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1. 2026-0818_004.jpg, Tuesday, 8/18/2026: After driving 7 hours on the road, we arrive at Colonial House in St Ignace, MI.	2. 2026-0818_005.jpg, Across the street is docked the Victory cruise ship.
3. 2026-0818_007.jpg, The Colonial House from across the street.	4. 2026-0819_003.jpg, Wednesday, 8/19/2026: Pat: Early the next morning, we board the Arnold Classic ferry.
5. 2026-0819_005.jpg, Amy & Jack near the bow of the ferry	6. 2026-0819a_001.jpg, Pat & Kevin just below the helm. (photo by Amy)
7. 2026-0819_007.jpg, Mackinac Island can be seen in profile against the rising sun in the east.	8. 2026-0819_011.jpg, Our first glimpse of the Grand Hotel.
9. 2026-0819_012.jpg, The limestone fort: Mackinac.	10. 2026-0819_013.jpg, The harbor to the left
11. 2026-0819_014.jpg, The Mackinac Bridge in the distance, seen behind the break-wall.	12. 2026-0819_016.jpg, The Iroquois House.
13. RoundIsLighthouse.jpg, The Round Island Lighthouse, restored. (post card)	14. 2026-0819_018b.jpg, A watercolor of one of the pill boxes in the limestone fort.
15. 2026-0819_019.jpg, Pat, Jack & Amy waiting for our room at the Windermere Lobby.	16. 2026-0819a_002.jpg, The lobby is painted in a beautiful yellow color. (photo by Amy)
17. 2026-0819_020.jpg, Amy climbing the hill to the left of the fort for our first bike ride.	18. 2026-0819_022.jpg, As we climb, we look back over the harbor.
19. 2026-0819_025.jpg, One of the many houses up on the bluff, overlooking the harbor.	20. 2026-0819_026.jpg, We arrive at Arch Rock where there are hordes of tourists.
21. 2026-0819_031.jpg, Looking out over the east bluff at the calm water of Lake Huron.	22. 2026-0819a_003.jpg, Kevin along the east bluff overlooking Lake Huron. (photo by Amy)
23. 2026-0819_034.jpg, Close up of the kayaks on the water. Notice the shallow shelf below them!	24. 2026-0819_035.jpg, Inside the museum there are displays that depict Arch Rock from drawings and paintings from the 1800s. This one was by Francois-Louis Comte de Castelnau in 1838.
25. ArchedRock_Belton.jpg, Francis S Belton painted this impression of Arch Rock using pen, ink & watercolor in 1817. This is the earliest image of Arch Rock. (internet)	26. 2026-0819_043.jpg, An old photo from the late 1800s.
27. 2026-0819_049b.jpg, This traces our bike route (in red) past Fort Mackinac, to Arch Rock, to Alice and Frank’s house, to Fort Holmes, and then back to the Windermere Hotel.	28. 2026-0819_051.jpg, Amy as we ride through the woods.
29. 2026-0819_053.jpg, A view from the bike trail as we peek through the trees at the water on the East Bluff.	30. 2026-0819_054.jpg, Pat, Amy & Alice, at Alice’s house.
31. 2026-0819_055.jpg, Jack & Frank talking about the good old days.	32. 2026-0819_056.jpg, The Bloswick burial site, surrounded by the lush green grass which was planted by Frank.
33. 2026-0819_057.jpg, To the right is the Civil War Cemetery: Post Cemetery.	34. 2026-0819_059.jpg, Looking down half-way as we climb 141 steps to Fort Holmes.
35. 2026-0819_060.jpg, The view looking up. I was not catching my breath: I was just admiring the view (a quote from Cortes to Montezuma II as he climbed the pyramid of the sun).	36. 2026-0819_062.jpg, The cut through the woods to the limestone fort. This was so signals could be passed from Fort Holmes to Fort Mackinac, and back again.
37. 2026-0819_064.jpg, The first view of Fort Holmes	38. 2026-0819_065.jpg, The sign outside Fort Holmes, build in 1812 by the British.
39. 2026-0819_066.jpg, The placard outside the entrance of the fort.	40. 2026-0819_068.jpg, Amy sitting at the highest point on the island, at 325 feet.
41. 2026-0819_070.jpg, Panorama from East to South, with Fort Holmes at the far right.	42. 2026-0819_073.jpg, Looking back at Fort Holmes.
43. 2026-0819_075.jpg, The view of the Straights of Mackinac. Round Island lighthouse is seen in the distance.	44. 2026-0819_078.jpg, Amy on the way down—a lot easier!
45. 2026-0819_080.jpg, In town we spot one of the elegant carriages for the Grand Hotel.	46. 2026-0819_082.jpg, Yellow African Marigolds (Tagetes erecta).
