rest of the rally was anti-climatic! Peggy was kept busy teaching a beading class every day, and she and John worked as bar tenders every evening.

On the last night in Orlando, they drove out and had dinner with Peggy's son Jimmy who is living in central Florida. Leaving Orlando, John discovered that the dash air was not working, so instead of heading north to St. Louis, he drove back to Tampa, to Lazy Days. We've spent the week-end in their RV park, and they promise to get us in by Tuesday. At least, there are no hurricanes looming, and the weather is very pleasant -- sunny days, no humidity, and very cool evenings. And I can go visit Jennifer in the Crown Club again!

Memphis and Graceland

Wow! Is my head spinning! We stopped in Memphis, TN on Tuesday (I know, you are wondering how we got from N. Dakota to Memphis.........well, it's been very difficult getting Peggy to sit down and type for me, but not to worry, I'll go back and fill you in on the details.) Now, back to Memphis - we arrived at the Graceland RV Park on Tuesday. Being tired from driving all day, John & Peggy wanted to go out to eat, and they wanted Bar-B-Q. Well, would you believe, they found a place that picked them up at the coach in a pink caddy, and brought them back. They say the Bar-B-Q was very good also.

Off to dinner in a pink caddy!

On Wednesday, it was up and off for a tour of Graceland. Peggy said she got goose bumps as the shuttle took them through those famous gates - the PA system was playing Elvis' "Welcome to my world, won't you come on in..........". It was a very good tour - they had headphones that gave an audio tour as they walked through the home. There were lots of Elvis tunes interspersed with the audio, and there were lots of audio clips of Elvis speaking. Peggy said she kept expecting to see him walking into a room. (For those of you who may not know, when Peggy was in high school in Jackson, TN, her steady boyfriend's sister (Anita) was dating Elvis. One weekend when Anita was home from Memphis she let Jerry & Peggy borrow Elvis' car to go to the drive-in. On the way home, Jerry was trying to tune the radio and wrecked the car. Oops! Next time you see her, asked her to show you the scar on her chin.) After touring the mansion, they went through the car museum and toured Elvis' airplane, the Lisa Marie.

Peggy in front of Graceland, Elvis' home which
is on National Register of Historical Places.

Elvis grave in Memory Garden at Graceland

After Graceland, they were off to Sun Studios in downtown Memphis where Elvis recorded his first record. That was another eerie experience, as they still have all of the original tapes that Elvis made there, along with ones from Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins, just to mention a few. They also got to hear part of an impromptu jam session that was recorded in 1956 with Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. At the time Jerry Lee was an unknown backup pianist for different artist that came in to Sun to record.

Picture hanging in studio at Sun Records captures the day that
four greats got together for a jam session. Standing left to right,
Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis at Piano.

After Sun Records, it was off to the Peabody Hotel for cocktails and to watch the parade of the ducks. These ducks live in the penthouse of the Peabody and come down every morning around 11:30 to play in the fountain in the lobby. At precisely 5:00, the Duck Master rolls out a red carpet, and the ducks proceed out of the fountain, down the red carpet and into the elevator to go back to the penthouse. John says he wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. What amazes me, is the ducks stay in the fountain all afternoon and make no attempt to leave!

Ducks playing in lobby fountain at Peabody Hotel.

Ducks taking a walk on the red carpet to the elevator.

Next stop was Beale Street - home of the blues - and some real good barbecue. Since they couldn't decide on which place, they had southern fried catfish at one, bought some tamales to go at another, had desert at yet another place, and then got barbecue to go at another! Now back to the tamales - John got a shock when they returned to the coach and he went to put the tamales in the freezer - they didn't look like the ones he's used to. These tamales were like the ones Peggy used to buy when she was growing up. There were street vendors that pushed their carts around town selling the tamales you're all used to - filling inside masa, wrapped in corn husks AND these wonderful hot tamales that is just filling wrapped in paper. Peggy said they used to sell for a nickel and the kids would buy them and just push the filling up out of the paper wrapper.

Beale Street

We're off to Florida now, so hope no more hurricanes develop.

