We had taken two cruises while on this trip, one on Lake Itasca and the other on Lake Superior to see shipwrecks. Our final cruise was both cruise and sail.
We went sailing on a two-masted ship out of Sister Bay, one of the many little towns that dot the north part of the peninsula. The 65-foot schooner called the Edith M. Becker, was built by a couple who sailed the boat with their two children around the world three times. The ship was manned by a captain and a deckhand. The ship can carry up to 22 people, but on the day we sailed, there was only one other couple besides us.
We motored the boat out to the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse and sailed back to the dock. On the trip, we learned the deckhand, Harry, was from Washington and was learning to be a captain. The captain, we learned, was from Michigan and was studying to become a corporate pilot. One wanted the sea and the other wanted the sky.
The picture of the ship is from the company's website. The day we sailed, the Edith wore red.
There were other sailing and motorboats out on the water.
We went back through Sister Bay on our last week in Wisconsin and we caught the Edith at sail.
Another of our adventures was to the Cana Island Lighthouse. Built in 1869, the lighthouse includes a house for the lighthouse keeper and an 89-foot tower topped by a working Fresnel lens. The light continues as a navigational marker. The light was originally powered by lard and mineral oil. There are 97 steps to the top of the tower. Despite my fear of heights, I did go out on the walkway at the top of the tower. The water was beautiful and the wind, as you can tell from our windbreakers, was very cool.
There are a number of quirky places in Door County. One of the quirkiest is Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik.
Al Johnson bought his original building in 1949 and it has grown since then. The facade of the restaurant was built of Norwegian Yellow pine in Norway, disassembled, and reassembled in Sister Bay. The sod roof is of traditional Scandinavian style. The goats on the roof began with a gift from a friend. Each year for the summer season, the goats are paraded to the restaurant, spend the season on the roof, and are paraded home for the winter. We also saw someone mowing the roof. The restaurant also makes great stuffed french toast.
Here's one of my favorite shots from Sister Bay.
I mentioned the fields in the area. We were so surprised when we saw two sandhill cranes walking through a field. This looks like an adult and a juvenile. And we felt so special to have seen them. Then another day, while we were meandering back to Shoemaker Point along the country roads, and came across what I can only describe as a flock. Luckily, no one was following us and I was able to jump out of the pickup with the camera.
We traveled to a number of small towns on the peninsula. Keewaunee is the home of the largest grandfather clock, a boat that served during WWII, and, of course, a lighthouse.
The Keewaunee Pierhead Lighthouse was built in 1891. The need for the lighthouse and range light was shown in 1886 when two ships, the Dickinson and the Emerald sank near shore.
We were greeted at Keewaunee by this sight. The sunflowers faced the sun. On one side of the road, you saw the back of their heads, and on the other, their sunny faces.
The grandfather's clock is large. However, there was no Guinness evidence.
The tug, now called the Ludington, was built in 1943, and participated in the D-Day invasion of Normandy. The tug came to Lake Michigan in 1947 as part of the Corps of Engineers. The boat was donated to the City of Keewaunee in 1998.
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