Michael Sprague near Asheville, North Carolina

June and I took the weekend off and went up to Mackinac Island. The fall colors were right at peak for a large part of the drive as well. This was a great time to be on the island for shopping. Most of the stores were having sales at 40-60% off due to getting ready to close for the season.

The weather was cold and dreary, which we were expecting, but we didn’t quite dress warm enough. Long walks on the island weren’t as pleasurable as usual. I think I came back with wind-burn on my face.

Another disappointment was that we were looking forward to dinner at the Village Inn on the island, but they were closed for a wedding reception. We missed the planked whitefish and cherry cobbler.

We stayed at the Pontiac Lodge. It was our first time at that hotel. It was adequate, but the room was smoky. We still prefer McNally Cottage but they were already closed for the season.

All in all it was a nice getaway, but I think future trips will be in warmer weather with accomodations at McNally Cottage so that we will get the most enjoyment from the five hour drive.

October, 2005 – Mackinac Island 12

At work we got new Nextel i930 phones. They are Windows Smartphones with GPS support. You can get a java application from mologogo.com that will post your location to their server so others can see where you are. I have been running it on my phone.
You can see my batch of most recent locations on mologogo. In addition, the mologogo service allows you to add “friends” that you can see their location right on your phone running the app.