July 30-Aug 1, Fish Creek, WI

Today we find a light rain and overcast skies. We leave Oconto and travel 25 miles north and across the Green Bay to our first stop on the Door Peninsula and the town of Fish Creek.

Peshtigo Reef Light about ten miles out of Oconto marks a large and very shallow reef well offshore.

Homes on shore as we approach Fish Creek

Door County shore.

Owen and Matthew.

Drew and Linda.

Fish Creek Municipal Marina.

We dock at the Fish Creek town dock right down the small hill from the main street of the town. We have 50 amp power, showers and wifi internet in the office and sometimes at the end of the dock.

Downtown Fish Creek.

Nice shopping. Ice cream store here.
Owen had a 'Fat Elvis'. Banana with peanut butter and chocolate. Outstanding.

Interesting wind sculpture is our crew's favorite.

Fish Creek is a high end tourist town with lots of shops and restaurants and seems to be a very nice area for a second home or a weeks vacation. The town is full this week and we can see why tourists find this attractive. There are lots of trees (feel is 'up north') and the weather is cool and pleasant. The town is nestled up against a large rocky wall and that seems to make the town feel 'cozy'.

Kim, Linda, Matthew and Drew.
Fish boil cooking.

Fish boil flameing to 'boil over'.
(They throw kerosene on the fire)

Fish boil done.

Fish Creek is home to the 'fish boil', a famous way of cooking whitefish, potatoes, and onion with lots of salt and then adding a pint of kerosene to the fire at the very end of cooking to boil over the cooking kettle thus removing the floating fish oils. (Don't try this at home!) Then the dish is served with a generous amount of melted butter, cole slaw, bread and cherry pie.

Matthew and Drew fishing for perch on our dock and catching a few.
Catch and release!

The weather clears the second day and we have clear skies and moderate temperature of mid 70's. We take the dingy off KOKOMO II so Kim, Drew and Matthew can go exploring. They find the beaches filled with large sharp shells and find walking difficult without protective shoes. Every area is different. The shoreline is beautiful from the water and there are quite a few large homes overlooking the bay.

Neat chair design.
Sailboats.

Palm trees.

Cottages for the birds.

Wall hanging for a music store, our favorite shop in town.
Drew gets a harmonica and instruction book.

Kim finds a kalidioscope that looks at the flowers and plants.
Very unique and a beautiful effect.

Third day is windy (15-25) with small craft warnings and so we are staying in Fish Creek another day. Rain clears out by 10 am but the winds increase and we are happy to stay put another day in this cozy town.