The Grand Hotel

Our next stop was the Grand Hotel. Since we weren't paying to spend the night we each had to pay $10 to take an on-your-own tour of the facilities. It was worth it!

Grand Hotel Information Sign

I'm Taking Picures of the Garden

The Garden

More of the Garden

Fountain in the Garden

Topiary in the Garden

Beauty Shop in the Hotel

Main Entry for Non-Guests and Shops

Art Gallery

Carlton's Tea Shop

Lee looking at a menu

We were starving at this point and the Grand Buffet had just closed so we had lunch at Carlton's Tea Shop.   There are no tables in the shop but there are some along the windows in the long hall going to the front desk.  The waiter came to us and served us so it was nice.  Lee had a Reuben and I had a salad. They were both really good and reasonably priced.

My salad - that is round bacon at the top!

Lee' Reuben

What was funny is that we watched a very wealthy-looking retired couple at the next table eat their lunch.  They were kind of snooty looking, you know the type.  Anyway, after they were done eating, they stayed for quite awhile and I noticed she kept looking for the waiter.  That is until he went inside for awhile.  Then they just got up and left without paying!  When the waiter came out he just looked astounded.  I told him which way they went and he went looking for them but he never found them.   I saw them later heading to town on a carriage.  You just never know who you can trust!!

Ladies' Rest Room

After we felt rejuvenated from our lunch, we wandered around the hotel and took tons of pictures.

The second floor

The balcony/porch lobby

Dining Room Menu - it wasn't open yet

Dining Room

More Dining Room

Bar near the balcony

View from the porch

Of course, my favorite place was the hotel porch/balcony overlooking the gardens and Lake Huron. What a wonderful place to sit and watch the rest of the world go by! 

The Grand Porch

Nice Place to Relax Looking at Lake Huron

View of the pool

Mackinac Bridge

The street behind the hotel - nice homes!

This lady is sound asleep and lots of packages next to her!

Street behind the hotel

Another Garden at the hotel

The Grand Hotel Carriage

The Top Level of the Cupola

We took a bunch of pictures up in the cupola which was on two levels. You had to walk a couple of flights of steps to get to it. There is a bar in the lower level of the cupola and a piano and tables with seating in the upper part. We took advantage of all the windows and took a bunch of pictures of the grounds. 

View of the pool from the cupola

View of the Island from the Cupola

More of the island

More of the island

Lots of different horse drawn carriages on the island

Top Level of the cupola

Mackinac Bridge from the cupola

Closer look at the pool

The chandelier that hangs between the 
lower and upper cupola floors

A ferry leaving the island

Lee taking the pictures out the cupola windows

It is another nice place to relax

Large couch outside the theater

See, Lee's feet don't touch the floor!

The theater

Telephone booths in the hotel

Hallway going toward the art exhibits

Art Exhibition

Sign regarding proper dress at the hotel

Leaving the Grand Hotel

All in all, we had a wonderful day. After we left the hotel, we went back downtown to shop around a little. Lee did buy a shirt that was on sale in one of the shops. We hung around the island until the last ferry for the evening.