Door County Living Winter 2005 by Door County Pulse

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EDITORʼS NOTE

Life In Door County Sara Massey, Associate Editor

Open Daily All Winter

The October festivals are behind us and I’m waiting for the hush of winter to lull me into a calmer, slower pace...but it still hasn’t come. Perhaps as a result of the gorgeous fall weather this year, visitors continue to arrive in the county. Of course I have the addition of a fourth issue - our Winter Issue - to thank for my continued harried schedule, not that I’m complaining. All of us at DCL are thrilled that readers and business owners were receptive to an additional issue this year. It gave us the opportunity to uncover the lesser-known season, one that offers much more than meets the eye. I, for one, can’t wait to hear the crunch of fresh snow beneath my boots. As each year passes, I find more activities to enjoy in the winter season. Last year, for instance, I tried snowshoeing for the first time and found it both uncomplicated and exhilarating. Look inside these pages for Peder Nelson’s firsthand account of his tranquil solo trek along a frozen creek. For those who prefer to snowshoe en masse, Fish Creek’s Winter Festival offers a more socially interactive alternative with the Snowshoe Dance, along with a plethora of other events. Whether your preference is to brave the extreme speed and chill of ice boating or to curl up next to the fire with a glass of wine and a good book, winter on the peninsula has something to offer us all. More than anything, it provides a reflective silence that most of us are missing from our everyday lives. Take a moment to listen to the quiet and breathe.

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HISTORY Location and Longevity A History of Two Cheese Factories in Door County

CAMEOS

Passing along History Two Local Women Team up

OUTSIDE IN DOOR

Celebrating the Off-Season

SNOWSHOEING THE DOOR ... 38 PAGE

CONNECTING TWO WORLDS

The Washington Island Ferry Line

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Iceboating: Pure Speed

ART SCENE

The Energy of Objects Local Sculptor Stephanie Evans

HABITATS

Stovewood Pioneer Construction

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A Home Away From Home

FAIRWAYS

The Golf Course Transformed

DOOR COUNTY MAP Map of Door County

ON YOUR PLATE

A Restaurant for All Seasons Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar

RESTAURANT GUIDE

ON OUR COVER: An afternoon snowshoe at Cana Island in Baileys Harbor. Snowshoes generously provided by Ecology Sports.

A guide to dining in Door County

LODGING GUIDE

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CONTRIBUTORS

winter 2005/2006 Publisher Brad Massey Editor David Eliot Associate Editors Sara Massey Madeline Johnson Copy Editor Allison Vroman Photography Director Dan Eggert Artist/Illustrator Seth Wessler Contributing Editors Laura J. Beck Vinni Chomeau Myles Dannhausen, Jr. Mariah Goode Erin Hunsader Melissa Jankowski Peder Nelson Kevin Nordahl Megan O’Meara Sam Perlman Sheila Sabrey–Saperstein Allison Vroman Advertising Sales Madeline Johnson Scott Orgel Door County Living magazine is published four times annually by: Door County Living, Inc. P.O. Box 606, Ephraim, WI 54211. Comments We welcome your inquiries, comments, and submissions. E-mail us at: info@dcliv.com or simply call us at 920-854-7550. Advertise For advertising rates and information, please e-mail us at: advertising@dcliv.com or simply call us at 920-854-7550. Subscribe Door County Living is available free of charge at select locations on the Door Peninsula. Why not have it delivered directly to your door? To order an annual subscription, please send $16.00 to Subscription - Door County Living, P.O. Box 606, Ephraim, WI 54211. To change your address or inquire about the status of your subscription, please contact us in writing at the address above, or by e-mail at: subscription@dcliv.com No portion of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission by the publisher. ©2005 Door County Living, Inc. All rights reserved. Unsolicited materials must be accompanied with return postage. Door County Living magazine assumes no liability for damage or loss.

1. Sheila Sabrey-Saperstein, a retired professor of theatre at Northwestern University moved to Door County when her husband retired in 1996. A professional actor and director, Sheila is a founding member of the Isadoora Theatre Company and has directed for American Folklore Theatre. She is pursuing two other passions: photography and writing. 2. Sam Perlman, besides writing regularly for Door County Living and the Door County Advocate/Resorter Reporter, is the Economic Development Manager for the Door County Economic Development Corporation, where he is involved with a number of initiatives designed to enhance the vitality and variety of the local economy. Prior to working for DCEDC, he was the Program Director for the Peninsula Art School in Fish Creek. In past lives in Chicago and New York City, Sam has worked as a talent agent, a marketing executive and a dot-communist. He is a trained musicologist with a BA in Music and a minor in Russian and East European Studies from Grinnell College (IA). 3. Mariah Goode is a founding partner of GBH Consulting, a local firm specializing in municipal planning, environmental policy research, and organizational strategic planning. She is president of the Door County Green Fund board, a member of the Door County Economic Development Corporation Attainable Housing Committee, and a contributor to the Peninsula Pulse. In her free time – which has become scarce since having a baby in January 2005 (Thelonious Jacob Goode) – she likes to walk the beach with her dog Lucy, watch Law & Order episodes with her cat Celie, do yoga, read, drink wine, travel, and spend time in the darkroom developing her black and white photographs.

4. Dan Eggert, currently the Photo Editor of the Peninsula Pulse newspaper, has been involved in the Door community since 1995. He is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Fox Cities Magazine and Balistreri’s Gallery of Fine Art. His prints are currently available at the offices of Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse. 5. Native to Door County, Laura J. Beck won her first writing award for creative fiction in sixth grade in the Young Writers Program for her self-bound, self-illustrated, “The Wonderful World of Wamscabam.” After college, Beck wrote poems, fiction, and non-fiction for the Peninsula Pulse from 1997 to the present. Sweet Spot, a sensuous dessert column from 2001-2002, still affects the avid sweet tooth. You can find Beck at her boutique, Imported, at the Green Gables Shops of North Ephraim April through October for dessert recommendations in dramatic detail. 6. Kevin Nordahl is a life-long resident of Door County, a REALTOR® and a member of the Door County MLS. He is a past president of the Door County Board of REALTORS® and a Senior Sales Consultant at Coldwell Banker Door County Horizons in Fish Creek. 7. Peder Nelson is a descendant of commercial fishermen and continues his maritime heritage as a sailboat charter captain with Sail Door County. He is also a delivery captain on the Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean. Peder earned a journalism degree from UW-Green Bay and worked as a technical writer. A two-year tour in the Republic of Palau with the Peace Corps led him to teaching. After earning a Masters in Education from DePaul University, he taught for seven years in Chicago’s Public Schools. Peder is an advocate of Door County land conservation and in his free time he can be found distance racing on Lake Michigan or cruising with his wife Sarah under the bluffs of the Door and Garden peninsulas.

8. Since graduating from college in May 2003, Allison Vroman has kept life interesting by backpacking in New Zealand, snowboarding the peaks of Colorado, and spending her summers and falls in Door County. Now in her fifth season, Allison is also a writer and editor for the Peninsula Pulse. When not scrambling to meet deadlines she can be found paddling the coastal waters, hiking around, or sleeping under the stars. Myles Dannhausen, Jr., a native of the Door peninsula, is a freelance writer, former owner of Husby’s Food & Spirits, a committee member for the Gibraltar School Board, and basketball coach for Gibraltar students. In his free time, Myles enjoys reading and enthusiastically following his favorite sports.

Erin Hunsader is a native of Sturgeon Bay. She attended the University of WisconsinGreen Bay, graduating with a degree in theatre with an emphasis on playwriting. She recently lived in Madison where she worked as a producer for the NBC affiliate station. She is happy to be back in Door County where she draws much inspiration for her writing. Megan O’Meara started coming to Door County for family vacations as a child. During a Thanksgiving stay in 1998, she discovered that the Irish House (now O’Meara’s Irish House) was for sale and purchased it. Before moving to Door County from Chicago, she worked for an electrical contracting company. Megan graduated from St. Ambrose University with an English and French degree. Most of her time is spent in her store; however, she does find time to write, read and take in the occasional Door County view.

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HISTORY BY ALLISON VROMAN

Location and Longevity

A History of Two Cheese Factories in Door County It seems that no matter how many yellowed pages are flipped back through the history books, Door County is remembered for growing fruit. However, cherry and apple blossoms are not the only agriculture to speckle the horizons of Door County’s history. Door County has had a rich, agricultural tradition over the years which includes contributing to Wisconsin’s image as The Dairy State.

Nowadays, Wisconsin’s reputation manifests in the form of foam cheese heads on Packer game days, but this wasn’t always the case. According to Cheese: The Making of a Wisconsin Tradition by Jerry Apps, “From the time of statehood (1848) until well into the 1870s, Wisconsin was a wheat-growing sate, with few dairy cows. Dairy farming did not begin until the wheat farmers could no longer grow the crop.” Increasing numbers of dairy cows were the most obvious sign of this agricultural transition in Wisconsin’s history. Another prevalent sign was the cheese factories

springing up throughout the state. By 1920, all but three counties throughout Wisconsin had at least one cheese factory. Door County was certainly not one of these three. In fact, according to Hjalmar R. Holand’s History of Door County, Wisconsin: The County Beautiful Volume 1, originally published in 1917, “There are now more than sixty cheese factories in the county and new factories are fast being built all over.” It was discovered fairly early on that Door County

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was especially suited for dairying and cheese production because of its cooler temperatures, abundance of water, and vast fields of clover and other grasses. Apparently Door County also lacked certain milk bacteria “which interferes with the most successful fermentation and curing of cheese in other parts of the state,” says Holand. “Door County is rapidly obtaining the flattering reputation of producing the best American Cheese in the market.” At one point there were a plethora of cheese factories in Door County – perhaps too many because not all of their stories were saved. Surely, oral accounts have been passed down through the generations about a majority of these factories, but few stories have lingered beyond dinner table discussions. Two factories have garnered some notable attention over the years, however, and have stretched beyond people’s memories and into some form of documentation – one for its location the other for its longevity.

factory. Justinger quickly established a life on the island and created his place within the island’s community and social circles. He married Myrtle Anderson and had three children, Herbert, Daryl, and Dudley. In the peak season, Justinger and an assistant handled the supply from the 45 dairy herds on the island, collecting and processing 7,000 pounds of milk a day. Inhabitants of the island consumed 600 quarts of milk while the rest of the milk was used to produce butter and cheese – around 70 pounds of butter and 600 pounds of cheese. According to an REA newsletter quoted in Ganz’s essay, about 75 percent of the butter and cheese produced on Washington Island was consumed by islanders.

