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85. Mackinac Island.

Mon Jan 1, 2018, 09:33 PM

Jan 2018

A tourist place, with no motor vehicles, during tourist season. Airplanes somehow exempted.

It's pronounced "Mackinaw" but spelled "Mackinac". A nice place to visit. There are some great little neighborhood places when one gets away from the tourist places. Search out where the locals go.

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