Mackinac; part 2

This was what we woke up to. Isn't it beautiful?
Tuesday morning we got on the ferry and headed to Mackinac Island. Alison slept through the whole ferry experience, but that may be a good thing. It went really fast, especially for being a big ferry. We stepped off into what felt like a whole new world. There are no motorized vehicles on the island so all transportation is by horse or bike. Everything was Victorian and the landscape was magnificent. We mainly just walked around the island and oohed and awed at every thing. We stopped for lunch and bought some famous fudge.
We stopped to play on the little school playground. FYI, Alison hates swings, so it was amazing we got this shot.
the town churchThe Grand Hotel which we're told is really cool, but we refused to pay the $10.00 just to get on the property so this is all we got.
Now this is the part of the trip where I expected Alison to completely lose it. There were horses every where and she hadn't gotten scared of them yet. When we were in Kansas we took her to the farm to see my Dad's horses and she screamed in terror, so we expected her to do the same on an island full of the scary creatures. But she just sat in her stroller quietly and looked at them. I'm telling you what, kids are so unpredictable.We took the long, steep walk up the butterfly house.
We stopped for awhile and rested in a field. The boys played frisbee, Alison napped and Lydia and I sat and chatted. They're actually moving to Nebraska in a couple of weeks so I was thankful to have some time with her before we part.
It cracks me up how Alison always has her feet crossed and hands folded. She really is a little princess!