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

After leaving Oregon, we stopped in Visalia, CA, to meet up with friends Pat & Gary Quilla. After seeing their beautiful home and museum, we had a wonderful dinner on the river. Next morning we all headed for Albuquerque to meet up with Monaco friends for the International Balloon Fiesta. On the way, we stopped for a tour of an Indian Pueblo - Acoma or Sky City. Sky City is on a mesa about 40 miles west of Albuquerque and is a must see if you are in the area. Some of the buildings in the pueblo date back to the 1100's. Our tour guide lives on the mesa 365 days a year and is raising his children there. They really live between two worlds. They have no running water, no electricity, and no sewers but the children attend school off of the mesa. Our guide also explained that many of the residents of Sky City live off the mesa, but return and live there for their holy days.

Dinner by the river

Sky City Pueblos

San Estaban de Rey Mission at Sky City

We had a wonderful time at the Balloon Fiesta. We were parked (along with about 85 other Monaco coaches) in a primo spot, on a bluff just south of the balloon launch field. We could sit in the coach and watch the balloon launches. That was really great at 6am, when it was chilly 45 degrees outside. Peggy's friend Janet drove over from Surprise and spent a few days with us. John met one of the balloon pilots through friends at the rally, and became a member of the crew for the Air Apparent. This entailed John getting up at 5 am or earlier and going out to help launch the balloon for dawn patrol, or just a little later for the mass ascensions. John had a wonderful time, and was rewarded on Saturday morning by getting to ride in the balloon when it went up for dawn patrol. After his ride, they opened a bottle of champagne - and they drank it instead of pouring it over his head! I don't know what was more exciting, watching the lighted balloons or the mass ascensions.......picture if you can over 800 beautiful multi-colored balloons lifting floating up into the sky. On Saturday night, Peggy went down to the field to get some close up shots of John crewing for the balloon glow. Just after they got the balloon inflated, the winds started whipping up and Peggy was quickly drafted as the crew fought to get the balloon deflated and down on the ground. Every evening after the balloon glows, we were treated to a spectacular fireworks show. Peggy and Janet watched most of those from the coach, sipping hot chocolate!

Peggy & Janet at Balloon Glow

View of Balloon Glow from coach

Balloons in competition

Peggy says she has too many great balloon fiesta pictures to include here, so check out this site if you'd like to see them. http://photos.yahoo.com/rahkola

Oregon

After our relaxing time in Washington, we headed for Salem, Oregon and the Monaco Come Home Rally. But first, there was a stop at Les Schwaab to have four more tires put on the coach. John decided after the blow out, it was time. After getting new shoes on the coach, we headed for the Oregon State Fairgrounds where we met up with the Mann's and the Tuller's and the rest of the parking crew. John spent the next few days helping the guys mark out the parking spots for the coaches expected at the rally. Peggy spent the time getting ready for the beading classes she was going to teach at the rally, and shopping. Along the way this summer her digital camera started failing, so she bought a new one and finally got the DVD/VCR recorder/player she had been wanting for the coach. Parking for the rally started on Saturday, and while John helped park coaches, Peggy worked with the crew at the front gate greeting all the participants and handing out goodie bags.

The parking crew getting their morning briefing.

The rally was lots of fun and Peggy had a great time teaching the beading classes. We made some new friends and renewed old friendships - that's the best thing about the rallys. After dinner entertainment one evening was "The Platters" - John says that only one of the group is from the original group, but they sure had the sound and everyone had a great time - John even got up and danced with Peggy to several of the old songs.

After the rally, we moved down to Eugene for a couple of nights and had a wonderful visit with John's sister Susan and husband Jeff. Then it was off to Camp Monaco in Harrisburg for a couple of nights and some maintenance work on the coach.

One of the little critters that lives in Susan's backyard

Washington State

After a one night stop in Spokane to do some major shopping at Costco and Super Wal-Mart, we traveled to Leavenworth, where we stayed at theThousand Trails park. We stopped there to meet Happy Trails friends Mike & Bev Rugland, and Ollie & Judy Carreiro. I also got to visit with my friend Fritzy. However, I think he doesn't like me cause he hisses at me a lot! One afternoon as Peggy & Bev were coming back from lunch in town, they see this big coach backing in the site next to Mike & Bev - would you believe, it was Marty & Gladys, who are friends of John & Peggy's from Monaco Romers. Small world we live in. We all had dinner together and a wonderful visit that evening.

Next stop was the Thunderbird Preserve in Monroe, WA. There we met up with Happy Trails friends Tom & Jan Tuller. It was a great week of quite relaxation. John & Peggy did a lot of reading and puttering. We were parked right on the river........the days were warm and the nights cool, and we even got some of that famous Washington rainy weather. We went out to dinner a few nights, and one evening we were joined by more Happy Trails friends, Glenn & Terry Mann.

