BACK TO THE DOOR

During our travels of six years Rving, we are beginning to find our favorite spots in the USA and have started returning to them.  It could be the location, the scenery, maybe the food, but more than anything it’s the people we meet in these places that bring us back. Door County Wisconsin is high on our list of favorites!

Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay

Fish Creek Village

Sister Bay

                                                  

Fish Boils Every Night Somewhere

The Goats on Top of Al Johnson's

A Good Place for Ice Cream

And Eating It!

Ephraim

Fish Creek

Bailey’s Campground on the “quiet” side of the peninsula is our little haven while there.  Here, two years ago, we met Ben and Sue…the Texans with Tennessee ties.  This year we were once again parked right next door…due to Ben and his influence with the campground owner…we got our favorite site!

While here we got to do lots more with Ben and Sue…breakfasts at Al Johnson’s and the Sandpiper, Bluegrass in Sister Bay, a night with the Big Band Sound at Birch Creek, dinners out at the Nightingale and The English Inn, happy hours and cookouts, and to top it all off, viewing the Tall Ships as they sailed into Sturgeon Bay!

Ben and Sue

English Inn

Big Band Sound at the Birch

Frank and Ben in the Crowd

Enjoying the Setting at the Birch

Students Perform

Instructors and Special Guest Perform

The Tall Ships were a special treat.  Ben got us up close when he pulled rank on the young Ensign at the gate entrance to the Coast Guard Station.  We got the best seats in the house...right along the seawall where the ships came through the canal!!

During our stay at Bailey’s, we also met two couples who we hope to see this winter…Jim and Marilyn from Tennessee, and Ron and Joan from Wisconsin. Both couples winter in Florida. 

Always Some Happy Hours

Good Food

Farewells

WE HAVE OUR RESERVATIONS MADE FOR NEXT YEAR!

To see more on Door County go to the blog of 2008...June and July entries!

REVISITING TRAVERSE CITY

After our brief stay at the hospitable Renswick compound, we made our way on to Traverse City where we stayed at Traverse Bay RV Resort. We stayed here two years ago and loved the area so much that we wanted to return to visit some of the friends we made here.  This time we only had a month to renew our old friendships and make new ones.

SITE #89 AT TRAVERSE BAY

LYNN AND ANNE

GAIL AND DOODER

BETSY AND BENJI

DICK MASON

 CATHY

AND HER WONDER DOG, BUDDY

JIM AND EILENE

BILL AND CAROLYN

A DAY ON THE WATER:  SAILING LAKE CHARLEVOIX AND LAKE MICHIGAN

THERE WERE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS, BUT FOR SOME REASON I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE! MY APOLOGIES TO JUDY, NEIL, JERRY, FLO, AND MOLLY;  JEFFERY,  PAULETTE, AND FRANK AND BETTY!!  LYN DUNN, YOU WEREN'T IN THE PICTURE WITH YOUR WIFE, BETSY!  WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!

During our month of July, the Cherry Festival was in full swing; Moomer’s, our favorite ice cream place was still in business; The Weathervane in Charleviox still made the best French Onion Soup and had the best view of the lake and boats for an afternoon lunch after sailing.  Hoxies was still making that wonderful Cherry Bread, and the downtown area offered us the shopping and dining we remembered.  The Old Mission Peninsula gave us afternoons of wine tasting and scenic panoramas of the lake country.  We love the area so much that we plan on going again next year and staying most of the summer!  

JULY IS CHERRY FESTIVAL TIME

MOOMER'S WITH BILL AND CYNDI

Our friends Bill and Cyndi were also staying in the area of Bay Harbor during our stay in TC.  We got to spend some time with each other in Traverse City and in Petoskey shopping, sightseeing, and dining! 

BILL AND FRANK BOUGHT KEENS

SHOPPING IN PETOSKEY

LUNCH AT APACHE TROUT GRILL

A FAVORITE: APACHE TROUT GRILL

CYNDI AND BILL VISIT OUR PLACE

WE VISIT THEIR PLACE AT BAY HARBOR

A VISIT TO THE LUXURY RESORT HEARTHSIDE

AN OLD FRIEND THERE, JERRY!

TRAVERSE CITY AND THE OLD MISSION PENINSULA

FILM FESTIVAL TIME IN TC

LAKESIDE IN TC

BUYING WINE AT BOWERS

FRUIT OF THE VINE

OLD MISSION PENINSULA

THE JOLLY PUMPKIN

LELAND AND FISHTOWN

FISHTOWN IN LELAND

SHOPS ALONG FISHTOWN

FRANK SURVEYS THE MARINA

DOWN BY THE RIVER

WE ENJOYED OUR STAY AND WE WILL RETURN!!

If you would like more detailed information on the area of Traverse City, take a look at the 2008 blog entry and go to July.  There are several entries to browse.