I lived there back in 2007-2009. I was the firearms purchaser/salesman at the Mackinaw Outfitters when it was like a Bass Pro Shop. The upstairs was the firearms, archery, and fishing departments.
@@AdventureModeTraveling Town usually is a tourist destination between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Not long after Labor Day it becomes a ghost town. Many of the shops close up for winter. Winters are brutal but I still loved them. I live about a mile out of town and would bundle up and walk in during blizzards when it was even hard to see the next streetlight. I would stop at the three bars in town for a few and walk back home.
I love going here so many memories with my family a absolute blast especially at night because the bridge lights up and if you go past the bridge you will get to sue Saint Marie which is a good little city to visit 🌁🌉
Very beautiful area, the room doesnt look that bad, as long at least was not dirty 🤣! The water looks amazing! Love the bridge at night! Looks magical! Big like from us!
Our family used to spend a week up in Mackinaw City just after Labor Day for about 30 years in a row. My mom, her two sisters, and a family friend as well as myself and my cousin found The Beach House on the way back from an excursion in the U.P. and stayed there every year. Cute little white cabins right on the shore of Lake Huron, with a beautiful view of the island and the bridge (quite spectacular at night while enjoying the fire pit). Now that they have passed away (2016) I miss going up there. I may still have to visit once in a while. Hope you enjoyed yourselves.
What a cute and unique little town. That water also looked so beautiful. It looked like a nice little place to go exploring. I wouldn't want to explore that hotel room though... haha 😂
Thanks for the tour! We are heading around lake Huron this weekend on the bikes and staying in Mackinaw city......Funny you mention its like Gatlinburg.....We took the bikes there last fall.....great vid and now i know what to expect! safe travels!
First off, thanks for always taking the time to record and upload your travels to so many intriguing locations! And your commentary is always entertaining (and honest)! Holy smoke, there is a LOT to riff on in this video. Mackinaw Crossing is a like *nice* Old Town Kissimmee, but also in a better location geographically. I mean, that Lake Huron is GREAT! And cold, lol. We've only ever been into Lake Ontario, but it was freezing cold in the middle of a hot NY summer. Duuude, we have a Beanie Baby grand piano right in our... oops, nope. Was thinking of our old Casio keyboard in the spare closet. Speaking of Duck, we're pretty sure that the little Mackinaw train should be named Buck, because he stops here. Hahahehe about the space invader. A family used to own a bar/restaurant that had a Space Invaders game in the form of a table. You could eat, drink, and play the video game all on/within the same table. I loved those types! At this point, would you consider yourself more of a Yooper, or a troll? Does it depend on the price value of the room? Which of the following spellings do you prefer: Mackinaw (like the city), or Mackinac (like the bridge and all)? And Cheboygan or Sheboygan? Ahhhhh, the north. :-D
Well, I'm definitely not a yooper because I'm not from nor do I live in the u.p.,lol. Too cold :). It is a little similar to Old Town, but I think I liked Old Town better. The great lakes are beautiful but just way too cold for me. I prefer Mackinaw. Naming the bridge Mackinac feels like they were being defiant, lol.
@@AdventureModeTraveling We've loved seeing some of the beautiful natural places in New York, for one, including some beaches, and we don't mean to be defiant, but we sure do appreciate our generally smooth and warm beaches.
I'm trying to get back up there again this year so I'll probably look into priceline as well, lol. That or airbnb. I don't want to end up having to pay a lot for a mediocre place.
Oh wow didn't realize that the crabs were alive at first! so crazy they painted them! Before you said it, we were thinking that it reminded us of the River Place in Frankenmuth! That little haunted house reminded of the things in Wisconsin Dells or even Niagara Falls, seems to be a theme at these touristy areas. The water there was super pretty!! Such a cool looking bridge! We really want to visit Mackinaw Island (Tim did when he was younger) though it did seem like a lot of fun where you guys were. Such pretty views from around that area! Though not too sure what I'd think about the snakes! lol
I think the same development company put the Frankenmuth one in. I think the Frankenmuth one is a bit nicer looking but doesn't have as much of a variety as Mackinaw. We almost went to the island but we would have only had a couple of hours to spend there :(. Thanks for watching :)
Planning a trip to the area and thought I'd watch your vid... lots of fun, but I DID want to point out that the closed captioning on this one is punking ya...lol. although YOU don't drop an f bomb, closed captioning spells out the full-on f*@$ing word on the screen; TWICE ...lmao! I had to watch those clips twice to make sure I wasn't seeing things! (It's when you're discussing buying the train tickets..oh, and when it gets dark....) lol Great video and hoping I can put together something as entertaining when we go. 😀
I think it was the Starlight budget motel. There are a lot of hotels up there and a few that are right by the main part of town. This one was close but not really walking distance to anything.
