We had such a wonderful visit with Sara, Mike, and Calvin last month. It’d been way too long since we’d been together and absence does indeed make the heart grow fonder! Anyway, here are three places we visited while we were up there.
Door County
Door County is a scenic peninsula north-east of Green Bay. We’ve been there several times and always enjoy it. This time we were hoping to see some cherry blossoms so we stopped by Lautenbach’s Orchard in Fish Creek.
In the Lautenbach barnyardThere were some lovely flowers on the trees:
Cherry BlossomsBut we were there a week or two too early to see the orchard at it best.
Cherry orchardIf you go, check out this site for info on the cherries and when / where the trees bloom: https://www.doorcounty.com/experience/everything-cherry/
The area also has many delicious places to eat. We sampled beignets, Ice Cream, smoked fish and other treats. None of us were the least bit hungry when we got home!
Fonferek Glen
Sara mentioned Fonferek Glen so Lynn and I decided to drive up and look around. It’s a 74 acre county park along Bower Creek near Green Bay. There’s a 30 foot waterfall and cliffs along the creek with a natural stone archway.
Bower CreekIf you visit, be a bit cautious. Lynn and I weren’t prepared for the bitting bugs we ran into, and crossing the water and hiking down / up to the base of the falls (with no marked trails) was a little more exciting than hikes I’m used to in Florida.
The water flow does slow down during the summer. The day we were there it wasn’t a torrent, but the falls are still very pretty:
Fonferek GlenHe’s a little hard to see at this resolution, but if you click this photo to view it on Flickr, you can spot one of the two landscape artists that were there that day painting the scene. I wonder if I ended up in his painting like he ended up in my photo?
New Zoo
Calvin has a family membership to the New Zoo near Green Bay and he took us all there one morning. The peacock photo I posted a couple of weeks ago is from that visit. Here are three more from that day.
This owl was inside behind glass in mixed, very poor light. But I like the focus on his eye and was able to rescue the image with a conversion to B&W.
An owl at the zooThis waterfall at the zoo has a pretty good flow – the pump driving it works well!
A waterfall at the zooAnd it wasn’t just cherries in bloom up there. Many other trees were in full flower and gorgeous.
Flowers at the zooYou can see more of my photos from Wisconsin in this album on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edrosack/albums/72157628253961205/with/51196465392/
We’re so thankful that the pandemic is finally starting to fade so that we can travel again. Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog. Take care of yourselves and each other. And get vaccinated and enjoy visiting family again!
Header image: Birds in flight in Gills Rock, WI – with an iPhone!
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It sounds like you had a wonderful trip!
Love the photographs of the barn. The landscape image with a waterfall is not something we would normally encounter in Florida!
Your header picture taken with your phone just once again proves that it is not the equipment which “takes” good photographs, it is the artist. Very nice.
Thanks Wally. We did have a wonderful trip.Family is so important.
Wisconsin is a lovely place and so different from Florida – we always enjoy the change in scenery.
Ferd Neves sent us this connection and we are very happy!!! We live in Rio, WI and think Door Vounty is a treasure … you have captured it well!
Thanks for visiting the blog and for your kind comment Kate.
I’ve been to Rio and very much enjoyed it – but it’s been a while…
Ed