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It’s all about the water here.
We’ve been traveling up the coast of Wisconsin, along Lake Michigan. We didn’t get much further north today than where we stayed in Port Washington last night.
Morning fishing.
That’s because we slept in and then spent a few hours this morning exploring the pretty little town. We walked way out on the breakwater; it’s all huge rough stones that you have to climb up and down. When I was a kid this would have been a breeze. Now? Not so easy.
Walking the wall.
It’s harder than it looks!
Then on our way back from that adventure we came across a fisherman landing a salmon! Huge fish! I felt sorry for her (he said it was a female)…but it was still interesting to watch. It took two guys, one with the pole and one with the net to bring her in.
Almost as big as him!
After that adventure we wandered into town to find breakfast. As we walked up the main street we saw this beautiful church high on the hill.
Cute town.
Of course we had to go up there and see. Saint Mary’s Catholic Church is stunning, built around 1870, the stonework is beautiful. It’s beautiful inside as well, though we didn’t take any photos inside. It has an absolutely huge pipe organ up in the choir balcony.
St. Mary’s
Then we accidentally found the old lighthouse, built in 1860 while we were trying to find another way down the hill. Sometimes you find the prettiest, most interesting things when you just wander around! Too bad it’s only open on Sundays.
Old light house.
Finally we had breakfast which was actually lunch and then we headed north, mostly along the lake. What a beautiful afternoon we had, watching the lake, the birds, and seeing other lighthouses along the way.
Love this lake, from both sides.
Oh! I almost forgot! We also stopped in Manitowoc at a maritime museum and got a tour of a WWII submarine!
Submarine!
During the war the country didn’t have enough capacity to build all the subs that were needed, so they tapped a shipbuilding company here in Wisconsin to build more. They towed them down the Mississippi to get them to the ocean. This one, like the one we toured out in LA, was really interesting inside.
Forward torpedo bays
So that was our day. Now we’ve settled in for the night. We’ll see a bit more in Door County Wisconsin tomorrow, then head over to Green Bay for meetings tomorrow night and Wednesday. We’ll share more when we’re able.
Meanwhile, hope you enjoyed the scenery as much as we did! (Some photo credit goes to the husband.)
Evening sun + red lighthouse = magic
On the road again…
As the last post hinted we’re on the road. Want to come along?
First stop was meant to be just a quick break, a little walk after a few hours of driving, a check of one of our favorite lakes.
Beautiful!
Lake Michigan. With a stiff wind from the west we got to see some pretty nice waves. I kept my camera hidden inside my winter coat most of the time; the sand was blowing with the wind.
Amazing!
There were huge waves being blown into the channel at South Haven. Pretty cool to watch. Someone I was with got his feet drenched.
Huge!
I did not. Just saying.
Then on past Chicago. I love Chicago…really I do, but we had places we needed to be, so we just waved at the city as we went by.
Chicago!
Milwaukee was really pretty from the freeway too. But I didn’t have the camera out and it passed in a flash.
By late afternoon we were near Port Washington Wisconsin. There were only two hotels advertised on the freeway, a Super 8 that we could see from the highway exit, and a Holiday Inn that was in the other direction. We headed toward town and the lake. And this was our view for the evening from our hotel room.
The other side of Lake Michigan.
This morning we are going to explore what appears to be a cute little town in search of breakfast a bit more satisfying than the buffet scrambled eggs and orange juice offered by the hotel for $6 each.
And so the adventure begins.
Good Morning!
WordPress Photo challenge: Signs
Many years ago, seven to be exact, I spent a week in New York City as an intern at the Queens Public Library. It was part of my graduate school experience, and it was wonderful. Not the internship so much, but the New York City experience. It was my first time there, and I negotiated the subway from down near Chinatown out to Queens every day and just soaked in the…well…the New Yorkness…of it all.
This week I’m very busy in a different part of the country and I don’t know if I’ll find a new shot that I find interesting. So for this photo challenge I’ll give you one from that week in March of 2007.
Signs of a commercial shopping center reflected in the windows of the Queens Library. It made me smile then, it still makes me smile today.
I hope you smile too.
To see other examples of signs go here to the original post and check out the comments. Or here and here and here are a few of my favorites so far. There’s still a whole week to post so there will be lots more of wonderful interpretations I’m sure.
If I were you I’d check back at that original post again in a few days!
WordPress photo challenge: Endurance
Endurance..is the power to withstand something challenging… according to Vocabulary.com. For this week’s photo challenge I could have gone in a dozen directions. But I decided to honor family farms; my mom grew up on one and it’s an honorable, though difficult lifestyle. So for this week’s challenge I give you — a soybean farm:
Because it’s beautiful. And because it endures.
You can see other interpretations of endurance here, here, here and here.
Or go to this link and see many more.
Enjoy.
Wordless Wednesday – or why we have no tomatoes.
WordPress photo challenge – dialogue
Two photos that relate to each other is called a photo dialogue. We didn’t get to Smith Mountain tower this trip, but here’s my photo dialogue from last February when we climbed the mountain.
You can see other interpretations of photo dialogues at this WordPress blog. Or you can find a few of my favorites here, here and here. And this one too.
Wordless Wednesday, “To the Start of the Race in Flint MI”
WordPress Photo Challenge: Fray
There’s nothing quite like the experience of running in a huge road race. The preparation. The nervous anticipation. Excitement builds. And then you’re off!
Into the fray.
You can see other interpretations of “Fray” by going to this blog post and looking through all the entries in the comments. Or you can just check out a few of my favorites here, here, here and here!
Wordless Wednesday
