This was a really really strange day. We had breakfast at the Clearwater Lakeshore Motel as they have a wonderful variety of food for their continental breakfast.
From there, we headed over to take a tour of the U S Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw WAGB-83 which is no longer in service.
The tour is self-guided although there were two women who helped direct us along the way.
The stairs going up to the ship are steep as are the stairs inside as you ascend and descend to different levels.
The IceBreaker Mackinaw was built during World War II to help with the war effort by meeting the demands of war materials and transportation during the winter months.
The ship was decommissioned in 2006 and sits in Mackinaw City, Michigan and is open for tours.
Below is a picture of one of the engines.
Here is a picture of some of the uniforms they wore.
Below are a few more pictures of the inside of the ship.
I had to go down these steps sidesways …
The businesses who live in the Mackinaw City area looked forward to when the Icebreaker Mackinaw would plod through the Great Lakes ice to pave the way for materials to go back and forth.
The cost for this tour was $11 per person. If you like historical tours, this tour is for you.
The day progressed and everything was going along smoothly until we stopped and I checked my Facebook account. My half sister had posted that our father’s funeral was the following day. I was taken aback as there was no time to order flowers or attend the funeral if any out of state relatives wanted to do that.
Isn’t it strange? Social media seems to be used in place of what I would consider common courtesies. Â A call asking if I (or any other out of town family) was interested in attending the funeral would have been nice.
Thank you’s, sympathy cards, calls to offer condolences ~ what happened that people don’t offer these courtesies anymore?
I took it in stride because ~ what else could I do?
We continued our travels to Munising, Michigan which, in my humble opinion, was truly the best portion of the trip.
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