Door County Wisconsin

 We hit the road to head to Wisconsin but before we got very far down the road from our hotel we saw a sign for a waterfall at a small pullout.  We can't pass a waterfall, so we stopped and headed out with our iPhones to take pics, Bill leaving his camera in the car.  Once we saw what a pretty waterfall Wagner Falls was he went back and got his camera! 

Later we happened upon a lighthouse we saw on the map.  It wasn't open but the grounds were accessible and it was nice. We also met a nice couple from Frederick, Maryland there.

So by now you may know that I love bridges.  This was a really nice one we crossed.  Sadly I don't remember where this was!  

The Welcome to Wisconsin sign was small, dark and almost hidden but we did see it!  C'mon Wisconsin, you can do better than this!   

Door county is a peninsula of land that sticks out into Lake Michigan.  We meandered up until we got to Fish Creek, our residence for the next 3 days.  Fish Creek did a better job of signage.

After a yummy breakfast at Julies - which we could walk to - we headed out to explore.  Our first goal was to drive the winding road up toward the tip of the peninsula.  We did, but honestly after all the great winding roads we've traveled with our Miata club it was underwhelming.  It would however be much more impressive in its fall colors. 

Next we stopped at Al Johnson's Restaurant where he has grass roofs and allows his goats to graze on them.  They are not always up there, but most of the time in mid-day from May - October and they were indeed up there. 

Then we took a look at some of the shops, and took a walk down to the water.  Look - another lighthouse haha!  Not a real one, but a photo op. 

Next up - a REAL light house.  The Cana Island Lighthouse is on a speck of land connected to the peninsula by a bit of rough ground - rocky and sometimes water covered.  

So this is the way you can get to it!  By tractor pulled wagon.  We took the wagon out, but walked back. 

It was a very pretty lighthouse. 

With an amazing view after climbing the 97 steps to the top. 

We ended the day by getting an ice cream cone at Dippy's.  We had gotten sandwiches at the local grocery store (where we got great stories on it's history from the deli person) but they have now become the next day's dinner since the ice cream cones filled us up!

We awoke to - you guessed it - ANOTHER beautiful morning!  We had made reservations to do a Segway tour of Peninsula State Park.  I had ridden one once, but Bill had not.  We only had our guide and one other couple so we had a great time zipping thru the park while stopping for a few tidbits of information and beautiful views!

We went back to Julies and had lunch before heading out to see the Eagle Bluff light house, which is right in Peninsula State Park.  It was pretty but we didn't feel the need to go up when we had been up in so many these last few days.  Besides, my glutes are still a bit sore from the spiral staircase of 97 steps from the day before :). Bill noticed that the flag pole here is wooden. 

Next we headed to the Hardy Gallery in Ephriam which encourages people to paint graffiti on the walls of the barn it is housed in.  

This brings an end to our time in Wisconsin.  Home to repack and recenter and begin our way back to Virginia by way of Indiana and Ohio.  We have a full day of driving tomorrow so we also need to be up and at'em early.  We have our lunch sandwiches (along with the chips and home made cookies they came with) on deck for dinner tonight.  We have had a great visit to this part of the country!  We have compared its vibe to that of Nova Scotia - all things fishing and water, nice people, long stretches of quiet roads.  It's been really relaxing.