Little documentation survives from the hey-day of cheese factories in the early 1900s. These photos, collected from the few remaining archives, capture the thriving industry that contributed to Wisconsin’s reputation as “The Dairy State.”

The cheese factory on the corner of Town Line and Range Line Roads on Washington Island was chronicled by Cheryl Ganz, a relative to the original cheese maker, in an essay in the Door County Almanak No. 4. Her essay, “The Island Cheese Factory,” weaves the story of The Washington Island Creamery Company first writing to Madison in 1925 in search of a cheese maker, all the way through the closing of the factory’s doors around 1970. The answer to that original query brought Andrew Justinger, Ganz’s relative, to Washington Island – a cheese maker who had been working in a Sheboygan Falls cheese

Eventually, Justinger purchased the island’s cheese factory from Pete Eiler. On May 5, 1949, mere months after Justinger officially owned the factory he’d established from the ground up, he could do nothing but stand by and watch it burn to the ground. Washington Island’s fire fighting capabilities at the time couldn’t save the factory; however, the spirit and sense of community on the island could. Within four days of the fire, the islanders pooled their resources together and Justinger was back making cheese in a makeshift factory.

After the cheese factory was rebuilt, there were quite a few more years of success before its slow spiral of decline started. When Dudley Justinger, the son Andrew was grooming for takeover of the factory, died from a ruptured appendix in 1958, there was no longer a clear path laid out for the island cheese factory’s future. When Andrew died a mere year and a half later, concerns about the factory shifted from the future back to the immediate present. Even though the farmers on the Winter 2005/2006 Door County Living 11

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island incorporated and bought the dairy, The Washington Island Co-operative Dairy, Inc. was sold and dissolved less than ten years later after struggling with financial problems and cycling through seven different cheese makers.

and Gary’s son Chris, now operate the family’s cheese factory as well as two retail locations in Door County. Not only do the Renards have a formidable family tradition of making cheese that has contributed to their

The struggles of the cheese factory on Washington Island were not uncommon in Door County; in fact, only one cheese factory continues to operate in the county today – Renard’s Cheese. Howard Renard purchased the Rosewood Dairy located on County S between Sturgeon Bay and Algoma in 1961, and although he “officially retired” in 1994, he continues to help out with the daily operations of running a cheese factory. Howard feels “lucky to have someone to take over – otherwise we wouldn’t be here either.” Renard’s Cheese has turned into quite a family enterprise over the years with three generations making cheese. Brian Renard, one of Howard’s seven children, recalls, “Making cheese was always a part of chores…coming home after school and making cheese and in the summer getting up at 2:00 am to help out.” Brian didn’t always anticipate following in his father’s footsteps. However, he and his wife Tina, along with his eldest brother Gary, Gary’s wife Bonnie,

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HISTORY HABITATS

longstanding success, they also fill a niche in Door County’s retail market. Renard’s Cheese specializes in 12, 22, and 38pound wheels of bandage-style cheese. There are less than ten factories in Wisconsin that make the type of cheese that Renard’s makes. Chris Renard asserts, “Renard’s is for show while other [cheese makers] are for bulk.” Small, independent cheese factories like the one on Washington Island and Renard’s Cheese, along with the other 60 or so that once speckled the county have made an impact on Wisconsin’s reputation as The Dairy State. Each factory, whether people remember its story or not, has a place in history and has shaped the essence of Door County.

Sources:

Cheese: The Making of a Wisconsin Tradition. Apps, Jerry. Amherst Press: Amerst, WI, 1998. “The Island Cheese Factory.” Ganz, Cheryl. Door County Almanak No. 4. The Dragonsbreath Press: Sister Bay, WI, 1987. History of Door County, Wisconsin: The County Beautiful Volume I. Holand, Hjalmar R. Reprinted by Wm Caxton Ltd: Ellison Bay, WI, 1993.

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CAMEOS BY ERIN HUNSADER

Passing along History Two Local Women Team up for Book on Sturgeon Bayʼs Past

Jinkins and Weir sort through historical photographs of Sturgeon Bay for their new book. Photo by Dan Eggert.

History, like languages, can be lost unless passed on through word-of-mouth or written documentation. Sturgeon Bay’s beginnings could become whispers of a time that once was, but with the help of two employees at the Door County Museum, Ann Jinkins and Head Curator Maggie Weir, along with the Arcadia Press, future generations who reside in and visit Sturgeon Bay will be able to look back on how the town was born and grew into a vacation destination at the mouth of Door County. A book, due out next spring, is being published by Arcadia Press, a national publishing company, that focuses on local history.

After years of being steeped in Sturgeon Bay’s past as employees at the Door County Museum, both Jinkins and Weir were thrilled with the opportunity to compile a book of photographs to preserve Sturgeon Bay’s start. From the hum of the sawmills, the chill of the icehouses, and the building of the canal, the images (240 in all) and captions, written by Jinkins, paint a picture of the small working-class community that once was. The two teamed up with Arcadia Press, a company Jinkins said has a definite idea of what they want for the publication. “They have a very specific formula that you use where you supply historical pictures with captions. There

has been a book done already on Door County; there’s one on Sister Bay; and there was one done on the Sturgeon Bay Shipyards, too, I believe.” The idea for the book began with a simple phone call, according to Jinkins. “Somebody called asking me if I knew anybody that would be interested in doing [a book] on Sturgeon Bay. I thought it over and figured, if anybody else does this, the county has the pictures, so I know I would be working very closely with that person anyway. I thought, why not just do it? Then Maggie and I together thought that we would do it to benefit the museum.”

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Both Jinkins and Weir began at the museum as volunteers. Jinkins volunteered for about 20 years before joining the staff fulltime, but she said she really doesn’t consider it much like work. “To me it has been kind of a gift to be my age and to be able to learn about the history of this area from older people. Over the years I’ve known people that have told me things about different buildings or things that happened here. Now it’s become a part of me.” Jinkins cites Orville Schopf, who recently passed away, as someone she always looked to for information and great stories. “He knew so much. He had such a memory. He was considered the county historian, and he was always the first person I went to for anything. I’d say, ‘Gee, I don’t know the answer to that, let me call Orv.’” While Jinkins said she and Weir didn’t have trouble finding many of the pictures because of their connection with people like Schopf and the Door County Museum, they also found when they asked other local resources for help, people were very receptive to the idea. “People have been very generous,” Jinkins said. “If I asked them, they were very helpful. The Advocate and some of our volunteers here have brought pictures in. I think most people are happy to share historical pictures.” Weir also has a long-standing connection to the museum, although not a native to the area. She moved to Sturgeon Bay with her husband, Jeffrey, an attorney who coincidentally works with Jinkin’s husband Mark at a local law firm. “They’re partners at work, and now Ann and I are partners,” Weir joked.

Since 1984 she has worked with the museum. She admits to always being interested in the area’s history, and said that sometimes where you come from isn’t the first place you become fascinated with. Weir pointed out that often people don’t explore the things in their home area. “People who grew up here haven’t been to the tourist areas that most people come here to see.” The two women have been gathering the photos for the project since last spring. They are now in the process of organizing the images into chapters and scanning them into the computer, but Jinkins notes their November 30th (2005) deadline is quickly approaching. With the help of some new software at the museum, she is confident everything will make it to press on time. “I think it will all happen before [the deadline]. It has to be laid-out and the captions have to be written. The pictures are pretty much all scanned.” And while the women are wrapping up the process to go to press, Ann’s husband admits it’s been interesting hearing stories from his wife about her research. “I love to learn about the relationships and historical facts that she knows. The Advocate occasionally runs a picture that reads ‘does anybody know who this is?’ and a few weeks ago somebody contacted Ann and said, ‘that’s my father.’ So then, of course, Ann looks at the picture and knows what building it’s taken in. [The book] is really a great way for the community to learn about some of the history.” For more information on the publication, due out early next spring, contact Ann Jinkins or Maggie Weir at the Door County Museum at (920) 743-5809.

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR BY MEGAN OʼMEARA

Celebrating the Off-Season A competitor in the popular “Bike Toss” goes for distance.

One of the most common questions I hear from visitors is, “What do you do up here in the winter?” This question is usually accompanied by an expression made up of part confusion and part sympathetic dismay. Tourists who have never been to Door County in the winter come up with some farfetched ideas about winter life, picturing locals doing nothing but staring at each other, having to drive to Green Bay for groceries, gas and haircuts, and not having to work. These misconceptions are humorous, but quite off base. The winter is quiet; however, it’s our time to prepare for the next season. There are trade shows to attend, building maintenance to see to, long ignored paperwork to file and, at last, a chance to breathe.

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The Cherry Pit Spit Champion is honored under the festival’s main tent.

That said, it doesn’t mean we don’t get a little restless after the holidays. Back in the late ‘80s, several Fish Creek locals decided to do something about it by creating Winter Games. It was intended to be a fundraiser for the Fish Creek Civic Association (FCCA) promoting off-season business as well as celebrating winter sports – some of the non-traditional variety. The original planning meetings took place at the Merkel household. Ron Merkel of Nor Door Sport and Cyclery and also the former president of the FCCA, chaired the games along with the help of his sons Brian (Stretch) and Jayson (Ward), Paul Woerfel of Homestead Suites, Dick Skare of The Cookery Restaurant, Bob Lautenbach of Orchard Country Winery, the late John Redmann of The

A horse-drawn carriage escorts festival-goers through Fish Creek’s historic streets.

