Anyway, we walked to our bed and breakfast, The Inn on Mackinac, and found out our room had been upgraded to a bigger room with 2 queen beds instead of 1! Yay! After unpacking, we headed across the street (literally) to a little cookout for Greg and Binnie (my cousin and his now wife!). We saw family-my dad and his wife, my aunt and uncle, my cousin Tom and his wife Cindy and their son Noah, as well as others. It was wonderful to have to wear sweatshirts and jeans since it has been so ungodly hot here in Lexington lately! We walked around downtown after the cookout and later stopped and grabbed a slice of very yummy pizza!
The next morning, the day of the wedding, it was raining!! We were worried because the wedding was planned for outside! Luckily, it cleared up and we got to take a "taxi" (horse and carriage) to the Grand Hotel and walk around. This is where a large part of the movie, "Somewhere in Time" from 1980 took place! It was amazing! Don't think we'll ever be able to stay there, though...most of the rooms go for $200-300/night!!! It was really neat to see, though. The whole place makes you feel like you've stepped back into the early 20th century.
After this, we walked back to our B&B and got ready for the wedding. The wedding was held at another B& B down the road, in the garden. It was small and intimate, and a very pretty setting. We headed back for the reception at the same place the cookout was afterwards. After the reception, Bryan and I decided to rent bikes and bike around the island. That is truly one of my favorite memories of anything I've done with Bryan, ever. It was flat (important for my out of shape self), gorgeous, lots of places to stop along the way for photos, and we were able to do it in a little over an hour! Ahhh! I loved it!!!
That night, we went to dinner with all the family at an Italian place, and it was really great. My dad paid for it for our anniversary, which was super nice. It was great to get to talk to different family members and just enjoy being together. We were really tired after a long day of fun, so we turned in early.
On Sunday we had hoped to have time to explore some more, but it didn't happen. We also had a brief thought of driving to Rob Bell's church in Grand Rapids (I think!), but we found out it was 4 1/2 hours away, so that was a big no. It was basically the same distance from Lexington to his church as it was from Mackinac! Instead, we went to a brunch held by the newlyweds, which was yummy, and then basically had to leave, since we knew it would be such a long drive home. We hated to not get to do more, but it just means we'll have to go back sometime when we don't have other commitments!
The drive back home seemed a LOT longer than the drive there, but we stopped at a huge Christmas store (the biggest in the world apparently) which was quite the experience! We got home late that night, and it was good to sleep in our own beds again, but we already missed this magical place! We missed Caleb dearly, but loved getting to see him the next morning; he was all smiles and hugs. :)
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Looks like you had a blast. I have heard such good things about Mackinac Island
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