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in the world”), the stables for the 300+ horses on the island, the

old cemetery, the outside of the fort, St Anne’s Catholic Church
(which has parish records of births, deaths and marriages dating

to 1665), and many palatial homes on the bluffs. All of these

attractions other than the church were straight up short and
brutal hills. Another lie, “The owners of the mansions love to give

private tours – just ask”. We didn’t.

By evening, we were so tired we had passed hunger. One bowl of
soup and one salad shared between us fulfilled our needs. Read

the USA Today, cleaned up and hit the hay early. No Internet
access so I’m getting further and further behind on the pictures.

MACKINAC ISLAND and ST. IGNACE

Tuesday - Two other tee shirt lies. “The sun will come out and it

will warm up” and “You do get used to the smell.”

We awoke to pains not known before. We had hoped to sleep late
but there was major construction progressing on the roof of the

hotel and the workman held a loud day’s planning conference
right under our window a little after 7:00. It was raining slightly

but with enough vigor to give us a graceful escape from further

biking. Aspirin and breakfast made walking possible so we did a
little shopping on the main street and found a picture for our

travel wall at home. We sat on the veranda of our hotel, read the
newspaper, caught a few more whiffs of horse urine, and then

caught the boat for the mainland.

We had determined to stay in St. Ignace for the afternoon to let
me catch up on my pictures. This required Internet access so we

stopped at one motel after another until we found one that

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