Day 5- Steam ship tours and White Lake lighthouse

We started our day by touring a steamship THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, which was moored in Manistee, MI., we got to see the entire ship and had an interesting tour guide as well. Bill was just thrilled with the engine room, especially. The ship used to carry railcars across Lake Michigan for over 50 years, passengers could ride as well, the accommodations were beautifully designed with wood and brass.

Bill got to operate the steam whistle.

The common room in the ship where passengers would gather during their travels, you can actually stay there during the weekends in one of the state rooms, which are really small, but elegant. — at Lake Michigan - Manistee MI.

Our tour guide

The ship THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE moored at Manistee, MI

The coast guard ship, Acacia

White Lake lighthouse

The view from the top of White Lake lighthouse

We also toured a Coast Guard ship that is permanently moored there too, very informative and interesting. It was really foggy, as you can see by the picture. After we left there we traveled to White Lake Lighthouse, a beautiful stone structure, with an awesome museum too. There was even a life preserver from the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. There were only 40 stairs to the top of this lighthouse...piece of cake...lol. We ate at a fabulous restaurant, where we sat outside and ate on the porch and watched the boats on the White river, the Harbor View Grill, just wonderful food. We are at the Comfort Inn in Whitehall, I took a nice long swim in the heated pool for an hour of so, what a great way to end the day. Starting home tomorrow, to avoid all of the Labor Day traffic.