Settlement Courtyard Inn, and Doug Butchart of Thumb Fun. The original games took place the first Saturday and Sunday of February at the Fish Creek Beach where a huge tent was erected on the icy bay. Dick Skare chuckles as he remembers the earlier games. “We had never done anything like this before, so we didn’t know what to expect; however, it was a success from the beginning. Who would have thought that the Bike Toss would have been such a hit?” The Bike Toss still remains a crowd favorite over 15 years later. Other favorites include the Minnow Races, the infamous chicken game (which was eliminated from the line-up by the Health Department), bed races and ice volleyball. “There was also the year that water started leaking up from the ice, so someone drilled holes into the ice to let the water out. Obviously, that didn’t work and the flooding got worse,” says Skare. The Cherry Pit Spit, organized by Bob Lautenbach and the Wisconsin Cherry Grower’s Association, was another

huge draw. Bob was president of the association at the time and felt that the Winter Games was a perfect place to hold the annual Cherry Pit Spit competition rather than at the county fair. Bob recalls, “The earlier days were really a lot of fun. At the planning meetings, we were enthusiastic about what we could do with the games.” One of the ideas they came up with was inviting the national Cherry Pit Spit Champion to Fish Creek. “The pit spit was a big deal, so when the national champ arrived in a limo and walked on the red carpet, people went crazy. We even had to set up bleachers so that the whole crowd could see the competition.” Those coming to Winter Games got used to seeing the same faces, the same volunteers serving brats and beer, Robin Butchart organizing the information on the various competitions and handling the live raffle items, Doug Butchart running the carnival games, and John Redmann emceeing. John, considered “the voice” of Winter Games passed away in December of 2003, but not before having emceed from the original event to the 2003 games. Along with his sometimes silly running commentary about the events and raffle items, he also participated in the Snowshoe Dance. The Snowshoe Dance, which continues to be a popular event, must be witnessed in order to be fully appreciated. Its appeal is so wide, in fact, that to promote the games in 2002, John along with “Digger” DeGroot (former owner of Digger’s Grill & Pizza) and Jorna Taylor drove down to Green Bay to appear on Good Day Wisconsin. They left Fish Ron Merkel and John Redmann during his Creek at 4:00 am emceeing career. and drove down in a blizzard, all to be filmed snowshoe dancing on the roofdeck of the Channel 11 TV station for less than a minute. Jeff Taylor, of J. Jeffrey Taylor, assumed John’s role as emcee in 2005, but elected to be a judge rather than a participant of the Snowshoe Dance. Jeff is also known for his role as the founder of the Taylor Made Chili Cook-Off. There were over 40 participants last year and the number of Winter 2005/2006 Door County Living 19

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Creek, Hands On Art Studio hosted two Rock & Roll Art Nights, The White Gull Inn continued their Wednesday folk concert series, the C & C Club and O’Meara’s Irish House hosted live Celtic music and a kilt competition, and the ParkWay Supper Club hosted a winter beach party. One of the more exceptional events was Door County Idol, which will continue again this year. Kristi Nelson of Digger’s Grill & Pizza is sponsoring the event, which takes place on February 3rd from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. The contestants (ages 15 – 19) are eligible for a $500 grand prize. “We are really excited about the competition!” Kristi exclaimed. “It really gives a chance for locals to exhibit their talent. Last year’s event was such a huge success, so we can’t wait to see what happens.” Kites Over The Bay was another attraction added in 2005 as the main event of the second Saturday and will continue for the 2006 festival. Toby Schlick and Valerie MurreSchlick of Fish Creek Kite Company were inspired by having seen Kites on Ice in Madison, a large kite spectacular with a strong following. There will be at least seven flyers

participating, including Al Sparling who travels around the world exhibiting kites that are sometimes as big as houses. Andy Coulson, along with others like Terry Bolland and Brian Hackbarth of the Summertime Restaurant, has been in charge of organizing the food and beverages for longer than he can remember and summarizes the experience rather succinctly by saying, “What I like most about Winter Festival is the camaraderie of working with our neighbors on a common cause. It may sound odd, but we are all so busy the rest of the year that we often blow by each other with hardly time to stop and say hello. When you have attended what seems like endless committee meetings with someone, stood by them in the cold all day, slung brats and beer and tramped through snow banks hauling tents and other heavy equipment until you are so tired you become punchy, then you can’t help but get to know them. You have fun with them, and you bond. By the end of the festival each year, I’ve made a lot of new friends, many of them tourists attracted to the village, but just as many of them people who live down the street.”

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Iceboating: Pure Speed

The scene is late December. Whistling winds breathe freezing temperatures upon the Door County winter landscape yet not a flake of snow has fallen. On a bed of ice from an inland lake a distant thunder may be heard from an oddly shaped craft traveling at a remarkably high speed. To be on the ice in the presence of such a creation as it roars toward take-off velocity is an awe-inspiring experience. The runners skid along the surface and you feel the ice below your feet rumble through your entire body while the deafening sound of wood, metal and ice fly past and dissipate without so much as a breeze. Some compare it to standing at the end of a runway and having a commercial jetliner scream overhead at takeoff,

only iceboating seems so much more ethereal and surreal. How can it be going so fast in such a light wind? Short days, brown fields, gray skies and bone-chilling cold are the womb from which iceboating is reborn for its very brief season each year. The origins of the seldom publicized sport of iceboating date back to the necessity of moving cargo over large distances during the winter months. Such occurrences were commonplace in Door County during the late 19th century when fishermen, lumbermen and builders would attach square sails to their sleds to assist their horse teams in moving cargo between Menominee, Michigan and Fish Creek. Regular trade routes were marked along the ice

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by well-placed Christmas-tree-sized pines for the travelers to follow. At that time speed was not the primary goal of the ice sailor, rather it was the safe and efficient movement of materials from point A to point B. The sleds in those days could travel on both ice and snow and were simply aided by the use of square sails and a lucky wind at the backs of their drivers. Nowadays, the ice should be perfectly smooth in order to iceboat to maximum potential. The runners will not run on snow and they cannot be sharpened with a commonplace knife sharpener. Therefore, while most winter sports enthusiasts will bemoan cold snowless days spent looking at their sleds and cross-country skis with longing, the iceboater will revel in their good fortune of having the precious, short-lived and perfect combination of cold wind, smooth ice, and no snow. According to Bjorn Johanson (BJ), one of Door County’s most well established iceboaters, the actual sport of iceboating arose from the ashes of the old trade routes and from modern advances in sailing technology to what it has become today. Predating the gas engine, the sport holds special meaning due to the craftsmanship involved in creating an iceboat vessel and sailing it. “Winter is such a gray time of year,” says BJ with his Australian accent. “We learned how to make do with what we had around us. When you sail with a club there is so much camaraderie. You can make a real great time of it. Everyone pitches in and we are not polluting the environment. It’s a nice way to go.” Unlike “soft-water” boats which are manufactured by any number of boat companies for summer use, an iceboat is, 90 percent of the time, crafted by the hands of the people who sail them. According to BJ, “When I started iceboating in the late ‘60s I came across a couple of skeeters and was able to scab together a few parts and pieces to make one go.” While he contends that the boats themselves are not a “personal-type thing” he does admit that “you got to be careful about things when you use them. No one in our club owned the club boats because of liability issues. In many cases these things are so old that it’s likely the guy who created them is already dead.”

Groups of builders have been known to rent warehouse buildings and build three or four boats in one swoop. Perhaps the easiest and smallest craft for an individual to create is the DN design. The plans were first published in the Detroit News (thus the boat’s name) and feature a simple combination of wooden parts that may only take a semi-skilled amateur under 100 hours to piece together. Runners, sails and rigging may still be ordered over the Internet through independent distributors who manufacture the essential, hard-to-come-by parts for hobbyists. These distributors are often craftsmen who have taken their skill to a quasi-professional level for the sake of preserving the sport for others. While iceboating and sailing share similar attributes, the skills required of each sport are quite different. First, with iceboating, it is imperative that you have the capacity to withstand any amount of cold Mother Nature brings. Assembling an iceboat means standing in absurd cold to work with dozens of metal parts as they freeze to the icy nubs that were once your fingers. Then, with enthusiasm running deep within, you don a crash helmet and hurl yourself at speeds of 60-100 mph straight into the frozen breath of what has already frozen you straight to the bone. While onboard the world around you becomes a coldinduced frozen mesh of potential danger and extreme speed. Where subzero wind has blown protection off your face, shards of ice trailing off the lead runner peck your now-exposed flesh, which will later bleed through your wind-burned cheeks like a dozen bad shaving wounds. Thoughts race: Will the runner catch an edge? Will the wind overpower the boat, sending half of the plank skyward? Which direction will I turn when that happens? How thick is the ice ahead? Is it safe? Where are my cohorts and are they aware of where my boat is? Are they heading straight for me at 100 mph? Between these thoughts and the bitter

Today hobbyists will spend days and weeks of the offseason (summer) measuring and cutting molds and jigs for their fuselage. In a haze of paint, varnish and teak fumes obscure parts such as the plank and the runners are fastened together to create any number of one-design craft that are often raced in annual regattas throughout the Midwest. Photo by Kevin Barta.

