Day 10 Mackinaw City to Ephraim WI, Finally!!

Omigosh! We have finally made it to Wisconsin. Sorry the blog has been more traveling than sailing but thats the way the schedule works out. We have said many times that sailing has taken us to many places we would never have been so that's a good thing.

We shove off at about 930 to cross the Mackinac Bridge and begin the last leg of our trip to NAC. The upper peninsula will be about 200 miles of 2 lane road and not much in the way of civilization. This is a mostly forgettable stretch, tons of For Sale signs, abandoned businesses and houses etc.

Typical roadside scenery...

Resort cottages from another era...

Scenic view of Lake Michigan...

From Escanaba west it is better, as it begins take on the shore cottage thing again.

Crossing into Marinette, WI, Joe's Cheese Shop welcomes us. Mileage: 83880 Who knew it would take 2200 mi to reach WI?

Fun note: beer is sold in 30 packs in many of the states we have bene in since FL, We feel that we should be able to get especially good prices on The Beast since it IS Milwaukee's Best and practically runs out of the faucet here, we're told (except in Ephraim, where it's a dry city).

2:20 crossing the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge into Green Bay (Sopranos in WI?). Much of what we see can be described as industrial wilderness.

3:00 Sturgeon Bay--We're almost there!!

4:00 Oil change and gas up, then beering up at a microbrewery in Egg Harbor at The Shipwrecked Pub. Hmmm we will be paying them another visit for sure.

5:20 Gibralter High School - where the measuring will occur in the am. Bye, for now, Piggy. Hang with folks arriving at EYC. Ephraim is one in a series of very cool little villages on the north side of Door County. It would not be too hard to spend the summer up here.



7:20 Errands with Ryan, in search of flatbed trailer for cradle used to examine boats and centerboards during measurement.

Final mileage: 84022
Dinner at JJ's, quite the Friday night hot spot. Later, we arrive at Ryan's cottage where we finally see Carrie and Alfie (Yorkshire Terrier pup. Carrie had to work late and was delayed by traffic on the way. Nice sleeping to the sound of waves hitting the rocks on the shore.

Sorry for no photos but I could not get the uploader to work.