Mackinac Island
A Place That I Love
It is usually this time of the year where my thoughts drift every now and then, to when I was a Tour Driver for Mackinac Island Carriage Tours. Brings back great memories. I always said as a tour driver, that there are four main holidays. They are Memorial Day weekend. Lilac Festival, Father’s Day Weekend is the Parade. We also have 04th of July with the Fireworks, and finally we have Labor Day Weekend, concluding with the Bridge Walk. I will talk about these four holidays and what they meant to me as a person and employee.
I was usually asked to show up to the Island around the middle of April. A couple of times there was a late Easter, and would miss it, what was a person to do. It was important to me as a Catholic, it was celebrated more privately with some friends instead of family. Between my arrival in mid to late April to Memorial weekend, my hours were short and pay checks were small. The closer we get to Memorial Weekend gradually the hours pick up. Memorial Weekend, I am personally reminded of those Veterans who were killed in the line of duty, both on the battlefield and in training accidents. The last couple of years deaths caused by training accidents has out paced deaths on the battlefield. What a somber thought.
