Vacation to Mackinac Island

Saturday morning we packed the car up and loaded the kids in for a 3 day, 2 night vacation on Mackinac Island. We had booked this back in January, but I hadn't told Joshua about it until about a month ago. He was beyond excited on Friday and bounced out of his room Saturday morning dressed and ready to go! We met Shawn, Erin, Owen and Aiden in Mackinac City and took the ferry over to the island. The boys enjoyed the ferry, just as we anticipated they would. It was then off on foot to check into our room at Mission Point Resort. We had a to wait a bit to get into our room, but that gave Matthew a chance to start walking (the little sinker refused to walk at home, but apparently Mackinac Island was more suitable to him). After settling into our rooms, and coming to the realization that there was no AC, we explored the shops along main street and ate dinner at a restaurant on the shore. Matthew and Aiden were pretty much done for the day so Erin and I went back to the rooms to put them to bed while Shawn and Cory took Joshua and Owen "Glow Golfing" (the course his lit areas and the golf balls are lit from the inside so they glow). Sunday morning we rented bikes and bike trailers for the boys and set out to ride around the island. We climbed to the top of Arch Rock and explored along the shores of the island. A picnic lunch on the front lawn of the resort followed. We spotted a 1000 foot freighter while sitting there and saw a total of 7 freighters during our time on the island. While the little kids and parents took naps those of us non-napping folk (Joshua and me) took a leisurely walk around the resort and along the shore playing in the water and soaking up the sun with a trip to the candy store added in of course. Since it was the end of the Lilac Festival there a Grand Finale Parade took place starting right in front of the resort so we plopped the kids down and enjoyed. Monday morning, after checking out of the hotel we visited Fort Mackinac. The boys enjoyed the cannon firing and the rifle firing as well as the kids area in the fort the most. We hopped a ferry back over to the city and bid a fond farewell to the island. Joshua has asked every day since if we can go back to the island, so I'm guessing there will be another visit in our future. The video below is mostly for Joshua, but feel free to watch.