If you come back don’t go to the kfc the food is okay but they pack people in there close together it’s very small and only has 3 tables it is right in the downtown area near the crossings by all the shops
Oh man, that is small. I think I am going to go back this summer, I want to check the Island out , both forts, and walk around the downtown some more. I'm going to stay at a different hotel though for sure, lol
We wanted to go to the Island but ran out of time. I plan on checking it out this summer, pretty excited about it actually :). I've been there before but it has been quite awhile. I can't remember the name of the hotel, I'll see if I can look up the name of the hotel we were at. Thanks for watching :)
Bro there are cheaper motels there whatever motel your at yes you got ripped off. That's why you go to Rainbow motel or spend more by going to clarion, Hamilton, Beat western, Quality inn and it'll be a lot better.
I lived there back in 2007-2009. I was the firearms purchaser/salesman at the Mackinaw Outfitters when it was like a Bass Pro Shop. The upstairs was the firearms, archery, and fishing departments.
You lived in Mackinaw? It seems like the winters there would be pretty brutal. How were they?
@@AdventureModeTraveling Town usually is a tourist destination between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Not long after Labor Day it becomes a ghost town. Many of the shops close up for winter. Winters are brutal but I still loved them. I live about a mile out of town and would bundle up and walk in during blizzards when it was even hard to see the next streetlight. I would stop at the three bars in town for a few and walk back home.
Great video. Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
I love going here so many memories with my family a absolute blast especially at night because the bridge lights up and if you go past the bridge you will get to sue Saint Marie which is a good little city to visit 🌁🌉
I've heard Sault St Marie is fun little town. Is that the town with the water locks?
What a great place, we love looking round places like this, unfortunately we don’t have too many in the UK , Thanks for sharing 🤗👍👍
But you do have your own unique little areas ;)
Never been to Michigan. Looks nice 😀👍
Very beautiful area, the room doesnt look that bad, as long at least was not dirty 🤣! The water looks amazing! Love the bridge at night! Looks magical! Big like from us!
It was a pretty fun town! The water was really cold, otherwise I would have went swimming, lol. Thanks for watching :)
This is the most honest weekend vacation video I've ever seen. You saved me a flight and a lot of money.
I'm actually thinking about going back this weekend, lol. Everyone keeps telling me I should check out Mackinaw Island so I think I might do that.
Our family used to spend a week up in Mackinaw City just after Labor Day for about 30 years in a row. My mom, her two sisters, and a family friend as well as myself and my cousin found The Beach House on the way back from an excursion in the U.P. and stayed there every year. Cute little white cabins right on the shore of Lake Huron, with a beautiful view of the island and the bridge (quite spectacular at night while enjoying the fire pit). Now that they have passed away (2016) I miss going up there. I may still have to visit once in a while. Hope you enjoyed yourselves.
I'm sorry you haven't made it up there in awhile :(. It sounds like you had an amazing time for many years. I hope you visit again some day :)
I went to Mackinaw about a month ago, and I'm going to Cedar Point in 2 days. I enjoy watching your vlogs.
Thank you :). Did you like Mackinaw? I love Cedar Point, I hope to see some video of it :)
Adventure Mode Traveling you're welcome. I loved Mackinaw. There's also some other videos of Cedar Point on my Dad's page.
Great footage. Thanks for that. It reminds me for the greatest summers I had there a long time ago.
What a cute and unique little town. That water also looked so beautiful. It looked like a nice little place to go exploring. I wouldn't want to explore that hotel room though... haha 😂
I'm still pretty angry about the hotel room, lol.
that scene of the guy singing without audience was quite funny. you have entertaining videos, subbed!
I wasn't sure what was going on with that guy, lol
Looks like my kind of place. Beautiful area around there. Love the channel and subscribed!
Thanks for the tour! We are heading around lake Huron this weekend on the bikes and staying in Mackinaw city......Funny you mention its like Gatlinburg.....We took the bikes there last fall.....great vid and now i know what to expect! safe travels!
First off, thanks for always taking the time to record and upload your travels to so many intriguing locations! And your commentary is always entertaining (and honest)!
Holy smoke, there is a LOT to riff on in this video. Mackinaw Crossing is a like *nice* Old Town Kissimmee, but also in a better location geographically. I mean, that Lake Huron is GREAT! And cold, lol. We've only ever been into Lake Ontario, but it was freezing cold in the middle of a hot NY summer.
Duuude, we have a Beanie Baby grand piano right in our... oops, nope. Was thinking of our old Casio keyboard in the spare closet.
