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I wanted to go back to the magic places of my youthto Mackinac Island, the Rocky Mountains, Gettysburg--and see if they were as good as I remembered them being.

Mackinaw City-they are fairly casual about how they spell the word up this way-was a scattered and unsightly little town, full of gift shops, motels, ice cream parlors, pizzerias, parking lots and firms operating ferries to Mackinac Island.

Off to the left, Mackinac Bridge, lit up like a Christmas decoration, spanned the strait.

It was only ten o'clock and nothing was happening at the quayside-the Chevette, dressed with sleety snow, stood alone and forlorn in the big parking lot-so I went and walked around, down to the site of the original Fort Mackinac and then along residential streets full of treeless lawns and one-story ranch houses.

Mackinac village was just as perfect as I remembered it, a string of white Victorian buildings along a sloping Main Street, snug cottages climbing up the steep hill to old Fort Mackinac, built in 1780 to defend the strait, still standing guard over the town.

The Grand Hotel, the biggest and oldest resort hotel in America, was built and the country's wealthiest industrialists constructed ornate summer houses on the bluffs overlooking Mackinac village and Lake Huron.

We had already passed the no-automobile Mackinac Island, and the huge bridge was to the left and behind us, spanning the narrows between the two peninsulas.

If you have to swim for it, hug Round Island to get to Mackinac Island and take the ferry.

I’m betting both the island Weres and the ones coming from Mackinac will start their search from the beaches and move in.

I didn’t think they were the island Weres, but rather, off the boats from Mackinac Island—their uniforms looked like government issue and their gear was more aggressive.

It looked like he was going loner when he dropped his cap on the Mackinac Bridge and walked away.

After a short honeymoon at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island (photo), they moved into the big house in Tuscola.

John, The Romance of Dollard, The White Islander, a Story of Mackinac, Lazarre.