Sunday morning brought another day of spectacular weather to complete my vacation. After gathering our belongings, we strolled once more down Market Street enjoying the flowery fragrances that wafted through the air....until we approached the horse barn!
Then it was off to the Mackinac Island Bike Shop to rent two very comfortable mountain bikes for the next few hours to ride M 185, the "highway" for bikes and occasionally horses that circles the island.
I think I was this driver for the Grand Hotel 5 times in just one day downtown!
Our planned 8 mile bike ride shouldn't have taken very long, but I was stopping every 1/8th of a mile to enjoy the view! One of my favorite "nature moments" of the trip was today, (unfortunately I didn't snap a pic of it) was a pair of Red Breasted Mergansers swimming with 10 duckings! Four of them were hitching a ride on mom's back!
The views of the Mackinac Bridge from the west side of the Island were spectacular! Next time I shall rent a bike overnight so that I can see the bridge lit up at night from here! I bet that and sunset are awesome!
Alyssa just wanted to keep on pedaling!
Another photo-op... Devil's Kitchen.
I'm not sure what these wildflowers were, but they were quite fragrant!
After the "circle tour" was complete, we still
had some energy left and decided to take
a ride up past the Grand Hotel into the back
country. We ended up at the airport and we were going to try to find the "crack in the Island", but we received a text from Mike to come visit. So off we rode to find him at the Scout Barracks.
Unfortunately, when we arrived 10 minutes later, he had just left with the other scouts in his patrol for their afternoon duties in town!
We decided not to follow them, we really didn't want a runaway bike situation on Killer Hill (no riding them down, walking only), so we continued in the opposite direction, descending on another steep hill instead. Even though we walked the bikes downhill, we still had to use the brakes to keep the bike alongside! But it was a VERY nice view from this road especially looking out onto Lake Huron from behind St. Anne's with Round Island Lighthouse in the background!
After returning our bikes and a great burger and shake lunch at Fred's, we headed back to Metivier Inn to collect our luggage. And that's when I spotted one of the few vehicles allowed on the Island! Ambulance, police and a firetruck are the only motorized vehicles allowed here!
All too soon it was about 3pm and time to depart on the ferry back to Mackinac City. Coming over I had missed this nice view of the Grand Hotel.
I'm not sure what these wildflowers were, but they were quite fragrant!
Unfortunately, when we arrived 10 minutes later, he had just left with the other scouts in his patrol for their afternoon duties in town! 
After returning our bikes and a great burger and shake lunch at Fred's, we headed back to Metivier Inn to collect our luggage. And that's when I spotted one of the few vehicles allowed on the Island! Ambulance, police and a firetruck are the only motorized vehicles allowed here!
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