The Fort, a Festival, and Fun

I took the girls to the fort on Wednesday. We stopped at the Missionary Bark Chapel on the way up.


Kaya wanted to buy the hat...


A freighter passed:


We didn't feed it any coins, but Kaya was content.


Waiting for the rifle demonstration- Jade was generous enough to give a forced, although still cute, smile:



I don't recall seeing as many as four soldiers at a demonstration before. My fort visits must tend to occur later in the season. Nice marching!


Rob is looking sharp in the soldier's uniform- the mutton chops are awesome! We both are haunted history tour guides by night.


Listening:


And to balance out the potential gender stereotype we go from phones to rifles!


The blue screen/tv feature is impressive and Kaya kept returning:






A magic lantern:


Gotta love dress up!





Soldier uniforms to try on too:



No mistaking who this bed belongs to:








View upon exiting the front of the fort:


The original walls still stand! (Impressive since constructed in 1779):


We watched the Festival of the Horse Parade! My next blog will be all about enjoying the Festival of the Horse, but here is one of my favorites from Wednesday's parade:


After the parade we headed downtown for ice cream and to meet up with Phil's dad, who was on island for the sailing race:


We picked up the mail as long as we were downtown. Mailboxes aren't an option- only PO Boxes. I took some pictures while on historic Market Street:






The harbor was packed with anticipation for the next day's race:


We found Phil's dad! He is on the crew for the Sky Ship for the sailing race:


The Sky Ship is the sailboat on the left:



Hanging out downtown after some ice cream from Sander's:


Very cool Kaya!



On our way home we passed a bee enjoying a lily by Ryba's:

Location:Mackinac Island