One of the places we like to show off when people come to visit is Mackinac Island. We have 7 grandchildren who live out of state, so when they come it is only natural we want them to visit this magical place. I am glad we only had 3 of them at a time, though. The energy level is amazing! The weather totally cooperated. We stayed in St. Ignace on Thursday night, and headed to the Island as soon as we could get going. Deep breath. It's a process. One of the reasons we stayed in St. Ignace was so we could drive them across the bridge, as well as show it to them from the water. Our ferry trip even took us under the bridge, which was exciting for everyone. No one was disappointed as we took the Island tour, checked out the new Grand Hotel stables, had lunch at the fort and checked out all the attractions there, then shopped for fudge before heading home. Not our own ride, but we loved seeing the dappled grey's hooked to the Gra...