Travel Adventures: Mackinac Island

What a magic filled weekend on Mackinac Island. I wanted to specifically go to the island to have afternoon tea service at the Grand Hotel. I have always wanted to have a full tea service like that and it did not disappoint. I have included detailed pictures on all of that below as well as an overview recap of our trip. I really had the best time and it refueled my soul a bit. Thank you to my wonderful husband that indulged all my requests this weekend. You truly are an amazing man who will most likely not even read this post.

Friday-
We drove up to the island it took about 5 hours with the time change to get to the Ferry. We caught the 2:30PM ferry to the island with our luggage and bikes. It seemed to be a bit of a hassle to bring the bikes but it cost around $10 per bike compared to the $80 it would have cost to rent. Big cost savings bring your own. The ride on the ferry to the island took about a half hour and was actually cool views. Arriving at the island our hotel The Lake View Hotel picked up our bags so we were able to bike right to the Grand Hotel for tea service at 3:30PM. The hotel is gorgeous. My pictures do not do it justice but I have included some below here of it. We waited in the parlor for tea service. It was about $60 per person and included a pot of tea, full stack of snacks,  and Champagne or Sherry. It was totally worth the high price point. We loved every minute of this with that amazing view. They had a harp player which played some wonderful music to listen to during tea. We then went and checked into our super cute hotel on the main street. After that we walked around to shops, ate at the Pink Pony, Horns and another little place for apps before retiring for the evening.

Pictures below:

Ferry time!

It was windy waiting for the Ferry!

Here comes our boat!

Nice inside cabin on the ferry.

We made it to the island.

The first set of horses!

The Grand Hotel-- world famous.

Look at that view and carpeting at the hotel.

Taking in the views.

Ryan originally sat in a tiny person chair.

I mean this place is magic.

Great views.

Super cool wallpaper.

Hello lovely.

Cheers to my birthday!

Love. IT.

Their tea sets are so cute.

Scone with cream.

Salmon sandwich with Caviar.

A mini donut thing with chocolate.

Hummus sandwich with paprika.

A chocolate wrapped in hazelnuts and filled with creamy chocolate.

A crab sandwich.

Macaroon.

Ryan's Macaroon was pretty.

Ham, Brie and apple sandwich.

an adorable human and tart.

tart.

a little rye sandwich package.

mmm Strawberries

Cheers!

They have fancy napkins in their bathrooms.

Wow!

The flower area was heavenly smelling.

Lilly pad carpet!

The Grand Hotel carriage house. Cool.

Ponies!

Our hotel.

The inside of our hotel was cute.

The street.

Street views from our hotel.

Our hotel back in the day.

Fudge making in progress.

Walking the island before dinner.

WOW!

The views are outstanding.

We stumbled into the Forrest. It was so cool.

The woods!

First stop of the night.

Pink Pony Rose!

The bar has a stage built into it.

White fish dip to DIE for!

Mule at the second restaurant stop.

$16 old fashion... smoked.

MEAT & CHEESE!

It was my birthday. No judgement zone at Horns to finish the night.



 

Saturday-
I did not realize there was a run around the island in the AM so good thing my plans were flexible. We started with free breakfast at the hotel. Biked up the center of the island to see the Fort, Arch rock, etc before going to check out of our hotel. They held our luggage so we went back to the Fort to have lunch which was divine. Take a tour of that and then bike around the island. We purchased some fudge before hoping on the ferry back to town with our bikes/luggage. A whirl wind fun trip!

The view from out hotel in the AM. WOW.

The lucky bean was a cute coffee shop.

The view while enjoying my morning tea.

yum!

The highest point on the island is this fort.

King of the island!

Arch rock!

View from Fort Mackinac.

We watched a cannon go off!

The fort was actually really cool.

We had lunch at the fort. The best views!

Tea!

YUM!

We biked around the entire island in the PM it is about 8 miles and worth the ride.

Last views before we left.

I would highly recommend you go here if nothing else for an extended weekend. The lack of cars and only bikes/horses was really neat. I really enjoyed myself having off for this trip on my birthday!

Until next time~
XoXo Emily