Monday, July 28, 2008

Wisconsin '08: Door County

The first two nights we spent in Fish Creek, WI in Door County. Door County is a big vacation destination for WI - what a beautiful place! The peninsula has many small towns and islands along its shore. In these towns there's lots of shopping and parks and restaurants and light houses. We saw so little of it, really you'd need a whole week to really enjoy.

We staid at a hotel right at the edge of a state park and spent most of our time in the towns of Fish Creek and Ephriam. On the first night, we went to the Old Post Office Restaurant in Ephriam for a traditional Door County fish boil. They boil white fish with potatoes and onions in a big pot outside and serve it with their famous cherry pie for desert. After dinner, we caught the double feature at the drive in movie theater - the only movie theater on the peninsula.
The next day we went on a trolley tour around Fish Creek and Peninsula State Park. The tour stopped at some of the beaches and lookouts along bluffs. Everything is so green there. And it's hard to believe that you are standing at the edge of a lake - there are sandy beaches, sea gulls and water as far as you can see. The wonderful weather that morning didn't hold out for us, and that afternoon we did a little shopping in the pouring rain.

I hope to go back someday and stay in some of the other towns towards the north and see some of the islands. It's an easy drive from Green Bay to get there and not too bad from Milwaukee, took us 4 hours and we went the long way to see some more of the lake shore. Pictures.

Think of all the beauty sill left around you and be happy. -Anne Frank

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who knew WI could be so beautiful! You guys look great and so happy. I love it!

Can't wait to see your new house. :)

parenting noobs said...

Sounds like a fun and relaxing trip!

I love the quote by Anne Frank. So inspiring... especially after seeing the conditions she lived in for so long.

koenigkc said...

B-E-A-UTIFUL! It's a good thing that friends open up a whole other part of the world that might be otherwise overlooked. Congrats, Sarah, you just put Wisconsin on many people's radars! It's on mine now!