[Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

[Roger Stokes]

On 03/11/2015 00:27, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
> The UP/upper peninsula is the 'other' part of Michigan that is located 
> between the Lakes Superior, Michigan and the top of Huron and between 
> the state of Wisconsin to the west and Canada to the east.

That's what I thought.  I hope to be there at the end of April before 
making my way over the bridge to the rest of the State.

> Isle Royal, almost to the Canadian Shore, in Lake Superior, is also 
> part of Michigan. It is reachable by plane, ferry and private boat and 
> is a State Park (famous for its study of wolves and moose). It is used 
> for camping and most people 'pack' in and hike various trails across 
> or around the island after they have been delivered by ferry or 
> plane.  There are a few cabins 'for rent' at the main boat landing 
> point which require reservations which are sometimes doled out via a 
> lottery system.
>
> Mackinac Island is also part of Michigan and located in the northern 
> part of Lake Huron. It has no cars (with the exception of an EMC - 
> emergency vehicle) and although open year round sees most of it's 
> tourist traffic in summer and fall. People ride bikes there, and there 
> are horse and buggy 'taxis'. There is a State Park there also in the 
> footprint of a Fort from the American Revolution and the French and 
> Indian wars (IIRC).

I won't be visiting the islands but Mackinac Island sounds rather like 
Sark in our Channel Islands.  The farmers are allowed tractors and the 
ambulance is a trailer attached to a farm vehicle.  Access is by boat 
from one of the other, larger Islands.

Roger