Wagon Trail Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: A misty, foggy morning with no let-up in sight. So we figured it would be a good day to do the laundry, grocery shopping, and stop at the library to use their wi-fi. Got all that done and decided to do the cleaning as well. After dusting, vacuuming, and mopping, relaxed outside reading for a while. I’m reading the book, “Loving Frank”, a historical novel about Frank Lloyd Wright. It seems to be more about his mistress than Frank—at least so far. Mike is reading the J. A. Jance thriller I just finished. Mike grilled up some chicken for dinner. We had it with the left-over pasta I made yesterday. Then watched PBS about shipwrecks in Lake Michigan. While driving around some of the back roads a couple of days ago, we found a wreck site which is just off shore in from 5 to 25 feet of water. It was a three-masted schooner that was on its way to the Death’s Door Passage when it ran aground during a storm at night with all sails set. The year was 1880. We may try and snorkel over that site—if the water ever warms up enough.
Original Sturgeon Bay Light
This light was too unstable and would move around in the wind and affect the instrumentation and was abandoned.
The new Sturgeon Bay light
This lighthouse was built at the entrance of the canal into Sturgeon Bay.
The light is at the end of the cement pier behind me in the picture. The keepers would have to walk out on the raised walkway because at times the waves would wash up--not only over the cement pier, but over the walkway as well. They had to light the light every night and extinguish it every morning. The keepers house was next to the original lighthouse.
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