I’m going to Mackinac, going to Mackinac, going to Mackinac…
I’m going to Mackinac Island!
Yay!
I am so happy and agitated. I am going to the Island tomorrow. I have too much to do today and can’t settle down. Ha.
We planned on doing the Mackinac Bridge Walk and reserved a cabin at a state park for Sunday night but last week I started thinking about where to go before Sunday — didn’t just want to stay home. I thought about going to my parent’s place up north but that half-formed plan fell through…thought about going to the Island, but then thought about the expense and that it was too close to the holiday to even reserve a place to stay so dismissed that idea. Plus I wanted to save my money for a Grand Hotel stay in the fall. I really wanted to go someplace new but every place new is just too far away from the bridge and has unknown expenses, ha. I thought I might as well stay home but of course Mackinac is never far from my mind…
Around Monday I started thinking about going again. I hated to go up to the Straits area and not go to the Island. I called up to Small Point Cottage to see if they had anything available — they did but for 3 people for Saturday night, the important night. Grrr…I decided to wait until the next day, evaluate my finances and see if I really wanted to go to Mackinac Island. I did, I did, I do…so I spent Tuesday morning calling around trying to find a place for a reasonable fee, ha. Slim pickens — I called and called, everything is booked or very expensive …until finally I called Bed and Breakfast. She didn’t have anything at the B&B but wait! She had a little 1 bedroom apartment with a couch bed available! Yay…how much? Something I could afford? Yes! It was, I even got a deal but had to agree to stay Friday and Saturday nights. Okay, I will.
More problems…my husband has to work until 5pm on Friday and with Labor Day traffic…Argh! We may not get up there until late, late…too late to catch a ferry. Boo! Luckily ferries run until 10:30pm this week-end. Yay! But I decided to rent a cheap car and go up early so I could enjoy the island and the apartment — and pay the lady for the place. My husband and stepson could drive up through the Labor Day week-end traffic. I am so mean but I got to pay the lady.
Then, my stepson tells us he has to work Friday night! Ugh! Almost derails the whole plan…but his work called him in early tonight to work all stinking day today, 12 hours I think, and then he could have Friday off. Yay! But if he still had to work I suppose he and my husband will just have to come up to the island Saturday — I’ll be there waiting for them…enjoying the Island and some me time.
Can’t wait, so excited. This is where we are staying:
http://www.thevoyageurinn.com/apartments.htm
We have apartment 2…isn’t it cute. It has a little kitchen and everything. It is going to be like we live on the island. So cool.
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