Door County, WI

Saturday, August 6

Good news - no more mice. Looks like there was only one stowaway. I feel better now that I can once again stow my food in the pantry without having to worry about it being nibbled on by nasty rodents. Whew!

We made a quiet morning of it, did our stretching and a workout, and then did some much-needed laundry while puttering around, fixing a bunch of stuff in the van and cleaning some, too. We finally decided to get out and go see what was out there in Door County. And it turned out to be very pretty, indeed.

We headed north to the tip of the peninsula, driving through some very quaint and small hamlets nestled along the shores of Green Bay (a real body of water, not just a city). It was the height of cherry season in Door County, just as it was in Michigan.  I stopped at a roadside market to check out the yummy things there and found the most delicious pie – cherry, raspberry, blueberry, all in one pie. Yum! Sorry folks – that pie was so delicious that I forgot to take a photo of it!

When I said hello to a woman on the street in Fish Creek (just up the road from Egg Harbor), she replied with a friendly, “HellOH”. Wow – that’s some “OH” at the end. It's clear I’m in the Midwest now! We don't talk like that on the east coast. 

We took a quick hike in the Newport State Park – a pretty park with nice, green forest and well-kept paths – and then drove back to camp, just in time for an evening rain. I made a light dinner and then sat, sipping wine and finished Harry Potter/Book 2 at midnight. John & Ellen – the "Chamber of Secrets" will be coming back to you next!