Tue, 8/17/10

Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: Pretty chilly this morning. Really wanted to stay under the covers. Showered and dressed. Mike made a fire and we sat out there for a while. Everyone around here is so glad for the cooler weather. Me, I want it to be warm again so we can go to the little park and swim in the lake again. We ended up taking down and cleaning the mini-blinds on five of the eight windows. That created a lot of angst. Got them all back in place. Cleaned up and then drove to Sturgeon Bay and saw a movie—“Inception” with Leonardo DeCaprio. A weird movie with a convoluted plot—if you can call it a plot. The only thing that made the experience interesting was a bat that was flying around inside the theater. There were only us and one other couple in there. This woman had her jacket over her head. Why do people think bats are going to get in your hair? Ridiculous! A couple of times the bat flew close enough that we could feel the breeze from its wings though.

Washington Island

Sun, 8/15/10

Wagon Trail RV Resort (Site 434), Ellison Bay, WI: Another nice warm day. Mike headed over to the office/lounge to try and get reservations at Rock Island. Nothing to be had. The site we want isn’t available until August 26. The only two sites available are on the beach, which we don’t want. So, I guess we won’t be going over to Rock Island with our packs. After that we did the grocery shopping and came back and put it all away. Had left-over pasta for dinner and watch more episodes of “Winds of War”.

Historic boathouse on Rock Island--was part of the Thoardarson estate

The little ferry that takes pedestrians only over to Rock Island

Sat, 8/14/10

Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: Already very warm and humid early this morning. So we didn’t do much of anything except read and relax. Mike took care of some reservations for our winter trip. I made pasta for dinner. Watched three more episodes of The Sopranos. Mid- to upper-80s today

Fri, 8/13/10



Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: Threatening weather this morning. Instead of hanging out at the lounge to do our computer stuff this morning, we decided to go to the Sister Bay Café for breakfast and then hit the Sister Bay Library. That worked out pretty well. We enjoyed a delicious breakfast and were able to get a computer station in the library—the last one. Finished up the computer stuff and headed home. Hung around our site for a couple of hours and then drove to Fish Creek for my birthday dinner. I had wanted to go to the White Gull Inn, but when we showed up for dinner we were told they’re only doing a fish boil. So, we walked down to the historic Whistling Swan Inn and Restaurant. This rather large, wood-frame building was built in Menominee, Michigan, in the late 1800s, and in 1906 it was moved to Fish Creek. They drug it over the ice on Green Bay with a team of four horses. A lot of the buildings in the area—mainly log cabins—have been brought over in this manner. Anyway, we had a great dinner in this elegant little restaurant which was beautifully decorated with a combination of modern art and beautiful antiques. We were seated in an enclosed side porch at first, but I noticed one elegant table for 4 set up in a small, covered outside porch and asked if we could sit out there—and they said okay. Very nice—our own private little dining room. Walked down to Sunset Beach after dinner. Still cloudy, although no longer threatening, so no sunset. Back home. Watched a Ken Burns special on the National Parks and went to bed. Mid-80s today.

lobby at the Whistling Swan Inn

Cheers!

Thu, 8/12/10

Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: A mixed bag today—weather-wise. Started out cloudy, then cleared off, then clouded up again. We took advantage of a sunny spell and biked the local roads around us. I don’t usually like to bike on the road—especially since these have no shoulders. But the traffic isn’t heavy at all and we kept to really back roads. Since it was so humid today, we came back from our little excursion pretty sweaty. Mike suggested we go to the Viking Grill for the fish boil tonight. Sounded like a great idea to me. Decided not to even bother cleaning up. We went just as we were. Fish boil was good. Lots of flies so we had to slather on bug spray. Needless to say, when we got back I took another shower. Watched the first episode of “Winds of War”. I’m just about finished with the book by Herman Wouk. Mid-80s today and very humid. Have had the AC on for the first time.

The fields and roadsides are full of Queen Anne's Lace

Queen Anne's Lace mixed with Bachelor Buttons

Wed, 8/11/10

Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: Rained most of the day today. We hung out reading and playing Monopoly. Heard there was a tall ship anchored over in Rowley’s Bay, so we drove over to check it out. Sure enough, there it was. Drove around a little more and saw a porcupine alongside the road. Strange little animal. While at Rowley’s Bay we stopped at the bakery and picked up some goodies. Back home and watched three more episodes of The Sopranos. Upper 70s today.

Tall ship in Rowley's Bay

little porcupine

Tue, 8/10/10

Wagon Trail RV Resort, Ellison Bay, WI: After breakfast I went over to the lounge to work on the computer. Came back and made an appointment in Sister Bay to get my hair cut. Was able to get a 2:00 appointment. After my hair appointment I browsed a book store for a while. Came home and Mike was up at the lounge on the computer. When he came back we decided to go out to dinner. Mike suggested the Shoreline Restaurant in Gils Rock way at the tip of the peninsula with panoramic views. Got a table by the window overlooking the lake and had a wonderful dinner. I had white fish filets baked in a cream cheese dill sauce with sliced cucumbers on top. The flavors were wonderful. Mike had sauerbraten with spaetzle, sweet and sour cabbage and both meals came with these wonderful julienned vegetables. That meal was worth every penny. We made our compliments to the chef and sat outside by the lake for a while talking to a couple from Illinois. On the drive back we did some more exploring around on back roads. Stopped at Garrett Bay and watched a guy throwing balls out in the water for his beautiful yellow lab, Grace. There were some people out there swimming. The water felt pretty good, actually, when Grace would shake off near us and spray us with water. Back home. Mid- to upper-80s today with high humidity.

View of the lake