Our bike tour took us past this Mackinac landmark.
The famed Grand Hotel, worthy of a stop.
One of the many beautiful hotel gardens.
Maeve, Bradd, Ruth & Barry at the Grand
Another example of hotel landscaping.
Regal victorians line the island.
The majestic Grand Hotel as we depart.
We tied to the outer wall of this pier our first night in Petoskey.
Petoskey has the coolest waterfront of any of the towns we visited.
A near downtown park provides a shad respite.
We thought we'd found Bay Harbor, turned out to be another basin with skinny water.
The fish led us into the proper Bay Harbor basin.
Looks like a posh resort hotel but it's the Bay Harbor Yacht Club.
A typical Bay Harbor private residence.
High sandy bluffs highlight the eastern shores of Lake Michigan.
Ariel motors along the shoreline north of Leland.
Maintenance is underway, but the light is still and eyecatcher.
Leland's mandate is to provide a safe haven for all in the event of a storm. We packed the harbor.
The day was unsettled so we visited the historic fishing village (shops).
A tourist shop occupies another old building.
Ariel makes the turn through the Frankford breakwater.
Hi, I'm your new neighbor. One of many swans at Frankfort.
The trawlers were here for a rondevous.
A beautifully restored amphicar hangs in the davits of a mega-yacht.
A short, tall trawler in the Frankfort anchorage.
We closed the loop as we entered the shipping canal at Sturgeon Bay - a bitter sweet moment.
