Michigan Travel Archives

Copper Harbor to St. Ignace

October 15, 2006

Today, after a grueling drive from Copper Harbor to St. Ignace, we're at the Best Western Harbour Pointe Lakefront in St. Ignace, Michigan. Our room is twenty-five feet from Lake Huron and overlooks Mackinac Island. Sitting out on the balcony as I write this afternoon, the thrill of being this close to the water is amazing. The waves lap in the water and the seagulls strut below the balcony and complain because I am not feeding them.

I unequivocally recommend this hotel. It is clean and attractive; the setting is beautiful. The grounds are carefully maintained. Most rooms have water views, or you can choose, as we did, to stay right on the water. The sacrifice? I cannot connect to the high speed wireless network from here because the lakefront rooms have trouble reaching the network. What a sacrifice for a room right on the water! Plus, we're supposed to be on vacation, so why am I online anyway?

Our drive today was glorious. We took the Brockway Mountain Dr. out of Copper Harbor because it is supposed to afford one of the most beautiful views in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It did. The overlooks from the drive of our hotel, the Keweenaw Lodge and its golf course, the forests of the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Manganese, Lake Fanny Hooe, and Lake Superior were awe inspiring. Bill didn't take many pictures because you cannot capture that kind of panoramic view with a lens. You have to see it to behold its beauty and its power.