Bonneville Mill, Bristol, Indiana

Bonneville Mill is the oldest continually operating grist mill in Indiana.  It has produced quality flour for over 150 years.  It has been managed by the Elkhart County Park and Recreation Board since 1969.  It remains an example of working antiquity by grinding flour from May through October.  The mill grinds corn, wheat, rye, and buckwheat the old-fashioned way.

 

 

Barn next to mill

 

Hartland, MI area

We stayed at Waldenwood RV Resort in Hartland, MI (south eastern part of the state about 50 miles northwest of Detroit).

 

In nearby Parshallville we visited a historic grist mill.

 

 

 

 

Presque Isle, MI

Presque Isle is a small community on the shore of Lake Huron.  We visited two light houses that share its name.

Presque Isle Old Lighthouse was built in 1840 and replaced by the Presque Isle New Lighthouse in 1871.  It now serves as a museum.

 

Presque Isle New Lighthouse

 

 

 

Traverse City, MI area

Traverse City is on the Michigan Lake side of the state on Grand Traverse Bay.

 

Grand Traverse Bay

 

Sutton Bay is along Grand Traverse Bay

 

 

 Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan

 

Mackinac Island, MI

There were beautiful views of Mackinac Bridge and Mackinac Island on a 15 minute ferry ride from Mackinaw City to the Island.  The Round Island Lighthouse is near the dock.  We spent the afternoon on the island.

 

 

 

Fort Mackinac is on top of the hill

 

Mackinac Island  has no motorized vehicles (except for a police car and ambulance).  The mode of transportation is by foot, bicycle, horse or horse drawn buggies. 

We took an enjoyable and interesting Carriage Tour of the island on two different carriages (2 horse and 3 horse).  We stopped at the Surrey Museum and Arch Rock.

 

Grand Hotel is a famous landmark.

View of the hotel approaching the island.

 

If you are staying at Grand Hotel, this is your taxi.

 

 

 On the front lawn

Little Stone Church

 

 

Mackinaw City, MI

Mackinaw City is on the northern point of the lower peninsula. 

The McGulpin Point Lighthouse was built in 1869 and extinguished in 1906. It was privately owned from 1913-2009.  Now it is now open to the public.

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse was built in 1892 and was rendered obsolete by the opening of the Mackinac Bridge in 1957.

 

 



Mackinac Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the upper and lower peninsula.  Opened in 1957 it is the world's 16th longest in total suspension (about 5 miles) and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere.

View of Mackinac Island from Mackinaw City