May 9, 2017 TuesdayA cold night, but sunny morn! RVs are not exactly well insulated. We have lots of blankets. Actually we do have heat.We called Sheplers ferry service for a free shuttle to the ferry. Bill came right on time. We took the 9:30 shuttle that goes under the Might Mo, the Mackinac Bridge. Mackinac and Mackinaw are both pronounced with the 'naw' sound. The under the bridge ferry ride is only offered 2 times a day. We arrive at Mackinac Island in Lake Huron at 9:30. This island has no motorized vehicles allowed except for the police car, ambulance, and fire truck. The power is horse power, literally. They have three types of horses depending on there job. It was interesting to see building materials, food, furniture, luggage, everything going by on wagons. There are construction vehicles on the island right now. There was work going on everywhere getting ready for the season. This is one of those places that makes you want to return. Quite a few school groups were on island. I was told that was typical for May. One of the main attractions on island is the Grand Hotel. This is so exclusive they charge to see the building. We took the Mackinac island Tour for 1 1/2 hours. These were open air carriages for 20 had blankets, but it was still cool. So much information in such a short time. Only 500 people live here full time. The school has somewhere around 100 students, K -12. There is no postal delivery, everyone goes to pick up their mail. When the lake freezes and the ferry stops, the locals snow machine across the ice to mainland. There are only two grocery stores. There is a large fort here with daily reenactments. The main streets are lined with lilacs that are just beginning to leaf out. There is a lilac festival in June...must smell so good! One of things required when visiting the island to buy fudge since there are 18 fudge shops. It is really a quaint well maintained town that resembles many other seaside towns of the period, but with only horses and a millions or so bicycles it seems different. Also required when visiting the UP, upper peninsula of Michigan, is eating whitefish from the lakes. We accomplished that at lunch. Since Susan is on a bland diet we had a hard time finding fish that wasn't fried. It seems these folks are much like southerners, they fry everything! We took a walk around town which is very walkable, but our busy week caught up with Susan. She was just too tired to do more. We took the 4 pm ferry back. The same shuttle driver we had this morning was available. We were looking to get another required food, the pasty, pronounced 'pass tea'. This is meat and veggies wrapped in pastry. Think fried pie, but baked. Bill was so nice he drove us to find the one spot we had heard of that was closed. He then took us to his spot where we were able to pick up frozen pasties to bake later. Bill waited for us and then dropped us at the RV park! What a swell guy! We were very impressed with this area. We are in the town of St. Ignace, pronounced, ig ness. Everyone seems to know each other and there are NO traffic lights.We drove no miles today and saw no wildlife of note.To be continued