Door County

Anyone who is anyone here in Wisconsin has been to Door County. So, since we've now been here two years (crazy!) we decided it needed to be done. We went with our good friends, Joe and Kelsi, who are frequently included on this blog. We arrived late Saturday night (because Dave and Tommy had a scout campout the night before and then an Eagle court of honor), set up our tent in the dark and went to sleep. It was a little cold and the frogs were giving us quite a symphony....ribbit.
Rachel got $5 from Kelsi for actually going all the way under. Note: no one else went in...it was way too cold. But it was a beautiful beachfront and a gorgeous day.

If you look really close, you can see the goats on the roof...we thought that was pretty funny.

We went on one of my favorite hikes ever (and I've been on a lot of hikes). It was mountainous beauty and caves and forest on one side and gorgeous lake on the other side.

This is the lake side.

Rachel trying to look contemplative...

Michael taking a turn on the kyak.

Tommy and Dave took the boat out to the island on the right of the photo. They then explored all over the island and rowed back. Then the girls and Michael rowed around the coastline.

This is at one of the lighthouses.

Now as beautiful as it was up there being on Lake Michigan and such....Dave and I are confused at why this was considered such a "great" place to go. We LIVE everyday in this environment. We are one mile from a lake, 2 miles from a State park where you can camp, trees and water are EVERYWHERE. So, next time, we aren't going to drive three-four hours north to do what we can do 1 minute from our house. I guess at least we can say we went to Door County!