The famously car free Mackinac Island uses carriage horses and bicycles as a primary mode of transportation during summer months, but what happens to the horses in the winter?
I flew from Stockholm, Sweden to Chicago O'Hare. The SAS flight went right over the Straits of Mackinac. Here are photos of Mackinac Island and the Mackinac Bridge from 40,000 feet.
As winter gradually fades into spring in Michigan, one tradition that typifies the changing of the season is horses making their annual trek back to Mackinac Island.