Speaking of Duck, we're pretty sure that the little Mackinaw train should be named Buck, because he stops here.
Hahahehe about the space invader. A family used to own a bar/restaurant that had a Space Invaders game in the form of a table. You could eat, drink, and play the video game all on/within the same table. I loved those types!
At this point, would you consider yourself more of a Yooper, or a troll? Does it depend on the price value of the room?
Which of the following spellings do you prefer: Mackinaw (like the city), or Mackinac (like the bridge and all)? And Cheboygan or Sheboygan?
Ahhhhh, the north. :-D
Well, I'm definitely not a yooper because I'm not from nor do I live in the u.p.,lol. Too cold :).
It is a little similar to Old Town, but I think I liked Old Town better. The great lakes are beautiful but just way too cold for me.
I prefer Mackinaw. Naming the bridge Mackinac feels like they were being defiant, lol.
@@AdventureModeTraveling We've loved seeing some of the beautiful natural places in New York, for one, including some beaches, and we don't mean to be defiant, but we sure do appreciate our generally smooth and warm beaches.
Very expensive I agree. I used priceline and was able to stay at the Holiday Inn for $109 a night in August.
I'm trying to get back up there again this year so I'll probably look into priceline as well, lol. That or airbnb. I don't want to end up having to pay a lot for a mediocre place.
Oh wow didn't realize that the crabs were alive at first! so crazy they painted them! Before you said it, we were thinking that it reminded us of the River Place in Frankenmuth! That little haunted house reminded of the things in Wisconsin Dells or even Niagara Falls, seems to be a theme at these touristy areas. The water there was super pretty!! Such a cool looking bridge! We really want to visit Mackinaw Island (Tim did when he was younger) though it did seem like a lot of fun where you guys were. Such pretty views from around that area! Though not too sure what I'd think about the snakes! lol
I think the same development company put the Frankenmuth one in. I think the Frankenmuth one is a bit nicer looking but doesn't have as much of a variety as Mackinaw. We almost went to the island but we would have only had a couple of hours to spend there :(. Thanks for watching :)
Stephy and Tim Wayco The island’s name is actually spelled “Mackinac.” It’s French :)
Planning a trip to the area and thought I'd watch your vid... lots of fun, but I DID want to point out that the closed captioning on this one is punking ya...lol. although YOU don't drop an f bomb, closed captioning spells out the full-on f*@$ing word on the screen; TWICE ...lmao! I had to watch those clips twice to make sure I wasn't seeing things! (It's when you're discussing buying the train tickets..oh, and when it gets dark....) lol
Great video and hoping I can put together something as entertaining when we go. 😀
Yeah, UA-cam's auto captions are terrible. They usually don't even remotely get what you say correct. Thanks for letting me know :)
Lol, the hermit crabs 🦀
They were quite fun :), do you know anyone that has one?
I enjoyed the vid! Do you remember what hotel/motel you stayed in in the video?
I think it was the Starlight budget motel. There are a lot of hotels up there and a few that are right by the main part of town. This one was close but not really walking distance to anything.
That shopping area has been there for as long as I can remember and I'm 27. lol
Wow nice place stay connected I’m waiting
If you come back don’t go to the kfc the food is okay but they pack people in there close together it’s very small and only has 3 tables it is right in the downtown area near the crossings by all the shops
Oh man, that is small. I think I am going to go back this summer, I want to check the Island out , both forts, and walk around the downtown some more. I'm going to stay at a different hotel though for sure, lol
Welcome Michigan I live in here🤗
I live in Michigan by their what hotel did you stay at and did you not go to the island cause that is the biggest attraction.
We wanted to go to the Island but ran out of time. I plan on checking it out this summer, pretty excited about it actually :). I've been there before but it has been quite awhile. I can't remember the name of the hotel, I'll see if I can look up the name of the hotel we were at. Thanks for watching :)
No problem we go every year and in the city we stay at best western dockside
Your better to stay before summer season starts
You should go to Traverse City
I think I'm going to try and make it there this summer. It sounds like a cool place. I was there once like 25 years ago.
Adventure Mode Traveling It’s a very cool place, much has changed from the last 25 years. Hopefully this Coronavirus passes by though, keep safe!
Bro there are cheaper motels there whatever motel your at yes you got ripped off. That's why you go to Rainbow motel or spend more by going to clarion, Hamilton, Beat western, Quality inn and it'll be a lot better.
I probably should have booked it in advance, I wasn't really planning on staying overnight until I got there.
What's important is you had a good time
Mackinac City- meh. I shouldn't complain...but still
Lol