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Kiwanis meets for lunch. Good food – Orange Roughy. Ran out the

highway to catch the dying light for a picture of a particularly
attractive farm and then fell into our motel on Green Bay. We did

go out to the end of the yard to look over the water. Waves on the

Bay, heavy clouds overhanging the water, temperature in the 50’s
and a brisk breeze sent us indoors. It’s 10:30 – the latest we’ve

manage to stay up so far. It’s been 4 long days on the road and I’m
looking forward to two days of quiet puttering around on this

finger of land.

DOOR COUNTY PENINSULA

Thursday - Up for breakfast in our room. We were off at 8AM as
usual. It was a cool overcast day with temperatures in the high

60’s all day. Had scattered showers as well. Went North on the
peninsula to the strait dividing the tip of the peninsula with an off

shore island. The strait is called Death’s Door as so many ships
have wrecked trying to get through there.

They run a car ferry every 30 minutes during the day in summer. In

the winter, they run one icebreaker a day carrying 6 cars only. The

600 year-round residents have to plan carefully for those trips to
town.

The water in Green Bay really IS GREEN – and crystal clear. It’s

hard to believe that there is still pollution from industry still
lurking about.

We drove up the west side and down the east stopping at a couple

State Parks along the way. We were not very impressed by Door
County. The towns have 100 – 200 residents all of whom are

running establishments catering to the tourists. Small scale

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