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cold comes the pure exhilaration of speed and the utterly addicting nature of the sport. Not too surprisingly, heading back to shore for a warm-up gets included in such thoughts but not until you absolutely cannot stand the cold for another second more. Returning to a warm-up hut to observe other comrades zipping around the ice like maniacs brings one to reflect on their own humble bragging rights of survival that day. Among such a small group only a mutually shared experience can bring such glory. For unlike sailing, iceboating is a one-person show. With the exception of only a few classes of iceboat (the Nite and most Stern Steers), iceboats are a solitary sporting experience with room for only one person: the driver. Clubs, race circuits and iceboating groups exist for the camaraderie and for the safety of their membership. Clubs survive through teaching safety, offering advice to iceboaters, and keeping tabs on the comings and goings of its members. “We used to keep a rowboat on top of our warming hut back in the day, along with extra lines and life jackets, just in case,” says BJ. “There are tons of stories, rescues and moments of glory. In the early season when the ice is still forming we would sail on a skin of ice along a two-mile stretch of shore where the water is only two or three feet deep. If you go in there it’s no big deal, you get wet and it wrecks your day until you change into different clothes. At the end of the season you might get a trophy for being an idiot. It’s all in good fun.” But deeper water obviously exists and the risks of hypothermia and exposure are not lost on such a crew who many onlookers already consider to be insane. Knowing about a lake does not equate to knowing about ice. Ice conditions change by the hour no matter where you sail. There is no magic to “knowing the conditions”– it takes a great deal of careful observation and communication between club members in order to stay safe. Still, accidents do occur. Boat runners find cracks in the ice that come out of nowhere, splitting planks and sending splinters of wood and often the vessel’s pilot careening along the ice for hundreds of feet before coming to a stop. Capsizing an iceboat happens so fast the only thing you see is the ice hitting your helmet. Then there’s full submersion into weak ice, where the seldom worn life jacket comes in very handy – as do a set of bear-claws worn around the neck which pull apart to reveal two picks used to bring oneself back to the ice surface. No matter how many club members might be sailing around, you will still have several minutes to yourself, alone in the water, to make important decisions.

Photo by Ronald Rosten.

Photo courtesy of the Door County Museum.

The safest way to iceboat is to race on an established course with a group of similar boats. An iceboater in Madison’s Four Lakes Ice Yacht Club had this to say about safety: “We stick together out there. It’s usually a non-club Photo by Ronald Rosten.

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member who is unfamiliar with the ice and unaware of our club who gets into trouble.” While deaths from iceboating are extremely rare, even in instances where iceboaters break through the ice, it is still a very serious environment that commands a great deal of respect. The unthinkable can occur, as it often does in the ice-fishing and snowmobiling communities each year. Being on the ice alone is never a good idea. Always, always go with someone else, even a spotter. Let someone, especially club members, know if you have a medical condition that would create an emergency in and of itself. BJ continues, “When it comes to iceboats – you can’t buy these things. They are not commercially made. It requires some ability to construct them and you have to be aware of the history and the elements. Then you get to take it out onto the ice and race your effort. It’s a way of testing yourself and your ability. I’ve found few sports in life to be as rewarding.”

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To experience iceboating in Door County, bring whatever iceboat parts Great Uncle Larry or you have lying around the garage attic and meet at the banks of Kangaroo or Clark Lakes or on the Sturgeon Bay coast near Sunset Park when the ground is brown and the air sticks to your nose hairs. There you will find a group of individuals who will be short on talk but quick to show you how fast their boats will go. If you don’t see them there, don’t go. Finally, when the brown days of winter start nagging, know this: amidst the camaraderie, the wood-smoke haze and the din of laughter of an iceboating warming hut, you’ll never meet a more disappointed group as this when the first snowflakes start to fall, putting an end to another fleeting season of iceboating. Dedicated to the memory of John Redmann, friend and iceboater. Additional resources are available online at www.iceboat. org. Photo by Kevin Barta.

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ART SCENE BY SHEILA SABREY-SAPERSTEIN

The Energy of Objects Local Sculptor Stephanie Evans

One of the best things about an artist’s community like Door County is that it’s not only a supportive and safe haven for established artists, but it also occasionally pulls its resources together and launches a brand new career. This happened with sculptor Stephanie Evans, whose work can currently be experienced exclusively at Fine Line Designs Gallery in Ephraim. And her work is truly to be experienced, not simply viewed. Stephanie’s medium is “hand built ceramics” realized in the form of life sized, three-dimensional dresses, each with its own personality. When you approach one you feel like you’re meeting a new friend.

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From the moment Stephanie arrived in May 2003, after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, she was embraced by the Door County arts community. Her parents, Pete and Theresa Evans are well known local musicians on the mandolin and hammer dulcimer respectively. The Evans had an immediate connection with friend, performer, and potter Rich Higdon who offered space in his studio for Stephanie to work. As one of the first participants in the Peninsula Art School’s Emerging Artist Program, Rich told Stephanie about it; she applied and was accepted in 2004. Stephanie was off to a great start and though she initially planned on staying only 6 to 12 months, as a breather between college and graduate school, things were working out too well to leave. She worked that first winter creating pieces for the Emerging Artist show in the spring. Connie Hatch of Fine Line Designs, who loves discovering new artists, was attracted to Stephanie’s work and paired her up with one of Door County’s most exciting painters, Pam Murphy, for the 2005 gallery show. “This was the biggest thing I’d ever done professionally. It was such an honor to be asked to show with Pam. I mean, when I’m in my own little world, I feel good but then I had to think about bringing my pieces into a room filled with Pam Murphy’s and I was very nervous. I am so pleased the way it turned out; it was a really beautiful show.”

Sculpture from the collection of Diane Brown.

Having just finished an intense period of work and exhibiting, Stephanie was taking a break from her studio when I interviewed her. I wasn’t able to watch her work, but she described her process to me as one of “slip and score.” She takes a big chunk of clay and rolls it into a large coil.

The anchor in this piece is representative of Evans’ attachment to Door County.

The “slip and score” part comes as she assembles the coils of clay. “I ‘score’ the edge of one side by using a fork back and forth. The ‘slip’ is liquid clay that I brush on the scored area. [Then I] take another scored coil and ‘moosh’ them together. I shape a lot with paddles and I have a big stick that I use to push [the clay] out from the inside. Once the coils are together I smooth it all out and then I’m constantly forming as I go along. Occasionally I stamp designs for additional texture on the exterior of the dress before it’s fired in a huge kiln.” I moved to the next obvious question. Why dresses and where does she get the inspiration for so many different designs? “I get my best inspiration when I’m actually working on a piece,” Stephanie explained. “You’re in this room and your internal dialogue is kind of your own entertainment as you work. I don’t use period costumes as a resource, for instance. The line and design of the dress emerge from the work.” Her grandmother, a bird lover, was the subject of her first dress, titled “Ruth,” and the identifying piece that she added incorporated two birds. These identifying pieces became the heart of the creation of each dress. “Starting at a very young age I had experienced quite a few people close to me dying and I knew I had to keep some of these memories alive through objects,” said Stephanie. “I’m just fascinated by the idea that inanimate objects can carry this energy with them and I wanted to do work that captured that.” Lately these objects have become more symbolic. The blue dress pictured in this article, for example, has an anchor attached which was inspired by Stephanie’s decision to make Door County her permanent home. Stephanie feels fortunate to have been one of a coterie of ceramics majors at UWM who formed a warm cocoon Winter 2005/2006 Door County Living 31

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of support for each other. Due to renovations the department’s studio was moved to a large warehouse space where students could work without restrictions of time or space. As an afterthought she said, “Maybe that’s why my pieces are so big.” She continued to reminisce, “It was this neat little bubble of time that we spent together always talking about ceramics and it never occurred to any of us that we wouldn’t be doing this for the rest of our lives. We were competitive but it was supportive competition.” And that’s what Door County has created for Stephanie, another warm cocoon of support. From her “studio-mate” Rich Higdon and fellow potters David and Jeanne Aurelius and Brian Fitzgerald, to painter Pam Murphy, and of course to the Peninsula Art School and Connie Hatch of Fine Line

Designs, this “village” has succeeded in nudging a budding professional artist on her way. Finally, I asked Stephanie if she thinks of herself as a “sculptor.” “It’s getting there,” she answered. “There are days when I feel that I’m completely on the right track. For me it’s hard because my pieces are so large and they take a considerable amount of time to build. Like any artist I hope that in the future I’ll be able to focus more on my art and less on needing other jobs to live. The important part, though, is that I love it here in Door County and I have the best support system in the world: my parents, my colleagues, and a wonderful man in my life. I’ve found my home base and couldn’t be happier.”

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Between roughly the late 1880s and World War I, a type of construction known as “stovewood” was employed in the United States. Stovewood, Richard W. E. Perrin writes in Historic Wisconsin Buildings: A Survey in Pioneer Architecture 1835-1870, “appears to be the only type of log construction that does not have any clear-cut antecedents in European building history. Its origins can only be traced to Canada where itinerant lumberjacks erected such structures in their logging camps early in the nineteenth century.” And, he continues, “while scattered examples have been located throughout the United States, Wisconsin seems to have an exceptional concentration.” Furthermore, while stovewood buildings did exist in southern Wisconsin, they have largely disappeared – Door County, according to John Kahlert in Early Door County Buildings and the People Who Built Them 1849-1910, “is one of the few places in the United States where examples of [the] unique but gradually disappearing form of pioneer wood construction know as ‘stovewood’ can still be found.”

