Door County, Wisconsin

The morning sun shimmered on Lake Michigan and Green Bay as we headed to Door County for a day of adventure. The area was referred to in the early days as "death's door" for the dangerous passage around the peninsula.

First stop was the Coast Guard Station in Sturgeon Bay where we walked along the board walk.

Next we drove along Green Bay and through Carlsville, Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, and Ephraim. What quaint little villages they are: full of shops and restaurants and even fuller of tourists on Sunday during Labor Day weekend! More peaceful was this park on Sister Bay where we spent some time.

We drove back down the quieter side of the island, which is on Lake Michigan, to Jacksonport where we visited Simon Creek Winery. It was nice to sit and listen to the music.

All along the way we passed log houses, many that had been converted to shops, but not this one.

Square Rigger Gallery provided us the perfect spot on the shore of Lake Michigan for our first fish boil, an old Scandinavian custom.

They would boil the whitefish, potatoes, and onions after returning to shore. In the 1970s the Lions Club held a fish boil on Washington Island and it was such a success it caught on as a great money maker. Tourists love them!

When it is done then it is sprayed with kerosene and the entire pot is ablaze for a moment.

That signals it is time to eat!

They also had appetizers, gave you all you wanted, showed you how to get the fish off the bones, and had cherry pie alamode for dessert. HELP!

Returning to Green Bay we passed more barns. The peninsula began as a place of fishing and lumbering. It seems that tourism has taken over but there is a mixture of farms, villages, lighthouses, parks, wineries, markets, and restaurants. A fun place to spend the day .. better yet would be a week!