47. 2026-0819_085.jpg, Orange African Marigolds.	48. 2026-0819_087.jpg, The Windermere from the side.
49. 2026-0819a_004.jpg, Jack & Pat hanging out on the front porch. (photo by Amy)	50. 2026-0819a_005.jpg, Jack, Pat & Kevin at the Kingston Kitchen with my Jamaican Rum drink. (photo by Amy)
51. 2026-0819_088.jpg, Detail of the gardens on the side of Windermere.	52. 2026-0819_091.jpg, A red buoy and a family playing by the rocky beach.
53. 2026-0819_093.jpg, Panorama of the straight with the break-wall to the left, Round Island in the center with the lighthouse, and the Mackinac Bridge to the right.	54. 2026-0819_099.jpg, Closeup of the Mackinac Bridge.
55. 2026-0819_102.jpg, An orange Rowan Tree (Sorbus genus).	56. 2026-0819_104.jpg, The Windermere from across the street.
57. 2026-0819_105.jpg, Yellow-black Blotch Pansies (Viola wittrockiana) and White Pansies.	58. 2026-0820_002.jpg, Thursday, 8/20/2026: A giant laker called the Wilfred Sykes is heading west to Lake Michigan.
59. 2026-0820_003.jpg, The early sunrise, about 6:48 am.	60. 2026-0820a_001.jpg, Beautiful sunrise. (photo by Amy)
61. 2026-0820_006.jpg, The Round Island Lighthouse in the morning sun.	62. 2026-0820_007.jpg, Hanging on the wall in the lobby is this one of many drawings, this of downtown.
63. 2026-0820_008.jpg, It looks like the Victory cruise ship, moored in the straight.	64. 2026-0820_009.jpg, Downtown Mackinac on Main Street.
65. 2026-0820a_002.jpg, Kevin, Jack & Pat walking along main street. (photo by Amy)	66. 2026-0820_014.jpg, Pink big leaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla).
67. 2026-0820_015.jpg, Clusters of pink petunias.	68. 2026-0820_018.jpg, Magenta colored Alcea rosea (common hollyhock) with a bumblebee.
69. 2026-0820_019.jpg, Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis).	70. 2026-0820a_003.jpg, A Monarch butterfly. (photo by Amy)
71. 2026-0820_021.jpg, Bay View is on the left and Windermere is on the right.	72. 2026-0820_023.jpg, The two cruise ships side-by-side for comparison. The larger is Le Bellot, built in 2020 and has a draft of 4.7 meters. It is 131 meters long and a beam of 18 meters.
73. 2026-0820_025.jpg, Today we took a easier ride, 8.2 miles around the perimeter of the island.	74. 2026-0820a_004.jpg, Amy & Kevin after their bike ride enjoying hot dogs outside on the lawn. (photo by Amy)
75. 2026-0820_030.jpg, We ate dinner at the Yankee Rebel Tavern.	76. 2026-0820_034.jpg, A coaster from the Yankee Rebel Tavern: ‘When I read about the evils of drink, I gave up reading’ –Henny Youngman
77. 2026-0820_037.jpg, Victoria-style homes to the west of the Windermere.	78. 2026-0820_039.jpg, A red Mountain Ash or Rowan Tree (Sorbus species).
79. 2026-0820_040.jpg, Detail of the Rowan Tree.	80. 2026-0820a_005.jpg, Amy. (photo on Amy’s camera)
81. 2026-0820a_006.jpg, A local house with beautiful yellow flowers. (photo by Amy)	82. 2026-0820a_007.jpg, Jack & Pat walking the back road. (photo by Amy)
83. 2026-0820a_008.jpg, Kevin along the board walk with Round Island in the background. (photo by Amy)	84. 2026-0820_041.jpg, The cruise ship moored just beyond the break-wall.
85. 2026-0820_042.jpg, The cruise ship up close, with 218 passengers.	86. 2026-0821_004.jpg, Friday, 8/21/2026: In the early morning I photographed this tree which Amy always tries to keep out of her photos.
87. 2026-0821_011.jpg, Another sunrise on Mackinac Island—our last of the year!	88. 2026-0821a_001.jpg, Jack enjoying the flowers just before leaving the island. (photo by Amy)
89. 2026-0821_018.jpg, The last view of the limestone fort.	90. 2026-0821_019.jpg, At Big Boy I spotted this crayon drawing made by a little person. Eva laughed one day when she got a cookie in the shape of a tulip, but she laughed thinking that it was a jelly fish!
91. 2026-0821_022.jpg, Amy and Pat outside of Big Boy in Manistique, MI.	92. 2026-0821_023.jpg, Big Boy.
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