[Hank70SS]

Well it was super hot for Mackinac, in the 90's and humid the last few days. No problems on the trip, hard to tell I was towing a car most of the time. Engine temp went a little above 210 a few times pulling up a grade. Not bad considering I was towing 3,100 lbs and the motorhome probably weighs 15,000 to 16,000 lbs with all the crap we had and I was running the AC. Checked the oil this morning and it was right on the full line and looked really clean, has close to 4,000 miles on it.

Neighbor called Monday night, big storm and we lost power around 3:30 PM. In the upper 90's and power didn't come back on until around 7 PM Wednesday. Kitchen floor was wet when we got home, All the ice melted in the ice maker and leaked out. We'll be filling the garbage can next Thursday with all the food from the fridge and deep freeze. Oh well, shit happens.

Went up to the Soo Locks, good timing, 2 ore freighters came through the locks at the same time. Took a drive over to the falls. Walked the 96 steps down and back up at the upper falls. Then walked down and up the 116 steps to the trail along the gorge. Uck! I was soaked, it was so hot and humid at the bottom. It was worse going to the bottom then climbing back up because of the heat and humidity.

Walked around Mackinac City, drove down to Petoskey and walked around town. Then up to Harbor Springs and along the lake shore back to Mackinac. Yesterday we took the boat to the island. Walked around there and took the carriage tour. For those of you that don't know, there are no cars on Mackinac Island. There is a state highway that goes around the lake shore. It's probably the only state highway in the country that has never had an automobile accident.

We had a great site in the park. Looking straight out across the water was the island and you could make out the Grand Hotel. Over to the west a little was the Big Mac, good view, especially at night when lit up.

Well now back to reality. A couple of big branches broke and are hanging in the Box Elder tree in the back. Somebody is going to have to go up and cut them off. I'm afraid it's probably going to be me. Clean out the fridge and deep freeze. Clean up all the other sticks and small branches in the yard. Cut the grass, blah, blah, blah. Maybe I'll just get in the motorhome and go somewhere else.