Vacation to Door County

We decided to take a vacation Midwestern style.  So we headed up to Door County Wisconsin.  Absolutely  beautiful and amazing!  I hope we can make this destination a traditional spot for our family.

We took the kids to a local animal farm. 

Grant won a few staring contests with the Shetland ponies, this was one of his winning faces.

 Visited a beach in Fish Creek. 

Attended the world's smallest town festival.  West Fest in Sturgeon Bay.  Grant climbed an inflatable wall.

 Sturgeon Bay

 We brought the kids' kites and flew them in between towns whenever there was enough wind.  So much fun!

Sturgeon Bay Drawbridge

 Had ice cream at an amazing ice cream parlor that opened in 1906.  I got a Jr sundae that was about as big as my head.  

In Door County, there is a traditional Friday Fish Boil. So we went to one at an Egg Harbor restaurant.  Super fun! Below the fish, potatoes, and carrots are in the boiling pot.

 Right before the fish are finished cooking, they throw some kerosene on the fire to make it explode.  Awesome.

They are taking the pot off the fire to take inside the restaurant for our dinner. Yum!

Grant was in "boy heaven" on this rocky beach.  He was in explorer mode big time.

Kids on the beach at Egg Harbor.  It was chilly that day, but they were so excited to play that they didn't care.  I was a party pooper and stayed on the beach blanket. Chris was awesome and took the kids into the chili Lake Michigan waters.  They loved it!

 Kids painting a mural at the West Fest

Zoie was a super trooper in the 5 hour car ride.  She was pretty good for most of the trip.  The sleeping arrangement was hard because we were all in the same room and Zoie decided to cut her first tooth.  So tonight I am really looking forward to more than 2 hours in a row in my bed.  But she is so cute, that I can't be upset.

 My favorite site, was the Cana Island lighthouse.  Absolutely amazing.  

 I took Grant up to the top of the lighthouse.  He had to climb 97 steps and was really excited until he got outside and realized how high up we were and how strong the winds were, which made him very nervous.  The weight requirement per person to climb the lighthouse is usually 40 pounds, but the winds were particularly strong that day so they changed  the requirement to 50 pounds.  Poor little Maddie wasn't heavy enough to go up, but I think it would have freaked her out anyway.  I'm proud of him for walking all the way around the tower, some adults didn't choose to do it.

Sun setting at Ephraim

Such a great trip, but it is really nice to come home.