Monday June 20th
Early in the morning Zach and I dropped Scooter off at Paws and Claws and hit the road. The first stop on our tour of Wisconsin was Green Bay.
We got to our hotel early, but they gave us an early check in. The Aloft hotel was an excellent hotwire find. It was the coolest (smallest, but coolest) room I have ever stayed in.
Then, this Vikings fan and a Bears fan headed over to Lambeau Field. What else are we going to do in Green Bay?
We ate lunch at the restaurant in the field, Curly’s Pub. Delicious beer cheese soup. We tried to go on a tour of the field, but the tours were filled until the very last one.
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| This is All We Saw of the Field |
Instead we went to the Packer’s Hall of Fame, which was interesting to say the least. We took some pictures with life-sized football player statues.
We also bitterly saw the current super bowl trophy.
After that we went to the mall because we didn’t have much else to do. There was a movie theater right there so we decided to take go see Super 8, which wasn’t super great.
For dinner we went to Titletown Brewing Company. We had a nice view of the bay and got to play foosball.
Good clean Green Bay fun. On to Door County tomorrow.
Tuesday June 21st
The first thing we tried to do in Door County was go to Al Johnson’s Restaurant in Sister Bay to see the goats on the roof, but guess what? No goats. I told Zach we couldn’t possibly eat there if there were no goats, so we’d have to come back. Instead we ate at the Bayshore Tavern, which was in Fish Creek near our hotel.
Then, we checked into the Homestead Suites and got settled in our lovely suite (hours of research of every single hotel in Door County all worth it).
We left to go to the winery, which is discussed in another post because it is on life list. After some samples we had a little time before dinner, so we checked out a few of the many thousands of gift shops in Door County.
Dinner was great. We ate at the Gibraltar Grill, which wass right across the street from our hotel. We ate on the patio. It was mostly closed in, but there was a cool breeze coming through the covering. There was a big fire that kept us warm and provided wonderful atmosphere.
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| My Favorite Picture from the Trip |
Wednesday June 22nd
Another day in Fish Creek. We'd already bought tickets to the 10:15am trolley tour when we were at the winery, so that was the first thing on the agenda.
Our tour was narrated by Bob, who was funny and not super cheesy. We learned some interesting facts about Door County and drove through Peninsula State Park.
Then, it was back to the state park for a ten mile bike ride. We saw some truly beautiful views.
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| The Bluff |
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| Lake Michigan |
Halfway along the bike trail we arrived at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse right as they were starting a tour, so we decided to jump in. It was the only way to see in the house, which was very cool. However, we forgot that we were renting the bikes by the hour.
We skipped lunch and were at a weird meal time, so we decided to grab a snack of cheese curds and quesadillas at Julie's next door to our hotel and I got to sit in the big chair.
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| My Version of Edith Ann |
For dinner we went to a place called Wild Tomato and had a really good brick oven pizza.
Thursday June 23rd
Sometime in the middle of the day on Wednesday our car alerted us that one of our tires was low. We filled it up, but on Thursday it was low again. Guess we had a leak. We were able to get into a mechanic in Sister Bay and they fixed it for twelve dollars. No joke. Vacation crisis averted.
While we were waiting to get our tire fixed we had time for lunch. We went to Al Johnson’s to see if the goats were on the roof and sure enough they were. We stopped to get food and take some pictures.
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| Zach and His Troll Girlfriend |
We spent the rest of the afternoon antique shopping in Egg Harbor. Then we went to Shipwrecked Brewery for dinner, which is the only brew pub in Door County.
Friday June 24th
We didn’t want to leave Door County without trying some of the famous coffee, so we went to the Blue Horse Coffee Shop.
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| Faces in the Foam |
Then, we drove to Milwaukee for our final night of the trip. The plan was to do some shopping, go out to dinner, and watch the Twins vs. Brewers game on TV, because we didn’t want to spend the money and deal with the hassle of actually going to the game.
But that problem was solved when all of a sudden my parents knocked on our hotel room door. They completely surprised me (Zach knew all along) with tickets and a ride to the game. Amazing.
The game was eventful. I won a Twins bear in the crane and of course there was the famous sausage race. Unfortunuately, the Twins lost 4-3.
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| Bratwurst in the Lead |
What a great end to a great vacation. Where to next?
“The alternative to a vacation is to stay home and tip every third person you see.” - Author Unknown
