I'm beat, and the huge and incredibly delicious dinner at Slow's BBQ did me in, but I'll try to give you a quick recap...
On Wednesday we made it to Mackinaw City in time to catch the 3:30 ferry to Mackinac Island, and despite a slow drizzle we biked the 8 miles around the island. Lots of fun, and LOTS of mosquitoes on the east side of the island between mile markers 1.5 and 3.0. That night we dined on the island at Goodfellows, which was decent but unremarkable (a Yelp review is forthcoming).
Thursday was a drive north to the UP where we convinced the Prius it had four-wheel drive and we went in search of the Crisp Point Lighthouse. It was worth the 18 or so miles on very rough, sometimes very muddy, sometimes flooded dirt roads. The tower is beautiful and the fog made for even better pictures. From there we back tracked through Paradise (lunch at The Fish House was amazing! Best fish sandwich I've ever had!) and headed north again to Whitefish Point Shipwreck Museum. Incredibly well put together and worth the price of admission. On our way to Sault Saint Marie to see the locks it rained, but cleared by the time we arrived. No ships were passing through, but it was interesting nonetheless. We took dinner at the Indo-China Garden. For Thai food in the UP, almost in Canada, it was pretty good.
Friday was Mackinaw City to Frankenmuth. Lots of lights along the way (check out previous posts for pictures) and Frankenmuth was quite an experience. We visited Bronner's, the world's largest Christmas store, and all I can say is "wow...". Dinner was at Zehnder's, the world's largest family restaurant, where we had the AYCE chicken dinner. It's served family style and was enough to feed a family of 4 or more. Whew!
Saturday was Frankenmuth to Detroit, and thank goodness the weather finally improved. We checked out a few more lights along the way and finally got to our hotel at 6 p.m. While Lu showered I got on Yelp and found that not far from the hotel was a Thai restaurant, Amarin, that everyone was claiming is the best in the Detroit area, so we decided to check it out. The reviews were right. It was really really good, and super cheap! The Pad Thai with shrimp and scallops was delicious, and I couldn't believe how many shrimp and scallops I got for around $12.
Today was the DIA (Detroit Institute of Arts) and Belle Isle Park. Beautiful, and I'll post more about them tomorrow. The day ended with dinner at Slow's BBQ on Michigan Ave. This place has excellent reviews on Yelp and has been featured on The Food Network. It was DELICIOUS! This place could run circles around the Dinosaur BBQ in Syracuse. The apple BBQ sauce was so good I wanted to steal the bottle!
So now I'm sitting in the hotel room, fat and happy, and thinking that I'd better take a shower and crawl into bed before I fall sleep in this comfy chair. Nighty night, all...
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