Door County

We arrived at Pat and Dave's house on Saturday evening and left again Monday morning with them heading for Door County, WI.  Doug and I went to Door County almost 48 years ago on our honeymoon.  I have been back a couple of times in the last few years but Doug had never been back until this trip.  Neither of us remembers much about it from our honeymoon, though I don't think it has changed a lot.

The drive through Wisconsin is beautiful, rolling hills and dairy farms.  I spotted several beautiful barn quilts, though it's so hard to get pictures.

It's only about a 4-hour drive to get to Door County from Pat's house.  Our first stop was in Fish Creek at Bayside Tavern for lunch.

I had a delicious fish sandwich and a cup of Cincinnati chili.

I didn't know what Cincinnati chili was but decided to give it a try.  It's really more like spaghetti and was quite spicy.  I shared it with everyone.

Door County is a narrow peninsula with Green Bay on the west side and Lake Michigan on the east side.  We were on the west side of Door County most of the time.

After lunch we took a short walk along the shore of Green Bay.  You can see Ephraim in the background.  That's the town where we were staying.

We made a stop at the cutest ice cream place!  Wilson's...it's a Door County MUST!

I had the coconut joy which is a lot like an Almond Joy candy bar.  I've had it before and it's delicious!  Thanks to Sherry for recommending it!

We were a bit early to check into the hotel so we took a drive to see Camp Zion.  It's a church camp sponsored by Christ Community Church in Zion.  Doug remembers going to camp there when he was a boy but doesn't remember too much about it, just the stairs going down to the Bay.

It's a beautiful camp overlooking Green Bay.

We ran into one of Doug's old friends, Bill Suttie, who he hadn't seen in over 50 years!  Bill and his wife were volunteering at the camp.  There were no campers there on our visit but Bill and Jan were doing some yard work.  You can see Jan working in the background.

We drove the famous curvy road because it's such a pretty drive.

We checked into our hotel, the High Point Inn.  Pat and I had stayed there several years ago.  We stayed in a two-bedroom suite which was perfect.

It had a lovely front porch with wicker furniture.  Pat and I enjoyed the swing.

We had dinner in Sister Bay at J.J.'s.  It has a regular menu on one side of the restaurant and Mexican menu on the other side.

Delicious margaritas and tacos.

It must have been a tiring day!

But fun!