Montana adventures

Finally leaving North Dakota behind us, we had a lovely drive through Montana. John chose to travel the northern Route 2 which was a wonderfully relaxing trip. We stopped for a couple of days at Glacier National Park. What a spectacularly beautiful area. John & Peggy drove the Going To The Sun Road all the way through the park, out the East gate and up to Many Glacier to visit the Many Glacier Hotel. It was build by a subsidary of the Great Northern Railroad in 1914. It is a beautiful old hotel whose architectural style is derived from traditional Swiss designs and is build of materials native to Montana.

The following day, which was a Sunday, we left the beauty of Glacier behind and headed west. About 10 miles west of the little town of Libby, MT, we heard this loud POOF sound. John pulled over to investigate, and discovered that the left inner dual tire had blown out. We were on a two lane road, so they unhooked the car, and John found a spot where he could turn the coach around. We limped back to town and fortunately, there was an RV park where we could stay until Monday when the tire store opened. We decided we were also lucky that there was a Les Schwabb in town. After getting settled, John & Peggy left to go to the market and find the tire store. While they were gone, I discovered the little driver's window was open, so I hopped out and went to investigate the RV park for myself. (Peggy still can't believe I jumped that far!) Unfortunately, I got caught! The camp host and his wife saw me and decided that I must have snuck out, so they took me back to our coach and hooked me up to my leash. Then they sat and watched me until John & Peggy got back from the market. Boy, was I ever in trouble! I'm sure they'll never leave that little window open again, as they've caught me checking it out whenever we stop!

On Monday, we got two new tires and headed out again for Washington.

North Dakola

On August 1, we left the serenity of Detroit Lakes behind us, and headed for North Dakota. Our first stop was in Jamestown, home of the world's largest buffalo monument, and White Cloud, a sacred white (albino) buffalo. As you can see, we got a pic of the monument, but alas, White Cloud was no where to be seen. We also toured the Frontier Village where they had a replica of Louis L'Amour's writers shack. L'Amour was a native of Jamestown, and we got to chat with an elderly gentleman who was a friend of L'Amour. It was most interesting listening to his stories, and looking at the snapshots he had of L'Amour.

This is a BIG buffalo!

Frontier Village, Jamestown, ND

Next stop was Bismarck. The first few days we stayed at a RV park, along with other members of the parking crew, and committee chairs for the Monaco Rally. The rally masters treated all the volunteers to a great barbecue dinner on the "Lewis and Clark" riverboat as it cruised up and down the Missouri River. On Saturday, we moved over to the Bismarck Civic Center where the rally was to be held, and prepared for the onslaught of coaches. Beginning at 7am on Sunday morning the coaches started rolling in. John & Peggy, along with the other parkers, worked all day Sunday and Monday, parking a over 330 coaches. They were really tired at the end of Monday, but that didn't stop John from volunteering to be a bartender, and he also volunteered Peggy to be a bar back! So, starting on Tuesday night, they worked 2 hours every night tending bar. There was a great Red Hat Luncheon for all the Red Hat ladies. Besides having a scrumptious lunch, they got to enjoy the "horse races". Because Peggy acted as the "bookie" for the table, she was rewarded with a red sequined cowboy hat. John's comment "just what we need, another red hat in the coach"! The entertainment for the rally was amazing . . . . on Tuesday night, they were treated to authentic Native American flute playing and dancing, and to the songs of Miss Bobbie Rae Sage, an 18 year old native of Bismarck, and Miss Indian Nations XIII. Wed. night they were entertained by country singer Janie Fricke, and did a bit of dancing to the great country music. Thursday night's entertainment was comedian Royce Elliott. On Friday night, all the folks who purchased new motor homes got to draw for some pretty good cash rewards. The rally was lots of fun and they got to see a lot of old friends and made new ones.

Peggy and Terry Mann on the Lewis & Clark Riverboat

Peggy, Terry, John & Glenn Mann waiting to park more coaches in Bismarck.

On Saturday morning, John got us up at 3:00 am, yes AM - we had to move out to the K-Mart parking lot north of town to rendezvous with the 135 other coaches that were in the caravan for Minot. Around 5:30, the rest of the group was there and off we headed to Minot. For some reason, the powers that be at FMCA deemed to give Monaco an 8:00 am arrival time! John says it was nice drive, me, I napped most of the way, as did Peggy.

