August 29 Bridge View Park

Friday Evening:  So ... we kind of miscalculated how much time it would take for us to get to Mackinac City from my house because we took that little "detour" over to see the lighthouse at Mears, Michigan. But we were okay about it once we figured it out! We had kind of figured on arriving at our hotel by about 5-ish and it was actually closer to 6:00 by the time we checked in. 

I neglected to take even a single picture of the beautiful hotel David booked for us: The Hamilton Inn--which is conveniently located very close to the Arnold Ferry Boat dock, which we would need Saturday to go over to THE ISLAND. Why THE ISLAND (all caps) ... because Mackinac Island is ... the ultimate island! We love it there!

But back to Friday night ...

Once we checked in, we mapped out the route to Bridge View Park (St. Ignace)--which necessitated crossing the Mighty Mac. YES! We LOVE crossing the bridge. Here are my photos from Friday night:

First, of course, we CROSSED the bridge! Always a thrill! I didn't take any pictures while we were driving across the bridge because they never turn out very good. It wasn't difficult to find the park at all. We arrived at a lovely time of night to take photos.

Isn't this bridge just stunningly beautiful?

At Bridge View Park, there is a nice grassy area where you can walk around and get good pictures--so I did!

I walked as far as legally possible (until I hit the "NO ENTRY" sign right at the side of the road that takes you over the bridge) to get as many angles of the bridge as I possibly could. I'm only posting a fraction of the pictures I took!

Once we savored the sight for awhile, we got back in the car and drove down a little dirt road that had private homes set back from the water ... with THIS view.

My favorite photograph is the one above. I just like all of the aspects of color, texture, shadow, etc., so ... presently, I am using it as my wallpaper on my computer.