WISCONSIN

Sadly we left Michigan but we will be returning in August to drive the northern U.P. Headed through Menominee (I love that name, reminds me of a silly song!) and into a new state for us, Wisconsin, camping at Potawatomi State Park on the Door Peninsula, full of cherry orchards, winerys, cows, cheese, lighthouses, bluffs and bays.


PENINSULA STATE PARK

SUNSET AT FISH CREEK ON DOOR PENINSULA

Little lighthouse!
Further along the peninsula we camped at Peninsula State Park and cycled 8 miles round the park visiting the sights.  Probably the most inefficent site  we have ever stayed on, crazy system but eventually after moving three times we got a lovely electric site for the weekend.
 Spent an afternoon driving to the north of the peninsula, the weather has been glorious for ages, will it last till we return home?
Ticked one off the bucket list - we went to a Drive-In Movie - a fantastic experience, we imagined what it must have been like back in the days of "Grease" days - just loved it, two full features and a sky full of stars as a bonus!

WAITING FOR THE MOVIE TO START

FYR BAL FESTIVAL

FYR BAL FESTIVAL

 Our last day in Peninsula, we drove across from Green Bay to Lake Michigan. Called in at Baileys Harbor where there was a beer festival and for $42 each we could have all the beer we could drink! I dont think so! The band was good and free!
We spent the evening at the Fyr Bal Festival in Ephraim which re-creates traditions of early Norwegians celebrating midsummer. The new Chieftain arrived by boat and lit the first fire followed by about 15 more all along the bay, very pretty. The idea of the fires are to burn away the winter - it didn't actually work as it rained part of the evening, stopping for the firework finale. On the way home Mother Nature gave us a stunning show of lightning  and it poured down!

SOME OF THE FIRES AROUND THE BAY AT EPHRAIM

ASH'S TENT!

RED BIRD CHIEF OF THE WINNEBAGOS

 But guess what? -  the fires worked - next day, beautiful clear blue skies and 28oC/82oF
We are now on the homeward journey to Minneapolis where we are storing the rig. As we left the campsite there was an abandoned tent and flysheet at the dumpster and us, being us, stuffed it in the back of the trailer. We reckon the folks must have got soaked in it and decided to ditch it. Thing is there are no poles so Roy has a new mission to make some, so when Ash comes he has his own place!
We stopped at Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin's largest lake for an evening and did some biking up and down the Niagara Escarpment.



HIGH CLIFF STATE PARK

 Staying for three days at Devil's Lake State Park, part of the 1,200 mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail which wanders across Wisconsin's glacial landscape.
Devil's Lake used to be the summer home of the Ringling Brothers, of circus fame, and circus elephants bathed in the lake. Great hiking trails through rocky bluffs and cool forests.


DEVIL'S LAKE

ROY ABOUT TO FALL OFF INTO DEVIL'S LAKE



ANOTHER LOPSIDED PHOTO AS I SET IT TO TAKE FROM A ROCK!

DEVIL'S DOORWAY