This lovely "cottage" was my home for the past 4 days. It is located on the East Bluff of Mackinac Island and is as grand as it appears! Five of us visited our friend Maryanke who owns this beauty with her husband. It was built in the late 1800's, looks as it would have then, but with all the internal updates for todays lifestyle.
Here is our hostess (and a view from the porch) taking her horses to be shod. Since there are no motorized vehicles allowed on the island ,horses, whether being ridden or pulling a carriage along with bicycles, are the main modes of transportation!
This was my bed! The carvings were simply beautiful as was everything else about the room. Check out the fabulous chandelier below.... Each morning I awoke to the view of the straits and the sound of horses clip-clopping by! Heaven!!! My room was the "cupid" room.
These are the 187 steps we took to get to the lower part of the island! Cindy is about 1/2 way down! They look daunting, but trully aren't so bad. A great work-out coming back up which we did a few times! All in all, a lovely vacation spent with dear old friends!
This lovely "cottage" was my home for the past 4 days. It is located on the East Bluff of Mackinac Island and is as grand as it appears! Five of us visited our friend Maryanke who owns this beauty with her husband. It was built in the late 1800's, looks as it would have then, but with all the internal updates for todays lifestyle.
Here is our hostess (and a view from the porch) taking her horses to be shod. Since there are no motorized vehicles allowed on the island ,horses, whether being ridden or pulling a carriage along with bicycles, are the main modes of transportation!
This was my bed! The carvings were simply beautiful as was everything else about the room. Check out the fabulous chandelier below.... Each morning I awoke to the view of the straits and the sound of horses clip-clopping by! Heaven!!! My room was the "cupid" room.
These are the 187 steps we took to get to the lower part of the island! Cindy is about 1/2 way down! They look daunting, but trully aren't so bad. A great work-out coming back up which we did a few times! All in all, a lovely vacation spent with dear old friends!
3 comments:
Sheryl,
Just beautiful. So glad you had a nice vacation in such a lovely place. Welcome home.
Sue
Sheryl, what a wonderful getaway. How lucky to have to wake up each morning with the sound of horses. Thank you for sharing those beautiful pictures.
Wow, that place looks beautiful! I had to go do a google search to find out more about that island. It reminds me a lot of Martha's Vineyard! Now I want to go there! Thanks for sharing!
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