6th Day Of Vacation ... September 19

After a very nice breakfast overlooking the Lake at our hotel in Baraga, we packed up and left to begin our 2-day journey back home. We arrived, 250 miles later, at one of our favorite hotels in Mackinaw City only to find that the entire town was over run with people. I've NEVER seen so many people there. Turns out it's their biggest weekend after Labor Day ... the 19th Annual Richard Crane Memorial Big Rig Truck Show and Parade of Lights (across the bridge!). Go figure. We left solitude and entered a mass of millions, or so it seemed. Every hotel in Mackinaw was booked. That explains why our room was so expensive (thankfully booked weeks before!). Since this event is so "famous", I decided I'd go out and see the parade, which was right in front of our hotel. It would have been nice to see the parade across the bridge, but I never would have been able to get there. The lights on the big rigs were really nice. Many were painted with murals on them, too. Very noisy, though, as they continually blasted their horns.

When we got to the hotel we were surprised to find out that we had been given a complimentary up grade to our room. From a 2 queen suite to a king suite. I'm not sure why that happened, but I didn't complain! I did check at the desk tomake sure there wasn't a mistake and they'd make us move after we were sleeping!

Jess walked in the door and said ... "Wow! Wow! Wow!." It was pretty awesome. The bathroom alone was bigger than Jessie's bedroom. Jessie couldn't wait to get in the whirlpool bathtub! She had the best time in there.

We were right on the water, too. About 20 feet so we kept the door open to hear the water lapping on shore. A very relaxing sound.

Jess was happy, too, to finally get on the floor to watch her iPad and play with her tiles since that's what she does at home. I was thankful for the very nice over-stuffed chairs.