I got up, after not-sufficient sleep, around 6.20 am and my plan of leaving around 5 am had gone for a toss. My journey started around 7 am and after a comfortable length of driving, I reached Munising around 9.30 am. After refuelling the car and taking a bit more time to memorize the driving directions, I started towards Mackinaw. This stretch of journey was also good, with not much traffic. Weather was good too. I stopped at several places to take pictures and somehow missed the Mystery Spot. The first sight of Mackinaw Bridge was fascinating. I eventually found the Mystery Spot - it was amazing to see such a strong gravitation pull but couldn’t figure out any decent explanation for what I saw - to me, it’s just optical illusions. I still cannot believe that I have seen Mackinaw Bridge and have crossed it (twice). I ate some food and went to Mackinac Island by the Shepler’s. Almost everything on the island, as people had informed me earlier, was insanely expensive. I rented a bike and went round the island. There were too many good things happening and the island still retains European (British) stain in almost everything. One feature that impressed me a lot was the absence of automobiles (gas-based). After about two hours of biking, I was tired; had taken plenty of pictures, mostly of aesthetic looking buildings and natural stuff. I returned back the mainland by the 5.30 pm trip.

The moment I got off the boat, two Border Patrol Officers approached me - apparently, someone on the island had complained that I was looking suspicious. After a brief session of questioning / interrogation, I started my journey to Sault Sainte Marie. Interrogation clearly had some effect on my mind - I missed the route twice and finally reached my destination around 8.30 pm. This is the first time I drove on a free-way in Michigan. After searching for a while and asking the local policeman, I found the Sherman’s Park, situated in some remote corner of Soo. I was already suffering from severe head-ache, mostly due to not-eating timely food and partly due to the incident earlier in the day. After some dilemma, I bought some food and water and decided to camp at Sherman’s Park. I saw a huge freight passing by while I was putting up the tent.