Door County, Peninsula State Park

No Thursday night was at this state park, Burr Oak must have been Wednesday, Hotel Indigo was Monday and Tuesday.

Door county for all its fame is still largely agricultural and rural. The tourist spots are the towns on Green Bay, the two state parks and certain fruit farms, cherry this time of year, apple later. Here’s Al Johnson’s Swedish restaurant, the “goats on the roof” gimmick really works, it was by far the most popular place in Sister’s Bay (well ok, the food was really good):

The water didn’t seem much colder than I remember it being in South Haven, MI despite being significantly farther north. You can see people were out swimming.

Here is a picture of another Green Bay beach, the one in Peninsula State Park:

This pic doesn’t do the beach justice. There’s a bath house with shower, a concession stand and a food truck in the parking lot, paddle boards and kayaks for rent. It’s easy walking distance from the campground. Another nice thing about this park is the extensive network of bike trails through the woods. Finally there is a play 6 nights a week at the amphitheater. We really enjoyed “The Fisherman’s Daughters”, a musical commissioned for this park. Written by a folk musician from northern Wisconsin, Katie Dahl, it was great. Maybe I don’t know what’s good, but to me there is no comparison between the music and lyrics of this obscure play and what passes as “popular culture”. I recently read a paean of praise to the genius of Kanye West, a world renown multimillionaire celebrity. Meanwhile folks like Katie Dahl get by playing house concerts. ???

This park by the way must be the redstart capital of America. It provided me a chance to learn their song by hearing it over and over. Still not sure I got it down though.

We left late Friday for Rushton Meadery. Bought a bottle of mead there then hit the road for home Saturday AM. The night was marred by nearby fireworks and the generator of another RV’er but we managed. Saturday night spent in Mattoon Il Cracker Barrel parking lot (impressed by Mattoon, typical small town America) then home Sunday.