Carriage Tour
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These are the horses and carriage that we rode on during the
first half of our island tour.
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The Grand Hotel.
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A closer look at the 660' porch of the Grand Hotel. The porch
ceiling is painted blue to give the allusion of sky to birds and
insects.
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The Mackinac Island street sweeper. Horse powered!
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The inside of Surrey Hills, the location where we switched
carriages during our island tour.
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Some old carriages inside Surrey Hills.
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Tyler riding on the carriage. This was the second carriage we
rode on today, and is the largest in the world, requiring three
horses to pull, each weighing over 2,000 pounds.
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We were on Cupid's Pathway for a brief period of time.
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A view of the horses pulling our carriage.
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The gate to St. Ann's Cemetery. The first person buried here was
an 8-year old who got lost on the ice bridge. They found the child
three days later, but by then pneumonia had set it and it was too
late.
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The U.S. Post Cemetery, for soldiers stationed at Fort Mackinac.
We were told this is one of five cemeteries in the world with the
presidential authority to fly the U.S. flag at half-staff at all
times.
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The entrance to the Post Cemetery.
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Another look at the Post Cemetery.
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Another entrance to St. Ann's Cemetery. Although hard to tell in
this picture, the road actually goes around the gate. This is
because although the arch is tall enough to get the horse-drawn
hearse through, the driver sits atop the hearse and could not get
through. According to the driver, if he tried go through he would
be... (are you ready for this?) ...the "Headless Hearseman".
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A view of Skull Cave. According to legend, Alexander Henry hid
here while trying to avoid capture. In the morning, after sleeping
on what he thought was sticks and rocks, he discovered he had been
sleeping on bones, presumably from an Indian burial ground.
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The "Historic Site" sign for Skull Cave.
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Another look at Skull Cave. The bones are long gone, shipped to
the MSU forensics department years ago.
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This hill, according to our driver, is where the phrase "Get the
lead out" originated from. The detailed explanation can be read in
the diary.
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Tyler standing in front of Arch Rock. The story behind the rock
is that an Indian brave spirit fell in love with an Indian Princess,
whose father wanted them to have nothing to do with each other. The
spirit had the hole put in the rock so that he could come down and
take his Indian Princess away through it.
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