The FMCA rally didn't start until Tuesday, so we had a few days to explore Minot and just relax. Tuesday night we had a big rain storm, which turned the grassy meadow where we were parked into Mud City! It didn't look too bad at first, but when John started out in the car he almost got stuck, he had to back out and go out the other way. A coach parked behind us spent 30 minutes trying to get out of his spot - had mud up to the bottom of his bay doors. Two other coaches in our section that panicked and decided to leave got stuck and had to be towed out. We decided to just sit it out as our little spot was a bit higher and seemed to be okay. All in all, the rally was fun, Roy Clark entertained one evening and the last night it was the Lettermen. Also saw a few Happy Trails friends - Ann & Bill Powers were there - Ann had a booth and was selling her "Glamorous Gems", so Peggy got to get an earring fix! There was also a Red Hat tea where the ladies were entertained by a Minnie Pearl impressionist - great fun! When we finally left on Friday morning, most of the coaches in our area had departed and we had lots of dry area to get out.

"Mud City", FMCA Rally, Minot, ND

Everywhere you travel in North Dakota there are
fields and fields of sunflowers. It is a beautiful sigh.

From Minot, we traveled to Dickinson, where we stayed for two days. John worked getting the mud off the coach and the car, and Peggy did laundry and took long hot showers. She said after two weeks of boon docking she was soooo happy to have sewer hook ups and 50 amp power. On Sunday, we traveled to the little town of Medora, North Dakota, which is nestled on the banks of the Little Missouri River, at the south entrance to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The town was founded in April, 1883, by a French nobleman, the Marquis de Mores, and was named for his wife Medora. It's where a young Teddy Roosevelt came to hunt buffalo in Sept. 1883. He fell in love with the Badlands and eventually bought two ranches here. The cabin from the first ranch, The Maltese Cross, is still intact, and has been moved behind the visitor center in the Park. Roosevelt said "I never would have been President if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota," He felt his experiences in the Badlands, initially as a sportsman hunter, and later as a rancher "took the snob out of him" and taught him to see people as worthy based on their character and accomplishments, rather than on their economic worth, formal education or social standing.

Through these years, TR became increasingly alarmed by the damage that was being done to the land and its wildlife. Destruction of some big game species by over hunting, disease and loss of habitat and overgrazing destroying the grasslands and with them the habitats for small mammals and songbirds marked him deeply. He realized that such beautiful places should be preserved for everyone, and when he became President in 1901, he established the U.S. Forest Service and by signing the 1906 Antiquities Act he proclaimed 18 national monuments. He also obtained Congressional approval for the establishment of five national parks and 51 wildlife refuges, designated 150 National Forests, the first 4 National Game Preserves, and the first 21 Reclamation Projects. Altogether, in the seven-and-one-half years he was in office, he provided federal protection for almost 230 million acres, a land area equivalent to that of all the East coast states from Maine to Florida. So whenever you're enjoying one of these beautiful places - remember Teddy Roosevelt. And I bet you thought the only thing he gave us was the Teddy Bear!

The Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt National Park

In 1958, the theatrical production "Old Four Eyes", a story of Roosevelt's life in the North Dakota Badlands, was started in the Burning Hills Amphitheater. The Amphitheater is on the side of a mountain and the views are just spectacular. The original production ran every summer until 1965, when the Medora Musical began production. The musical still tells the story of Teddy Roosevelt's days in North Dakota, and his time in the Rough Riders. John & Peggy really enjoyed the musical.......lots of good music and dancing, horses riding on stage and a wonderful acrobatic act from China. Before the musical, they went to the Pitchfork Fondue. Yum, Yum. The cooks put 8 - 10 steaks on pitch forks, and immerse them in bubbling vats of hot oil. After dinner John & Peggy decided they needed to take a walk around the parking lot to let dinner settle before attending the musical. While on their walk, they saw a large herd of Elk grazing along the fence be the Amphitheater.

Ribeyes being skewered on the pitchforks.

Ribeyes in the "fondue pots"

View across the badlands from the upper level of Burning Hills Ampitheater.

Medora Musical

Chinese acrobats

I'm been giving Peggy fits of late.........why should she get to ride in the co-pilot's seat all the time. Don't you think she should share with me?

