Gary & Dru headed back to Illinois today. We’re going to miss them! We had such a great time together.
We spent the morning exploring this vast park on bikes. It’s one of the best bike rides we’ve ever done. We did 15 miles and went thru woods and meadows, biked along the shoreline and eventually rode into town.
There are lots of dedicated trails just for bikes (in the summer) and cross-country skis (in the winter). Here’s a trail marker we haven’t seen too much biking thru the South. The Sunset bike trail was really fun cause you never knew what was around the next bend. Sometimes a view of Green Bay, the town of Fish Creek and even a lighthouse.
This afternoon we decided to do some further exploring on the island. We toured Death’s Door Maritime Museum. There is a small straight connecting Green Bay and Lake Michigan that runs between Door Peninsula and Washington Island. That’s the strait we crossed on the ferry yesterday. It’s named Death’s Door. Although some people claim its due to all the shipwrecks there, it was actually named by the French (Porte des Morts) to discourage the British from settling here and trading. Door County gets its name from Death’s Door Straits. We really enjoyed the museum. We had the place to ourselves and wasted no time goofing around. Kevin is that you?
Interesting things in the museum: an ice sled, a 600 year old dug out canoe, a 1909 Evinrude motor that became the basis for their first line of production motors and watching a video about the ferries cutting through the ice. There was also a 1930’s fishing boat that we crawled around in and explored.
Always time to stop for some smoked whitefish, a hard cider tasting and a picnic.
The last couple of days we’ve been mainly on the Green Bay side of the island. We thought it would be fun to check out the Lake Michigan side. We took a break on Rowley’s Beach and watched some brave souls wade. It would have to be a lot hotter than the mid 70’s for me to get in this water, that’s for sure.
