You would not believe the day I have had, yesterday I got a little home sick missing my friends and family...so I decided I would spend the day after work and go on an adventure.....so that is just what I did. :) I left the house at about 9a.m. I walked to town and went to the Post office to get a P.O. they said no because a SS Card was not a 2nd form of ID (WHAT IN THE WORLD) UGH!! Anyways got to go back tomorrow and clear that up. After all of that excitment I went to work for another day of tranning that last like an hour or so....I learned all the drinks...lol Then I planned to walk down the road and look at all the shops....so that is just what I did...until I got to a tour horse buggy....I decited to take it....WE COVERED the WHOLE ISLAND it was AWESOME!!! I have learned a lot from the tour...The gentleman whom gave the tour was quite the history buff! Aboriginal natives was the first on the Island They called it mish-la-mack-in-naw...The high bluffs they thought it resembled a reptile (A Turtle) So they decited to make it home and buried their dead in the Island's cave. Then French-Canadian Courieur de Bosi Jean Nicolet became one of the most important french western fur trader. Then moving on to the American Revolution War, Americans never threatened the British fort during the American Revolution and following the revolution obtained the Straits area by treaty.BUT, problems with the British in nearby Canada led to the War of 1812. In July of 1812 a British force landed secretly on the far north end of Mackinac Island and forced the United States to surrender Fort Mackinac in the first engagement of that conflict. In 1814 the Americans attempted to regain the Island by also approaching from the north, but failed to defeat the British who in the meantime had fortified the high ground behind Fort Mackinac. The British and Americans fought the battle in the vicinity of the present day site of the Wawashkamo Golf Course. The British fortification was renamed Fort Holmes in honor of Major Andrew Hunter Holmes, a young American officer who died in the conflict. In 1815 the Island was restored once again to the Americans by treaty. Another Cool fact Fort Mackinac's post surgeon William Beaumont saved the life of Alexis St. Martin after an accidental shotgun blast tore a hole in the young voyageur's stomach. When the hole never completely healed, the physician observed first hand what happens when food is digested in the stomach. His published experiments made medical history. So if you have a tummy ach this man figured out why and what to do. 
For now it's time to get to bed!
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