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With stovewood construction, Kahlert explains, “walls were made of lengths of wood, similar to those used in kitchen stoves, packed horizontally in mortar. The use of stovewood varied slightly from place to place, but in Door County buildings were usually framed as in modern construction. Stovewood was then stacked in mortar between the upright timbers. The wall would be as thick as the framing, ranging from a few inches to over a foot in depth. Homes were plastered on the inside and covered on the outside with shingles for maximum insulation,” while barns or other farm buildings “might be left bare, or covered on the outside with upright boards.”

primarily involved rebuilding the areas where the mortar was deteriorating – all of the actual stovewood pieces in the inn are the original wood the Zahns [the original owners and builders] used to construct the home in the 1800s.” According to Nelson stovewood renovation is a time-consuming process, although fairly straightforward. The biggest problem, Nelson advises, is that “significant

Stovewood was most often used for smaller outbuildings, additions to existing log structures, or interior walls, although there are large farm and residential buildings with stovewood walls. Plausible ideas as to why stovewood construction was employed abound, although one cited frequently is that it was easy to work with. Constructing a conventional log building, Perrin says in The Architecture of Wisconsin, “involved felling, hewing, lifting, and joining timbers which might average 300 pounds apiece if conifer, 500 pounds if oak. The cutting and placing of such structural units required at least four strong, skilled men. A stovewood wall, on the other hand, could be built by a single, relatively unskilled person, with even the children being able to carry small chunks of wood which would seldom have weighed more than ten pounds, and generally less.” Stovewood construction supplies were also easily and cheaply available. There was throughout Wisconsin a surplus of wood as the state was logged, including wood already cut to the traditional stovewood length of 14 inches, not to mention, particularly in Door County, plenty of limestone for mortar. Bryan Nelson, owner of The Blacksmith Inn, surmises stovewood construction was used so heavily in Door County because “settlers were probably just making do with the materials at hand. By the turn of the last century, Door County had been completely logged. The only things left for construction purposes, then, were limestone and smaller cedars, tamarack, and hemlock trees. Those woods also happen to be very rot- and bug-resistant, which may explain the longevity of many stovewood buildings in Door County.” The original building of The Blacksmith Inn, which is listed on both the state and national historic registers, is one of the largest and best examples of a surviving stovewood building in Wisconsin, with all four exterior and many interior stovewood walls. Bryan Nelson and Joan Holliday bought the building from Dave Hadlinger, who had already been renovating it for two years. Nelson says, “We took over the renovation from Dave, although he had already stabilized most of the stovewood walls. That

The Blacksmith Inn in Baileys Harbor boasts an impressive stovewood building, with all four exterior walls and several interior walls made of hundred year-old dry wood. Photo by Dan Eggert.

shrinkage seems to occur with wood that’s been drying for 5-10 years or even more. So, unfortunately, your best bet is to do your renovation with 100-year old dry wood!” Phyllis and Jim Ingwersen followed that advice, expanding one building on their historic German-settled homestead

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(Left to right) Exterior wall at the Settlement Shops’ Izora’s Beads; Barb and Bob Shine’s shed under construction; the finished structure; exterior of the Ingwersen Studio. Photos by Dan Eggert.

on Old Stage Road in Liberty Grove using old stovewood pieces. Phyllis relates that while part of their remaining cow barn is original stovewood construction, they have also added onto the original granary, which serves as Jim’s painting studio, incorporating a new stovewood fireplace into the studio. “What happened,” she explains, “was that we had a big historic stovewood barn where we used to hold square dances on Tuesdays in the 1970s, and it completely burned down after one dance in 1980 – someone didn’t put out their cigarette completely. People felt so badly about the loss of that historic barn that they donated old stovewood pieces from their own properties to help expand Jim’s new studio [Ingwersen Studio Gallery].” Although stovewood construction is not generally used in new construction outside a few areas in Canada, it appears to be making a comeback of sorts in Door County. When the home and hardware store in Baileys Harbor housing what is now The Common House restaurant were combined and renovated in the 1970s, the owners had Andy Redmann create interior stovewood walls. Trissa Crowley, current owner of

The Common House, says she was told that “stovewood construction was used because it was cheap, fast, and warm. You cut the logs, laid the plaster, built the walls, and quickly had a nice, warm building.” She notes The Common House original building foundations date from the 1850s, the wood floors from the 1880s, and the tin ceiling from 1892, so adding stovewood walls to the renovated structure made sense architecturally. Andy Redmann also designed and built the Settlement Courtyard Inn and the Settlement Shops south of Fish Creek, as well as at least one private home and the Century Hall in Milwaukee, all incorporating stovewood. Redmann’s daughter Marise says, “He used stovewood in those buildings so as to carry on its historic look. In the Settlement Inn, the entire fireplace lounge area is stovewood, and people just love it.” More recently, Baileys Harbor residents Barb and Bob Shine constructed a small shed using stovewood. Bob says he decided upon the style both because he had a lot of cedar available after clearing a building site for their home and because it would be in keeping with local historical

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CAPTION. Photo by Dan Eggert.

construction methods. This unique shed, which is made of cedar logs, Portland cement, and lime sawdust, has a brick floor, rather than the traditional wood, and a wood shingle roof with an old-fashioned lightning rod. Bob explains he and his son constructed the shed following the guidelines provided in a book by David Sciles called The Irish Garden Shed showing – more or less – how to build and lay out a stovewood shed. While happy with his shed, Bob is skeptical that stovewood construction will make a significant comeback, noting, “Our shed was not easy to build! It was also very time-consuming and very expensive.” Whether more residents will take on new stovewood projects in the future or whether this construction method’s longevity in Door County will depend upon the preservation efforts of owners of existing stovewood buildings remains to be seen. One certainty, however, is that this construction style appeals to those who are aware of its uniqueness and historical significance.

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Early Door County Buildings and the People Who Built Them 1849-1910, John Kahlert (text) and Albert Quinlan (photographs). Meadow Lane Publishers: Baileys Harbor, WI, 1978. The Architecture of Wisconsin, Richard W. E. Perrin. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin: Madison, WI, 1967. Historic Wisconsin Buildings: A Survey in Pioneer Architecture 1835-1870, Richard W.E. Perrin. Milwaukee Public Museum: Milwaukee, WI, 1981 (second edition). Thank you to Renee Hilgers, owner of Alchemy Fields, for the loan of her copies of the two Perrin books, both of which are out of print.

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By Peder Nelson

Snowshoeing provides the means for truly discovering those places on both our cognitive and paper maps. For those who love being outdoors and for those who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure, snowshoeing affords the freedom from groomed ski and snowmobile trails and is a great way to stay in shape through the winter months.

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Romantic images of explorers and trappers of varied cultures abound when we think of snowshoeing. Indigenous people and pioneers were able to access the wilderness with their large webbed shoes. In the depth of the winter season, snowshoes will allow you to explore those areas that may be too overgrown for walking in the summer and fall. Although beautiful trails and paths exist in our parks, for this assignment I chose the rivers less traveled. A winter snowshoeing trek on a river can be just as rewarding as canoeing or kayaking in summer and fall. A landscape adorned in snow can provide everything from an exhilarating snow squall to the tranquility of hearing only your breath and steps as your muted sounds soak into the silence of a thick woods. Snowshoeing rivers isn’t for everyone, but if you cautiously file a float plan with a friend back home or better yet, bring one along, you will discover land and riverscapes few have ever seen. Before heading out, logical questions should include: “Is the river I am walking safe?” and, of course, “Am I trespassing on private property on my hike?” A river’s

safety will vary with the weather. Generally speaking ice will be thicker with several days of below-freezing temperatures, with cold winters giving us the sturdiest walkways. Spring-fed lakes are of concern as the ice is continually aerated and weakened. However, the webbing of a snowshoe aids in displacing the weight of the wearer, giving a greater range on thinner ice. Before you head up that river, check a local map or plat book for information on the land you are entering. Much of the land that rivers run through is public or owned by non-profit groups that can guide you to places to park and access the river for the most enjoyable trek. Walking up rivers is legal because they are technically public property. According to Christie Rodgers of the Department of Natural Resources, “As long as you are on water or ice, you are not trespassing.” Wisconsin water rights state that any natural lake is state property, even if private property abuts the lake or waterway. Before I headed out, Christie advised me to go with the rule of “keeping your feet wet.” Little did she know that one of my feet would comply entirely. Staying below a high-water mark will keep any trekker from trespassing; yet, if needed, hikers may go around an obstruction with the most minimally intrusive path. This law was put into place for kayakers and canoeists but also protects those seeking a winter trek. The river or creek needs to be navigable to make it permissible for a hike. This means that at least once a year a small watercraft such as a kayak can navigate the river. It also must have a defined bed and bank and, interestingly, Christie noted that if a river should dry up, a hiker would be trespassing as landowners own the riverbeds. Come winter the Door peninsula is as blustery as it is inviting. Its bluffs flourish with winter beauty that is not diminished with the season, but rather transformed. The winds and snow that buffet the peninsula continually sculpt and shape the ever-changing landscape weekly, if not daily. Donning a pair of snowshoes provides a break from the commonplace seen from our homes, hotels and car windows. Gone are the gray streets and slushy din from traffic. Stepping onto frozen rivers and park trails provides a glimpse into a stillness in areas of land that remain remote despite the county’s popularity.

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A Snowshoer’s Experience I parked my truck on the road and headed toward the creek. At this point near the road the creek was running free with no snow or ice in it. Soon around the next bend, where the slope receded, all became a soft dark ice with a frosty, crunchy layer of snow covered by fresh heavier snow. It was my hope that my oversized snowshoes would displace my weight upon the unknown thickness of Riebold Creek. Shortly into the trek the remnants of a meal appeared. The hard brown tail of a large rough fish may have been a meal for even more than one beaver. The beaver left a long flat swath through the adjacent woods and back again on the river along its banks. Even with the support of my snowshoes I was envious of the beaver’s agility in such rugged terrain. Continuing upriver, the bank that was thick with trees opened in either direction to a frozen marsh. The river split and with it my certainty of the way to Mud Lake, as I was using the headwaters of this creek as my path. I then remembered the forecasted winds of north/northeast, 10-15 knots. The clouds told me the way to Mud Lake. The sky was blanketed by fast moving cumulus clouds from the northeast; their heavy bases were gray with a tinge of blue. A line of conifers met this foreboding sky and, as I grew closer, distinguished themselves as pine, cedar and spruce with birch blending into the softwood forest, peppering it with their black and white starkness. Now the river and its banks were spread out with 75 yards of open land between the frozen stream and the woods. Old decaying trees marked

where foliage once thrived - lone sentinels of an unknown species slowly moving back to the earth. After trekking upstream the ice became dark and so I walked as close to the bank as I could, trying to judge the high-water mark that would be swelling this stream in the upcoming spring. I heard and felt a large crack, hollow and deep. Stepping up lightly, I quickly caught the high-water mark I was imagining. Continuing in this fashion, avoiding the craggy ground, I sought the smooth surface of what I thought would be thicker ice as I moved further upstream where the water’s rush would presumably lighten. Walking the edge again I pushed too far; my snowshoe and boot hit the cold water of the slushy bank, covered with snow. The next bend revealed a wider separation of tree line as this marshy land opened wider still. Mud Lake was now on the northern horizon. The ice thickened and trekking even on this small lake proportioned my significance in this vast landscape. Heeding the warnings that Mud Lake was spring fed with inconsistent ice thickness, I stood in respect of its danger and took in the world around me. The wind continued to blow; it felt like I could reach out and touch the fast moving clouds that were the day’s ceiling. No human structures were in sight other than an occasional wooden duck blind on my retreat back downriver. My winter day had been fulfilled by yet another experiential answer to the questions I often pose around a crackling fire – what would it be like to walk up that creek…to that lake?

