.THIS
.THIS IS
.THIS IS PUTS YOU IN A GOOD MOOD. WE'VE GOT WATER JUGS, BIG ADVENTURE RIGHT NOW. OTHERWISE
A LOT OF TRAVEL PLANS HAVE BEEN
PUT ON HOLD. BUT CHECK OUT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL AROUND
NORTHERN MICHIGAN EARLIER THIS
FALL AND NOW HE'S HAVING A
SUMMIT OF THE GORGEOUS
DESTINATIONS AND I KNOW THAT
YOU CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE WHAT
YOU FOUND, JACK. OH, I KNOW YOU
WANT TO GO TOO. HEY, WE HAVE
BEEN SO FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO TAKE THIS TRIP AND
BRING BACK THESE WONDERFUL
STORIES FOR YOU. NOW OUR FIRST
STOP WAS MACKINAW ISLAND HOME
SEASONAL RESORTS AND LET ME
TELL YOU, THE GRAND HOTEL IS
NOT JUST A PLACE TO STAY. IT'S
AN EXPERIENCE THAT TAKES YOU
BACK SOMEWHERE IN TIME
.
MACKINAW ISLAND'S GRAND HOTEL
UNDENIABLY LIVES UP TO ITS NAME
.I SEE THESE PEOPLE PULL UP ON
THE HORSE TAXIS AND IT'S THE SAME REACTION FROM EVERYBODY
THEY LOOK AND JUST GO WOW, THAT
WAS MY FAVORITE THING IS THE OH
WELL WHEN THEY SEE THE HOTEL
AND THEY SEE THE INTERIOR THE
HOTEL WOW. IF YOU COULD SEE MY
FACE IF YOU COULD SEE MY FACE,
MY JAW WOULD BE DROPPED. HERE
IS YOUR THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT
A ROOM IS NOT A ROOM. WHAT WE
SELL HERE IS A SUMMER
EXPERIENCE. SO THE IDEA IS TO
GIFT WRAP IT IN A ROOM IS NOT A
ROOM. IT IS A PACKAGE TO BE
UNWRAPPED. THERE ARE THREE
HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN OF THESE
ECLECTIC PACKAGES. EVERY SINGLE
ROOM IS DIFFERENT. A LOT
OF VENETIAN GLASS IN HERE
BRIGHT FUN SPLASHY COLORS ALL
CONTAINED IN A DIZZYING
LABYRINTH OF A 100 33 YEAR OLD
HOTEL ON A REMOTE ISLAND. HOW
DID THIS EVER WORK? IT'S JUST A
RARE THING THAT IT SURVIVED AND
THRIVED AND EVOLVED. AND THE
HISTORY HERE IS NOT NAMES AND
DATES AND CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERS
AND ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES.
IT'S THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE
THAT BELIEVE IN THIS PLACE BOTH
THE OWNERS OF THE HOTEL, THE
EMPLOYEES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
THE GUESTS. THIS IS THE
SIGNATURE PIECE OF THIS
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK A
SIX HUNDRED SIXTY POINT FRONT
PORCH, THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND
IN THE WORLD. ONE HUNDRED
ROCKING CHAIRS, 260 GERANIUM
BOXES AND A BREATHTAKING VIEW
OF THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC FOR
MANY GUESTS. THIS IS HEAVEN A
HARPIST IN THE HOTEL PARLOR, A
COMFORTABLE CHAIR AND
CONTINUING A 100 YEAR TRADITION
AFTERNOON TEA. I COULD BE AT A
HOTEL AND HAVE AN AFTERNOON
SNACK AND NICE BOWL ICE CREAM
SITTING OUTSIDE AND I WOULD
FORGET IT PROBABLY THREE WEEKS
LATER BUT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU
JUST DO NOT FORGET. AFTERNOON
TEA FOR US HAS BEEN THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME
IN AND BE A PART OF THIS WHOLE
ENVIRONMENT. SO IT'S BEEN IT'S
BEEN FANTASTIC. AT THE GRAND
HOTEL ONE DRESSES FOR DINNER
AND NOT WITH MUSIC AND A WORLD
CLASS MENU. DINNER IS THE HIGH
POINT OF YOUR DAY
JUST TOUCHES
SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES TO COME
HERE AND WHEN YOU COME HERE YOU
KIND OF GET IT. YOU KIND
OF DRINK THE KOOL-AID IF I CAN
KEEP IT UNDER THE ROOF FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS THEY'LL UNPLUG
IT UNWIRED AND SAY OK. WHERE DO
YOU GET ONE OF THESE HORSE
RIDES WHERE I GET BICYCLE? I
THINK WE GOT THIS IS GREAT.
THANK YOU. MY PLEASURE.
BLESSINGS DON'T APPETITE. WELL
,WELL THE GRAND HOTEL IS OPEN
FROM MAY THROUGH OCTOBER SO
THAT GIVES YOU PLENTY OF TIME
IF YOU WANT TO PLAN A GETAWAY
AND THIS UPCOMING SEASON WILL
BRING A MAJOR UPGRADE FOR
GUESTS. THE SWIMMING POOL MADE
FAMOUS BY THE FAMOUS ESTHER
WILLIAMS IN THE 1947 FILM THIS
TIME FOR KEEPS IS GOING MUCH
NEEDED RENOVATIONS. AND
SPEAKING OF MOVIES, EVERYBODY
REMEMBERS THE FILM SOMEWHERE IN
TIME WITH CHRISTOPHER REEVE AND
JANE SEYMOUR THAT WAS SHOT
THERE. THEY HAVE A WEEKEND
HONORING SOMEWHERE IN A TIME
WHERE PEOPLE DRESS IN COSTUME
AND AND GO AND ENJOY THAT MOVIE
HAS DONE MORE FOR THE GRAND
HOTEL AND IT'S A 30 YEAR OLD
MOVIE 40 YEAR OLD MOVIE NOW
THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.
AND I ASKED HIM I SAID SO WHY
DID THEY CLOSE OCTOBER ? JUST
NOT ENOUGH TOURISM. YOU SAID
120 INCHES OF SNOW. GET THERE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLUS THE
STRAITS OF MAKIN OFF FREEZE.
BUT YOU CAN MAKE RESERVATIONS
NOW AND I WOULD SUGGEST MAKE
RESERVATIONS. I LIKE THAT
PEOPLE ARE CLICKING ON RIGHT
NOW WHEN YOU DROVE UP THERE.
WHAT'S THE DRIVE? EIGHT HOURS,
15 MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE UNLESS
YOU GO A LITTLE FASTER. NOW WE
WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL
THANKS TO EVERYONE. I'M BACK IN