Terri and Peter's RV Adventures

With the day stretching in front of us, we still had plans to finalize for the last leg of our trip. Peter was filling in the blanks of his five day bro RV road trip from Racine, WI to Santa Fe and I had one final hotel reservation to make in Santa Fe that had fallen through the cracks as that planning piled on top of this major chunk of the trip’s planning. Finally, it all fell into place but it took a good part of the morning.

One rule of thumb I try to live by is to do as much trip planning as possible before the trip starts so you don’t have to spend your special vacation time in the place you really wanted to go, planning another leg of the trip. This experience confirmed that axiom. So, I took off by my self for Bailey’s Harbor to pick up fresh fish at Hickey Brothers’ Fisheries. It’s a no frills place off a country road with smoked and fresh fish and you can see the guys in the back filleting the fish and preparing it for smoking.

At the guy’s recommendation, I pick up two pounds of Wild Copper River Sockeye Salmon. Yes, it might be from Alaska and not from the Great Lakes but later this evening we grilled it along with fresh corn and asparagus and the guy was right. It was delicious!

Making my way back up the peninsula, I stopped at a roadside farm market for homemade BBQ sauce and salad dressing. Next stop was Sister Bay at the (gasp) Piggly Wiggly to grab some basics. Then, to The Creamery, a happening place filled with delicious homemade cheese and spreads. I did some damage there and headed back to camp. Of all the small towns I’ve been to so far, Sisters Bay, while the busiest, seems the most fun with many restaurants, and scenic.

The plan was to head out to the local cherry farm and back to the Newport State Park beach. Just before heading to the beach, the “sunny all day” forecast turned to thunderstorms. My weather app cannot keep up with the changing, hard to predict thunder storms. But, we wanted to get out so despite the light rain, off we went to the beach. Of course, Lily befriended several families who delighted in throwing balls way out in the lake over and over again. And we were happy for the break.

The rain eventually tapered off but by then we were ready to head back. The campground is maybe half full and many of those are not around (it’s hard to resist all the great places to eat here). The campground rules of a 24 hour quiet time with “silence” in force from 10 pm to 8 am is followed and it’s been a very peaceful place to stay.

Tomorrow we drive the full length of the Door County peninsula along the Lake Michigan side to Point Beach State Forest inTwo Rivers, near Manitowoc. We’re there two nights and then drive a whopping three miles to our final campground before heading to Peter’s family’s summer cabin compound in Racine where we’ll hook up our trailer and camp there.

Just a heads up. I’m going to take a break from blogging during the family gathering, my visits with an elementary school friend in Highland Park and Peter’s niece and family. I’ll also skip blogging after that for the six days when I’m hanging out with my long time girlfriends in Santa Fe and Taos as this is our annual get together and doesn’t seem to fit into this cross country RV trip experience. I’ll pick back up when Peter, the dogs and I are back together in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico and for our last few days as we head home through New Mexico, Arizona and California.

For now, there’s another six days or so to record and reflect on. Thanks for following along.