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Connecting Two Worlds The Washington Island Ferry Line By Myles Dannhausen, Jr.

The distance from Northport pier, on the northern tip of the Door peninsula, to Washington Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Detroit Harbor is just a few miles, but in so many ways the two may as well be worlds apart.

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Captain Erik Foss during a 2004 winter snowstorm.

Between the shores run the foreboding waters of Deathâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Door, which earned its moniker in the days when sailing vessels lacked the power and technology to maneuver as they do today. Yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just the waters of Lake Michigan that separate the two worlds, nor the

dangerous shoals lurking beneath them. Somewhere in the vaunted expanse lie so many of the conveniences and connections that those of us on the mainland take for granted and Washington Island residents have chosen to leave behind.

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medicine. We bring the freight that keeps businesses going, so we need to be dependable and on time.” Jepson’s first vessel, a wooden boat christened the WISCONSIN, could scarcely pass for a ferry by today’s standards, but it was a start. When he began using it as a car ferry in 1923, it carried just four autos, one big and three small. Soon he would expand his service with a new boat, the WELCOME, nearly doubling his capacity to seven cars, but still little compared to what we recognize today.

Carl G. Richter, for whom the first winter ferry was named, shown here at the wheel, worked into his late 70s as a ferry captain.

The lone tie to the mainland is the Washington Island Ferry Line, which has transported people and cars between the shores for 82 years. Some moved to the island to escape the congestion of the city, while others were never compelled to leave, but to maintain their treasured isolation they rely on the constant connection the ferry line provides, according to ferry captain and town supervisor Joel Gunnlaugson, “It is the lifeline to Washington Island.” The line operates five vessels, with ferries leaving every half hour in the peak summer season and making at least 10 trips daily from May through October. Visitors may think of the ferry as mere transportation, a way to get oneself to the island and for some of the 700 or so Washington Island residents to reach the mainland. But the ferry brings much more to island residents. “Everything you can think of comes on the ferry. Construction supplies, the mail, prescription medicine,” Gunnlaugson said. “We’ve even taken modular homes across.”

In those early days, much was different about the ferry experience. Cars were loaded on wooden planks and tied down to the deck. Paging through the pictures in Purinton’s 1990 book, Over and Back, one can’t help but question the structural integrity of some of the wooden piers used at the time. The line grew under Jepson, but for most of the first half of the century winter crossings of Death’s Door were sporadic at best. When the ice came, people and supplies had to venture over it, not through it – a risky proposition. Over the years, there were many close calls, and at least one tragedy in 1935. Five young men who had gone to Ellison Bay to play a basketball game were returning late at night, driving over the ice. They lost their way, broke through the ice and drowned. One of the men, John Cornell, was the brother of Arni’s future wife, Mary, and Purinton said the tragedy was a driving force in Arni’s efforts to provide better winter transportation. So when Jepson finally sold the line to the Richters after providing 17 years of pioneering service, one of their earliest goals was to build a winter ferry. The father and son would add the first steel-hulled ship, the GRIFFIN, to the original

Since 1940, when Carl Richter and his son Arni bought the ferry line from founder Bill Jepson, this lifeline has been operated by the Richter family. Today, Arni’s stepson, Richard Purinton, is the company’s president. Asked if there’s a great deal of pride in administering such an important service, he offered a different word. “There’s pride,” Purinton said. “But the best word to describe it, I think, would be more of a responsibility. It’s a high-profile business I guess. Everyone’s daily life on the island is impacted by it. We bring food, products, mail and Ferry crewman Ken Berggren. 46 Door County Living Winter 2005/2006

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wooden ferries in 1946, and the isolation of winter life on the island was relieved, at least a little. In addition to its steel hull, the GRIFFIN had more power and more weight than any of the line’s previous ferries, and it brought some consistency to winter service with its ability to plow through the ice. Yet even with the GRIFFIN and the subsequent launch of the C.G. RICHTER four years later, captaining vessels through the ice wasn’t an easy task. “In the old boat [the C.G. RICHTER], you were always at the mercy of the ice,” said Captain Ken Berggren. “If you got caught in it, you could get swept far off course and into shallow waters or out into the lake.” Purinton agreed, noting that the always-moving ice can change radically from one day to another. Where it’s two feet thick one day it will be broken up the next, he said. “Ice can work in our favor by knocking down the seas, but it can also be dangerous if you get caught in it when it’s moving two to three knots,” he The Arni J. Richter moves through the explained. “It’s the early winter ice. scariest situation you can have because you don’t have control.” Kathleen Sorensen, a 28-year island resident, is a fairly frequent ferry passenger, and said the winter trips can be humbling. “When you’re cutting through the ice, you realize the power of the boat and especially the power of the ice,” she said. “When the ice is flowing, it’s the boss, and you really get a sense of diminished importance.” With the addition of the newest ferry, the ARNI J. RICHTER in 2003, those worries largely disappeared, making the icy trek a little more fun for the captain and his passengers. “I wait all summer for the ice to come,” Gunnlaugson said. “That ice might be in a big 10 foot by 10 foot chunk when you hit it, and when it comes out behind you it’s small enough to put in a martini glass.” Purinton said the building of the break-wall at Northport Pier in 1994 greatly improved docking safety, and shortened many winter trips. “There were times in the winter when you would make it across in 45 minutes, but it would take

two hours to go the last couple hundred yards to the pier,” he said. “The ice would be packed into the pier and driven down to the bottom and was tough to plow through.”

Photo by CWO Jim Condra.

In the C.G. RICHTER and the GRIFFIN, trips could be long and weary. “There were times it could take six to eight hours to get across,” Gunnlaugson said. “So people came prepared with lunches and board games. There were a lot of cards played in those days.” Sorensen said her longest trip was three hours. “It wasn’t too bad,” she said. “I usually just brought a pillow and took a nap.” By contrast, “The ARNI J. RICHTER changed the experience a lot,” Purinton said. “It’s a lot heavier for operation in the ice and it can handle 18 vehicles. And you don’t have those real long trips.” He summed up the difference between the ARNI and the C.G. as “like going from driving an old VW Bug to a luxury car.” The new boat has twin 1,000 horsepower engines and weighs about 280 tons, a far cry from Jepson’s WISCONSIN, which was powered by just one 60 horsepower engine. The power of the ARNI J. RICHTER enabled the line to add a second winter run last year, allowing Island residents to go the mainland to shop or visit the doctor and return the same day. In the old boats, they made just one run per day, so folks would have to stay the night. Purinton said the boat is usually near full capacity most of the winter. “There are days we have just a couple of riders,” he laments. “But there’s always somebody who needs to get across. Plus, there’s the mail and freight in the morning and UPS in the afternoon. Like so many businesses in the county, we’re open year round, but we depend on the summer months to stay in business. The winter is a losing proposition, even with the new ferry capacity. The more you go out means more expense, more exposure to conditions and more wear and tear.” Purinton said he thinks they have a pretty good track record for being on time, and Sorensen agreed. “With the new boat you hardly ever get delayed or canceled,” she said. “There’s always a chance if the wind is blowing just right, but it doesn’t happen often.” For some, the dependability of the ferry’s service is especially important, as longtime visitor and recent immigrant to the island Jim Goodwin explained. “I’ve got

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But Goodwin, like many others, said he rarely leaves the island. “There are a lot that probably don’t leave the island once all year,” he said. “I’ve heard stories of men who were drafted into WWII and it was the first time they ever left the island. You just get used to it up here.”

But as much as they look forward to visiting for a day or a weekend, the idea of island life remains an enigma to most, and taking that vital ferry home is a return to civilization. For islanders, the perspective is much different.

For mainlanders, the ferry is a big part of any trip to the island. In the summer months, they might find themselves sharing the open air of the top deck with curious children pointing wide-eyed at the expansive lake or staring in awe at

Fortunately, the dependability of the Washington Island Ferry Line means people can have it their way, without getting stuck on either side.

On days with rougher seas, kids can be seen making a game of getting splashed by the waves as they crash over the front of the ship deck. For little-league baseball players, the annual game against the Islanders is the season highlight, and it still is when they’re playing in the Door County men’s baseball league ten or so years later.

“Now that we have two ferries a day in winter, some people complain because it brings more visitors,” Goodwin said. “The isolation up here is beyond the comprehension of a lot of people. They’re afraid of getting stuck up here. For me, the only time it bothers me is if I’m stuck on the other side, on the mainland.”

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While quaint summer cottages and condominium conveniences appeal to many seasonal residents of the peninsula, for others, there’s simply no place like “home” – away from home that is. A condo is often where it all starts, the day-dreaming, that is, the constant dreaming about the “perfect Door County home.” For Bob Murphy, it began when he was five years old with the family vacations on the peninsula. When Bob and wife Linda began a family of their own, they continued visiting regularly. The Murphy family resides primarily in Lake Forest, Illinois, and purchased their vacation condominium in 1987 – but always fantasized of owning a vacation home that could provide the perfect setting for their growing family. “It was always our dream to own a piece of property here,” says Linda. “Each time we visited, we were looking at land, but we stayed in the condo for quite awhile before we found what we wanted.” What they found was a three-acre piece of land in Egg Harbor’s Horseshoe Bay development. Bob loves golf. Linda wanted to relax. She didn’t want to spend her vacations driving the kids around. Horseshoe Bay seemed to be the perfect fit, with a fantastic course and plenty of amenities. Now it was time to begin planning the “perfect home.” The Murphys had found the ideal site for their vacation home, but wanted to be sure that it would suit their family, as well as accommodate any guests who might want to visit. As Linda said, “There’s always a full house. We have four children aged 11, 13, 15, and 17 and they usually bring

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The time was right to create a house plan and the Murphys turned to Hugh Mulliken of Ephraim, who has been designing residences and commercial properties since 1971. “When I design a home, I learn a lot about the people who will be living in it, and the specifics of their lifestyle,” Mulliken says. “Then I design around that information. The Murphys were looking for a custom home with very specific accommodations. It’s a summer home, and how this home would be used needed to influence the design. There are two separately functioning areas. Downstairs, mom and dad have their own space – and upstairs, the kids and guests have privacy.”

