Mackinac Island--Lost and Found
We visited Michigan's Mackinac Island when our children were little. Our money was scarce at that time in our lives so it was a problem to come up with the money it cost to get there. A very nice ticket agent gave us a hint on saving some of our money on the trip. She advised us to park our car on the mainland and ride the ferry over to the island and then pick up our car when we got back to the mainland. That way we saved one ferry trip cost which was much higher than the fee to park the car for a day on the mainland. That is what we did.Mackinac Island is a fairyland. We took a horse and buggy ride around the island and saw all of the highlights. Of course there are no cars allowed on the streets so the horses and buggies had full range in the streets.
While we were there we visited some of the gift shops. In one of them we saw a camera lying on a counter which was obviously not one for sale. We looked around and no one was anywhere near the camera. So we took it to the clerk in the gift shop and turned it in as a lost camera. We thought nothing more of it.
Later on the ferry back to the mainland we heard some other passengers talking among themselves and we heard them discussing something they had lost. We asked them if they had lost something and they said, "Yes, our son lost his camera." We related to them that we had turned in a camera that we had found at a certain gift shop . Fortunately, we remembered the name of the shop. When we got to the mainland they called that gift shop and asked them if they had the camera. The clerk said "Yes we have it right here." They gave the gift shop their name and on the next ferry arriving the ferry person had their camera for them. They were much relieved that their memories on film had been saved.
posted by kyra lafain @ 4/21/2008 12:45:00 PM
3 Comments:
Have you ever seen the movie "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour? It was filmed on Mackinac Island. I saw it years ago, and I've wanted to visit Mackinac ever since.
Lost May 29th child's brand new green hoodie with mackinaw island in blue and white lettering size xl in shopping bag.
I lost a pandora necklace on a trip to mackinaw in June. It is a long black leather "chain" with two silver charms. If found- could you contact me at jan.deviaene.carroll@gmail.com
Thanks
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