By the way, if you would like to see a larger version of a picture, just double click on the picture and you get a full screen version. Bye for now...............will write more when we get to Washington.

Wisconsin & Minnesota

We spent three days in Oshkosh, WI. The campground was very nice, and we had a lovely view of the pasture in front of us. The only downside, was the location - between the local landfill and the prison! John and Peggy had a great visit with her brother Charlie and his wife Mary Ann, who taught John & Peggy a new card game called Memory. One evening, they had dinner at the Golf Club, then played cards in the bar until all hours, while I was "home alone". On Saturday, they had a very nice lunch at a cute place right on the shore of Lake Winnebago.

Peggy, John, Mary Ann & Charlie at Lake Winnebago

While in Oshkosh, John's cousin Jigger, from Minnesota came over and stayed at the same campground. He brought his new companion with him, and I think you will agree he's very cute! He and I got along just fine - - - I even let him come in the coach one night because it was raining outside.

Brody

Jigger came to Oshkosh, because he and John had discovered a long lost cousin of theirs was living there. They got together with him and had a nice visit - after 40 some years.

Leaving Wisconsin behind us, we traveled to St. Paul and spent a couple of days visiting with John's other cousins, Donna & Rich. We all got together at Cliff & Donna's, and Rich & Joan and their two sons drove over and we all had a grand ole time. One of the highlights was watching Jigger back his trailer down the street -it's downhill and curvy. It was quite a sight, as it was pouring down rain and John was out in the street helping guide Jigger.

Watch out - here comes Jigger - backward.

Joan, Donna & Cliff are spellbound.

John, in pouring rain, guiding Jigger down the hill.

The Rahkola men

After the fun with the cousins, we drove on to a wonderful little place called Detroit Lakes, MN. The campground was marelevous, as was the town and surrounding area. The folks running the campground were some of the friendliest we've ever met. We spent 6 days just relaxing, reading, and checking out the local eateries. Would have stayed a few days longer, but the campground was booked solid as they were having a country music festival the next week. The town was expecting approximately 60,000 people for the festival. And RVer's listen to this........for boondocking in a open field, the charge was $50 per rig, PLUS $50 per person, and this did not include your tickets for the festival.

Sorry John, this is MY chair!

My next report on the antics of my humans will be from North Dakota where we are headed for a couple of rallys.

Traveling through Michigan

After a wonderful week at "The Ark", we turned the coach west and headed for Michigan. It only took $67.00 in tolls to get out of New York state! With those fees, you'd think the roads would be in great shape - NOT! I had to go hide in my soft nest on the bed to keep my teeth from chattering.

After one night in Ohio, we stopped in Frankenmuth, MI (just south of Saginaw). My humans tried to do some window shopping and see some of the quaint German town, however a big thunderstorm came up so they settled for going to the Bavarian Village Inn for dinner. So many choices, all the wonderful German dishes, and all you can eat fried chicken, not to mention the desserts, yum, yum.

Next stop was Mackinaw City. They took a boat out to Mackinac Island to tour the Island and Fort Mackinac. The Fort was very interesting, and the guides were dressed in period costumes. They also did several re-enactments during the day which were very interesting and informative. There was a court martial, rifle and cannon firing, music and dancing. No cars are allowed on the island. The only way to get around is walking, bicycling, or by horse drawn carriage. Arriving passengers who are staying over at one of the hotels on the island are met by bell boys with bicycles or horse carts who take their luggage for them. Deliveries for the stores and restaurants are made by horse drawn wagons. After returning from the island, they visited Colonia Michilimackinac which was the location of the original fort and the Point Mackinac Lighthouse.

View from Fort Mackinac

View of Fort Mackinac from the harbor

Two of the wonderful tour guides at Ft. Mackinac

The famous Mackinac Bridge which spans the two peninsulas of Michigan, is five miles long, and is the world's longest total suspension bridge. There is 42,000 miles of wire in the main cables. As we drove north across the bridge, Lake Huron was on our right, and Lake Michigan was on our left. The scenery along Lake Michigan on the upper peninsula was very beautiful, and made for a pleasant drive as we headed for Wisconsin.

You may have noticed that I've used two different spellings for Mackinaw.......one is English, the other French. They are pronunced the same, but are not interchaneable. It would be incorrect to write Mackinac City or Mackinaw Island??? Very confusing for a little kitty.


Horses and bicycles on the mail street.

Island style taxi

Mackinac Point Lighthouse