“I’m a homebuilder in Chicago, and I know how hard that kind of promise is to deliver,” says Bob. “Construction was finished in only nine months, and the craftsmanship is phenomenal.” Tom Sherry, a Van’s salesperson who worked closely with the Murphys, says the important thing is that the project met his customer’s lifestyle needs. “They’re a young, growing, active family. Though it’s beautiful, their home is not simply a showplace, but a real, livable home that fits the way it’s being used perfectly.”

As a result, the house features an open floor plan, with an expansive great room/family room, and a dining room, kitchen, and master suite on the first floor. There are four bedrooms upstairs; two featuring their own ‘Jack and Jill’ baths. For alternative recreational space to the first-floor family room, there’s also an upstairs game room. It all adds up to a layout that meets the needs of a busy family on vacation. Mulliken has worked on a number of homes with Van’s Lumber & Custom Builders over the years, and says, “To make a successful home, several things come into the equation. The first is the builder...their carpenters do things exactly as I specify.” The Murphys chose to work with Van’s because they offered competitive pricing and good value — and could meet the deadline. Van’s promised a

Not only does the Murphy home fit its inhabitants, but also the Door County environment. Commenting on the use of cedar shingles on the exterior and limestone on the patio, Mulliken says, “The blend of materials on the exterior has the demeanor of a home that’s been in Door County for quite awhile. When you walk into it, you see the view through trees. You aren’t looking at denuded bluffs.” Inside, many details echo the palette outdoors. A limestone fireplace in the great room spans the 18 feet from floor to ceiling, with a wrought iron hearth door and an old barn beam mantle to add homespun charm. Bob comments, “As part-time residents, it’s not always easy to have the feeling of home, but I think that keeping all of our specific needs in mind, and tailoring the home to fit into this environment really helped us to achieve that feeling.”

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Hill 17 on the Peninsula State Park course offers golfers a gorgeous treetop view to tee off from. As one drives into the park from the Ephraim entrance, the golf course presents itself immediately to the right, but to the left there’s nothing but a forest of trees. Shortly thereafter, driving to the golf course parking lot, an opening on the left reveals the famous Hill 17 – green, tall (for Door County) and majestic. Versatile, as well.

Come first snowfall, golfers find themselves chased away by little kids head to toe in winter garb, hoisting sleds behind their pillowy masses. As a local kid I remember meeting other families at the hill with a toboggan and two orange plastic sleds with steering ropes. Layers of warm snow-resistant clothing were velcroed to my little sister and me. Moon boots lined with plastic grocery bags were supposed to keep our feet dry. Other children, equally wrapped in padded gear, brought discs while others had inner-tubes. Moms carried thermoses of hot chocolate or hot apple cider and cameras. Dads

carried the sleds and us kids when our legs got too tired to climb back up to the top. Little kids think Hill 17 is a mountain. It seemed to take forever to work those little legs all the way to the starting point. Once at the top, however, we’d scurry to set ourselves up in the perfect positions, doubling up on sleds with feet hooked under someone else’s elbows or whatever seemed temporarily secure. Just when someone shouted, “Wait! I’m not ready!” it was too late and the shove sent the frigid pile-up of snowsuits down the long, wide-open hill. Eyelids peeled backward. Cheeks burned from the

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chilly wind. Stomachs flew up to the throat and fluttered. Everyone screamed, “Aaagh!” A few bumps, a wee bit of air, another bump, and then everyone tumbled out of the sled, rolling barrel-style the rest of the way. Every once in a while a kid on a disk would actually make it down into the trees with pride. As a young adult, I remember the evening a friend of mine got the crazy idea to take a surfboard down Hill 17. Just a little wax job and two cars full of friends could all jump in on this new winter sport. I think there were about seven of us in on this hair-brained excursion. First of all, it didn’t take nearly as long to climb up to the top as I had remembered from childhood, but it was still a good glute workout. Not all of us could fit on the board, but we tried.

We eventually managed to painfully pile about four bodies Twister-style onto this California ride. We could have used a Saint Bernard to pull us, or a snowmobile for that matter. It was the slowest, most excruciatingly dull creep down a hill I’ve ever been duped into – the board stuck. Meanwhile, out of sheer stubborness, the heavier people on top of me continued to hope we’d suddenly fly, while my arms proceeded to lose all circulation. Not a worthy sacrifice, but it’s a memory and it had to happen on Hill 17. Come April, active kids cling to their sleds, hoping they can get one last snow day. Meanwhile golfers polish their pitching wedges, watching the morning news, hoping for the earliest excuse to get back on the course.

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ON YOUR PLATE BY SAM PERLMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN EGGERT

A Restaurant for All Seasons Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar

A sage is defined as “one venerated for experience, judgment and wisdom.” Mitch Wise, chef and owner of Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar in downtown Sturgeon Bay, despite the obvious pun on his own last name, is a restaurateur who certainly isn’t lacking in any one of those characteristics.

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Located on Third Avenue, Sage Wine Bar & Restaurant features a welcoming atmosphere that fills its own niche in Sturgeon Bay. Photo by Dan Eggert.

Sage, which opened in 1998, is the only intimate, urbanstyle restaurant in Door County’s only city. Located in the heart of Sturgeon Bay’s busy Third Avenue downtown shopping district, the restaurant occupies the former home of the Ace record shop. Wise says he was attracted to the building for two reasons: “the location and the floor.” The funky linoleum was all that Wise retained before designing and creating his intimate dining room and bar area. “When I first opened, there were people who said I was crazy for trying to do fine dining in Sturgeon Bay, and said I wouldn’t last a year.” Wise is pleased to have bucked the predictions of the naysayers and survived to continually offer his patrons a unique dining experience in Sturgeon Bay for more than eight years. Mitch Wise is a DePere native who owned a Green Bay restaurant, La Bonne Femme on Washington Street, for six years before moving to Sturgeon Bay and opening Sage. His restaurant experience goes even farther back: “I’ve been a dishwasher in some form or another since I was fifteen,” he says. Although the food business was in his blood from an early age, Wise was a pre-med undergraduate student, studying biology and chemistry at St. Norbert College. Still, he says he knew that being involved in the restaurant business is what he always wanted to do. The dining experience Wise created in Sturgeon Bay is one of casual elegance. The small dining room seats 55, and the bustle and traffic of Third Avenue is buffered from

the tables by a bar area dominated by a piano in the front window and a generous seating area. The Asian-influenced décor sets a simple yet modern, sophisticated mood. Wise is quick to point out that the dining room can be reserved for private functions and has even hosted intimate weddings and other small events. The menu at Sage changes with the seasons, and has changed considerably since the opening in 1998. “When we first opened, the menu was more California-style cuisine,” what Wise describes as “cleaner foods” with less fat. He says the menu now reflects the changes that have taken place in American eating habits over the past few years, and labels his menu contemporary American–style cuisine. Wise says the current menu reflects his many diverse influences, and combines French and Californian styles with a healthy touch of other ethnic foods. Following the trend of many fine dining restaurants worldwide, Wise endeavors to use as many local sources as possible for his kitchen, especially seeking out local produce during the summer months. Appetizers, known as �First Flavors,� can include a chicken liver moose paté with cognac smoked salmon ravioli with a lemon, caper and dill sauce; a smoked duck and brie quesadilla with pineapple/fig salsa; and crab cakes with cucumber relish and spicy avocado mayonnaise, which Wise says is a particularly popular dish that can always be found on the menu. Winter 2005/2006 Door County Living 61

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Patrons sample a few of the restaurant’s twenty wines served by the glass. Photo by Dan Eggert.

Sage also features an assortment of gourmet pizzas, including portabella mushroom with caramelized onion and goat cheese; a seafood white pizza with shrimp, scallops, asparagus, tomato and red onion in a gorgonzola cream sauce; and a Mediterranean-style pizza that combines olive tapenade, pesto, artichokes, tomato, capers and Greek gyro meat to eloquently capture many of the region’s flavors all at once. Featured main courses at Sage are also seasonal, but Wise says certain favorites like the fillet mignon with blue cheese, cognac and Dijon mustard sauce are always available. Other entrée highlights are the vegetarian-friendly goat cheese and roasted tomato ravioli, and the spicy Thai pineapple shrimp curry served with jasmine rice. The wine list at Sage is updated yearly and features an eclectic mix of California, Oregon and European wines. The offerings highlight a number of mostly smaller wineries, and are not dominated by any one winemaking area, a fact that Wise cites with pride. Sage also features ten different bottles from the local Stone’s Throw Winery, which earns its own entire page of the list. Sage features more than twenty wines available to sample by the glass, which is a fairly large number for any type of restaurant. Wise says the single glass option is based on his perception that drinking habits have changed over the years, along with eating preferences. He notes that his patrons now choose to try different wines throughout an evening, rather than purchasing one bottle for an entire meal. He also says that diners are simply not drinking as much. One issue Wise is struggling to overcome is the misperception that Sage is too formal for Sturgeon Bay. He suggests that patrons can come to the restaurant in blue

jeans, hang out on the overstuffed couch and enjoy an appetizer and a glass of wine. He insists that his restaurant is not stuffy: “A visit to Sage does not need to be an event,” he says. Wise notes that Sturgeon Bay is a very different market than Northern Door County. For one thing, Sage is open six days a week year round, seven days a week during the summer season. He says his establishment couldn’t close in winter, as some Northern Door restaurants do, because Sage doesn’t get the seasonal influx of business in summer. He insists that he likes the year round pace of Sturgeon Bay; he says he wouldn’t want to be so dependent on seasonal traffic. One advantage to his year round schedule is his ability to provide continuous employment for his professional staff (“no college kids”), which numbers ten during the summer and drops down to eight during winter. While Wise prefers to spend most of his time in the kitchen, he is able to leave the front-of-house operations to the rest of his team. “I‘ve got a great staff,” he brags. Wise especially enjoys the downtown location of his restaurant, and appreciates the diversity of other dining establishments nearby. “Everyone fills a niche along the street,” he says, describing his fellow Third Avenue restaurants. “We’re fine dining. The Inn at Cedar Crossing and Dal Santos are more family places.” Without Mitch Wise and Sage, the Sturgeon Bay restaurant scene would be missing a key element. Menus and more information about Sage Restaurant & Wine Bar can be found online at www.SageDoorCounty. com.

