Kewaunee & Door Counties in Wisconsin

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

We are as close to Door County as we are going to get.  So today we plan a long day driving up Door County.

We first go through Kewaunee County.

We have been wanting to get to Alaska and BANG we are there.

Oh by the way, this is Alaska, Wisconsin.  Too funny!
 

Just a short distance up the road was the town of Algoma.  This pictures was taken from the Visitors Center.  
 

This pretty stained glass piece was just outside the front door of Algoma's Visitors Center.
 

Within 2 miles outside Algoma we crossed into Door County.  We stopped at Renard's Cheese store and got a small bag of white cheese curds to snack on.  Sorry no pictures.

From Algoma we headed north towards Sturgeon Bay on County Road U.  We came across Cave Point County Park.  It was absolutely beautiful.  The following 4 pictures are taken at Cave Point.

If you look hard you can see a rainbow.  When the waves crashed just right, it made a rainbow. The "caves" are made from the crashing waves.
 

In this area, the waves crash over a shelf of rocks.  Unique looking!
 

Another rainbow shot.  It is a little clearer in this picture.
 

The crashing waves are so majestically powerful!!  I stood and watched for a while.

 

At Jacksonport we saw a farmer's market.  Dusty HAD to stop.  I only bought some red potatoes.  I just got fresh tomatoes from another farmer's market so did not need more.  On with our exploring.
 

At Baileys Harbor, we found this cute little park with a walkway out to a point close to the city harbor.
 

Here is the Baileys Harbor city marina. Look in the background right of center and you can see 2 wave kiters.
 

Tic was able to zoom in.  Above is one of the kiters and below is the other kiter.  Cool!! That looks fascinating to us.

This mural is painted on the side of a building beside the parking lot for Baileys Harbor city marina. This mural and the kiters are the highlights of Baileys Harbor for us.  Onward.

Sister Bay was another must see on our list.  This the main beach in Sister Bay. The park includes the Village Hall with its stage and kitchen, quiet craft (kayak, paddleboards) rental, and a public launch ramp for quiet craft.

This miniature lighthouse was a memorial dedicated to someone who helped Sister Bay grow.  Oops, I can't remember the name and we did not take a picture of the plaque.
 

It was also recommended to us that we have Swedish pancakes at Al Johnsons where the goats graze on the sod roof.

This is the whole restaurant.  The whole roof is grass sod. There seem to be only 4 goats on the roof and they are all on one side.

We could tell they were all alive.  We even got this one moving around.

We both ordered Swedish pancake with eggs & meat. Above Dusty got the Swedish meatballs. Below Tic got "normal" sausage. The Swedish meatballs were made with lean beef, crackers, eggs & special spices.  They were much leaner than Tic's sausage. Tic finished my Swedish pancake.  We were both stuffed.

As we headed back to our car, which was a few blocks away, we saw this trolley.  There are 12 trolleys with 11 different tours offered all starting in Egg Harbor.

One of our friends from Granbury told us her favorite place was Fish Creek in Door County.  So on down the road to Fish Creek.

These flowers are as big as a salad plate.  I think they are a kind of hibiscus.
 

The building above and below are on the main street of town.

Above and below are the marina in Fish Creek. 

There are beautiful flower gardens all around.
 

More unique buildings in Fish Creek.
 

This is one of several yachts we saw here.  Obviously there is money here.
 

Tic's favorites were these 2 double masted schooners.
 

 Tic got this great picture of one of the unique looking seagulls.

Shortly after we left Fish Creek we found Lautenbachs Orchard Country Store.  We got a quart of unsweetened cherry juice and some no sugar added cherry jam.  The cherry jam is sweetened with grape and pear juice concentrates.  Again, sorry no pictures.

We have had a long day and ready to get home.  It was filled with beauty.  We are so very blessed.