I"m going to keep you updated so my days do not get away from me as they have before!
Since last week we stayed in Spring Green, Wisconsin from Wednesday to Friday am. Thursday am, we drove around to check the area out. We discovered that Lands End was having a huge warehouse sale so we stopped there. Dodgeville, Wisconsin is the headquarters for Lands End. Dodgeville was only about 12 miles from Spring Green. We decided not to go to the House on the Rock but drove to a scenic route and found it ...... the point of the building hangs out over a cliff.
Friday am we left early and drove to Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The drive was nice and along part way of Lake Michigan. We came across some information about Barn Quilts on Friday afternoon. So Saturday morning we decided to head out and check out several "Barn Quilts"..... more pictures to follow. The story behind barn quilts are that different quilt blocks are painted on a board and attached to the different barns. This area is not the only area of the country that has them but we found over 10 of 18 in that area.It was like a scavenger hunt finding them! They were on different old old barns so it was interesting seeing the barns and then finding the treasure of the quilt blocks.
Saturday morning beside driving the countryside looking for the barn quilts we also found several cherry orchards and a couple of cheese factories. It was a long day but we had fun finding our treasures! --- cheese and cherries! We also headed up to Door County..... Door County is a northern tip of the Penninsula of Wisconsin. The lake side of the penn. is mostly small towns and houses..... we drove clear up to the tip and then headed back home along the other side of the penninsula. This side has lots of shops along the way in the small towns. We stopped at a few stores and also found a great quilt shop!
Sunday we hardly peeked our heads outside. I stayed inside and cleaned and Bill worked on getting things done on the coach..... like the fun stuff of cleaning and doing laundry. Bill rinsed off the front of the coach and straightened up the bay underneath....things that have been put off since we have been on the road so much.
Monday morning we left early to head to spend our week at Mackinaw/ St. Ignace. Right now we are at St. Ignace which is on the north side of the Mackinaw Bridge.
Today was a very very humid, wet, foggy day. We made arrangments for a van to pick us up here at the RV park and they drove us to the ferry to go to the Island. So we took a ferry over to the Island in the fog! We could hardly see the Bridge from the boat.
Mackinaw Island is built on a limestone rock and the only way to get there is the ferry. Motorized vehicles are not allowed on it.... only firetrucks which they have. The mode of transportation is horse, horse and buggy, bicycles or by foot. We chose horse and buggy! We took a hour and half tour of the island and got to see the Grand hotel, the Fort and various places on the island before returning back to the main tourist area. One thing this area is noted for is "Fudge!"..... it is yummy! There are over 500 horses on the island...most Percheron..... so there are people cleaning up after the horses constantly..... they hire kids from all over to drive the horses for the summer. The 2 kids we talked to said they work 15-16 hours a day and no overtime pay/ 6 days per week. All the supplies for the stores must be brought over by ferry and picked up or it is put on a flat bed cart drawn by horse and dropped off. Mail is brought to a post office but no delivery service..you have to go to the post office yourself and get it. Several houses were for sale and they began from 3$million on up! There are about 500 that live on the island all year round. I have never seen so many bicycles in one place in my life! All ages were riding bicycles....you can rent them in a couple of places. Also you can rent horses to ride by yourself for $38/hr. The island was filled with people walking, riding, or enjoying the horse buggy rides. The 2 main streets were filled with shops and shops and more shops..... it was becoming very crowded by late afternoon.
When we were ready to leave we got back on the ferry and rode back across the lake to the dock. Someone was there to take us back to the RV park and we came home and relaxed for while! ..... in the AC.... aka..... naptime!!! It was a fun day but very hot and humid! I didn't expect that from this are....no wind at all so the humidity was the worst part of the day!
Tomorrow we are heading across the bridge to Mackinaw City and see what is there!
Stay tuned! I will post pictures in the next couple of days because I took so many today!
Until next time!
BJ
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