mackinac

Fear not my photography followers!  I have not abandoned my blog, I was simply on vacation :-)  I accompanied my sister, brother-in-law and nephews on their trip to Mackinac Island, Michigan (pronounced mack-in-naw) for a wedding.  Congrats to the newlyweds, Dave & Renee!!!!  While the journey was long (plane to car to ferry boat to horse drawn carriage), the island and the wedding were beautiful!  In fact, I took over 1400 photos! Since it would be a ridiculously long blog post trying to include all of my favorites, I will be spreading out the photos over multiple, themed blog posts - so keep checking back for more!

First up - The Grand Hotel

The Grand Hotel is the heart of Mackinac Island. It owns several other restaurants around the island and is famous for having the worlds longest front porch. It also infamously appeared in the film Somewhere in Time with Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeves. Despite the excellent reputation of these two actors, the film is truly horrible. But apparently there's a large contingent of people who love it and they have a huge fan club gathering on the island every year. What can I say, taste is subjective :-p  But I digress...

The hotel itself certainly lives up to its name. It's very elegant and somehow manages to pull off ornate decorations that probably would not work in any other location.  We were even lucky enough to have a fancy shmancy 5-course dinner there our last night on the island (extra special thanks to Dave & Renee for that!).  If you find yourself on Mackinac and get to eat at the Grand or any of its restaurants try the 'grand pecan ball'. Seriously, you won't be disappointed (I'm afraid I don't have any pictures of it though, so you'll just have to take my word for it).



rocking chairs line the world's longest front porch