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• • • DINING IN DOOR COUNTY

Restaurant guide

Restaurants are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change. Contact individual restaurants for hours of operation. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Restaurants are encouraged to e-mail us with up-to-date information at: dining@dcliv.com.

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Andre’s Food & Spirits 23 W. Oak St., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4179 $$ B D L ÂT Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill 129 N. Madison Ave., Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-8300

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Bluefront Café 306 S. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-9218 $ BW

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Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course 5905 Dunn Rd, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4222 www.golfdoorcounty.com $$$ Â{ J B L D (T Dal Santo Trattoria 147 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-6100 $$ BW D (T

Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9460 $$$ Â{ J D (T First Avenue Pier Restaurant & Pub 107 N 1st St, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-0700 www.stoneharbor-resort.com $$$$ Â{ J B L D (T Gilmo’s Bar & Bistro Wavepoint Marina Resort 3600 County CC, Sturgeon Bay (920) 824-5440

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Idlewild Pub & Grill 4146 Golf Valley Drive, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5630 The Inn At Cedar Crossing 336 Louisiana St, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4200 www.innatcedarcrossing.com $$$ ÂB L D (T Java on Jefferson 232 N. 5th Ave., Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-1719

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Leathem Smith Lodge 1640 Memorial Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5555 www.leathemsmithlodge.com $$$ ÂD (T Mandarin Garden 512 S. Lansing Ave, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9122 $$ BW L D

Mill Supper Club 4128 Hwy 42/57 N, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5044 $$ ÂD (T My Sister’s Café 325 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-1991 Neighborhood Pub & Grill 1407 Egg Harbor Road, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-7018

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Landmark Resort Restaurant 7643 Hillside Rd, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3205 www.thelandmarkresort.com

Sonny’s Pizzeria 43 N. Madison, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2300

Laurie’s Country Calf-A 614 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 743-5502

Sunset Bar & Grill 3810 Rileys Point Rd, Sturgeon Bay (920) 824-5130 $ Â{ J D (T

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Carlsville Roadhouse 5790 Hwy 42, Carlsville (920) 743-4966 $ÂLD

Casey’s Inn 7855 Hwy 42 Egg Harbor (920) 868-3038 $$$ ÂB L D (T Cupola Café Hwy. 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2354 $

Perry’s Cherry Diner 230 Michigan St., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-9910 $BLD

Schartner’s on the Shore 4680 Bay Shore Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-2421

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Grant’s Olde Stage Station 7778 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3247

ÂL D (T Hof Restaurant at the Alpine Resort 7715 Alpine Rd, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3000 www.alpineresort.com $$$ ÂJ B D ( Katy Rose Provisions 7821 Horseshoe Bay Rd., Egg Harbor (920) 868-9010 $ LD

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$ J B L D (T The Orchards at Egg Harbor 8125 Elm Rd, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2483 orchardsateggharbor.com $ BW B L Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2767 shipwreckedmicrobrew.com $$$ Â{ J L D Trio Restaurant Hwy 42 & County E, Egg Harbor (920) 868-2090 $$$ BW D The Village Café 7918 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor (920) 868-3342 $ BW

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The Vineyard Restaurant & Wine Bar 5806 Hwy 42, Carlsville (920) 743-9463 $$$$ BW D (

Waterview Pub & Grill 7821 Horseshoe Bay Rd., Egg Harbor (920) 868-9200 $ BW

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Jacksonport Door Off Broadway Dinner Theatre 5890 Hwy 57, south of Jacksonport (920) 823-2899 $$$$ ÂD ( Mike’s Port Pub & Grill 6269 Hwy 57, Jacksonport (920) 823-2081 $ ÂJ D

Mr. G’s Supper Club 5890 Hwy 57, south of

Jacksonport (920) 823-2112 $$ ÂJ D

Square Rigger Galley 6332 Hwy 57, Jacksonport (920) 823-2404 $ ÂB L Sweet Lou’s 6301 Hwy 57, Jacksonport (920) 823-2182 $$$ Â D

Town Hall Bakery 6225 Hwy 57, Jacksonport (920) 823-2116

Baileys Harbor The Blue Ox 8051 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2771 $ ÂL D

The Common House Restaurant 8041 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2708 $$$ÂJ D ( Coyote Roadhouse 3026 County E, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9192 $$ Â{ J L D

Custard’s Last Stan 8080 Hwy. 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9999 Espresso Lane 8037 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2647 $

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Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9999 www.harborfishmarket-grille.com $$$$ ÂL D (T Highland Club at Maxwelton Braes 7670 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2321 www.maxwelton-braes.com $$$ ÂL D (T P C Junction 7898 County A, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2048 $ BW

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Sandpiper Restaurant 8166 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2528 $

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Weisgerber’s Cornerstone Pub & Restaurant 8123 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-9001 $$ ÂJ L D

Yum Yum Tree 8054 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2993 $LD

Fish Creek Bayside Tavern Main Street, Fish Creek (920) 868-3441 $ ÂL D

Blue Horse Bistro & Espresso 4158 Main St., Fish Creek (920)868-1471 $

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C & C Supper Club 4170 Main St, Fish Creek (920) 868-3412 $$$ ÂJ D (T The Cookery, Inc 4135 S. Main Street, Fish Creek (920) 868-3634 www.cookeryfishcreek.com $$ BW J B L D T Since 1977, the Cookery has been offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner to Door County. Open daily through October and winter weekends, the Cookery also offers many great tastes to go – including old-fashioned caramel rolls, cinnamon rolls,

scones, muffins, and breads as well as a selection of pies. Inquire about nightly specials. Digger’s Grill & Pizza 4023 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-3095 $

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English Inn 3713 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-3076 Gibraltar Grill 3993 Main St., Fish Creek (920) 868-4745

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Greenwood Supper Club Intersection of County A & County F, Fish Creek (920) 839-2451 $$$ ÂJ D

Mr. Helsinki 4164 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-9898 $$$ BW

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Pelletier’s Restaurant Founder’s Square, Fish Creek (920) 868-3313 $$ BW Â{ J B L D ( Portofino 3931 Hwy 42, Fish Creek (920) 868-2255 $$$ Â J D (T Stillwater’s by the Bay 4149 Main St, Fish Creek (920) 868-9962 $

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Summertime Restaurant 1 N Spruce St, Fish Creek (920) 868-3738 www.thesummertime.com $$$ BW J B L D ( Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, Terry Bolland and his staff welcome you to the Summertime, and promise to do everything possible to make your visit with us an enjoyable experience.

White Gull Inn 4225 Main St, Fish Creek (920) 868-3517 www.whitegullinn.com $$$$ BW J B L D (T Serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, and traditional fish boils -- picture yourselves on our patio, watching freshly caught Lake Michigan whitefish being cooked before your eyes over an open bonfire. Breakfast open to the public, as are lunch and dinner -- our chefs use only the freshest of produce and other ingredients, preparing each meal carefully to order.

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Old Post Office Restaurant 10040 Water Street, Ephraim (920) 854-2734 www.edge-waterresort.com $BD( Second Story Restaurant 10018 Hwy 42, Ephraim (920) 854-2371 www.ephraimshores.com $$ J B L D ( Sonny’s Pizzeria 9922 Hwy 42, Ephraim (920)854-2700 $

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Summer Kitchen 10425 Water St, Ephraim (920) 854-2131 $$

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Wilson’s Restaurant 9990 Water St, Ephraim (920) 854-2041 $

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Sister Bay Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant 702 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2626 $$ BW J B L D

Alexander’s 11000 Hwy 42, Sister Bay (920) 854-7972 $$$ Â{ J D (T Specializing in Seafood, Steaks, Contemporary Cuisine, Catering, & Special Events (fully licensed & insured). Lounge opens at 5pm. Sunday Brunch 9:30 – 1pm. Beanie’s Mexican American Restaurant 534 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-6875 $ BW

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Carroll House 645 S. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-7997 $JBL Moretti’s 517 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-6610 $ BW

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Door County Ice Cream Factory 11051 Hwy 42 in Sister Bay (920) 854-9693 $

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Drink Coffee 415 N. Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-1155 $

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Fred & Fuzzy’s Waterfront Bar & Grill 360 Little Sister Rd, Sister Bay (920) 854-6699 www.LittleSisterResort.com $ Â{ J L D Husby’s Food & Spirits 400 Maple Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2624 $ Â{ J B L D

The Inn At Kristofer’s 734 Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-9419 www.innatkristofers.com $$$$ BW D (T

JJ’s/La Puerta Restaurant 10961 Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-4513 $ Â{ J L D

Mission Grille Intersection of Hwy 42 & 57, Sister Bay (920) 854-9070 www.missiongrille.com $$$$ Â{ J L D (T Exceptional Cuisine, Fine Spirits, Gourmet Magazine Selection, Wine Spectator Award Past Six Years. Northern Grill & Pizza 321 Country Walk Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-9590 $ Â{ J L D T The Northern Grill, located across from the Piggly Wiggly in Sister Bay, offers a selection of steaks, seafood, pizza, pasta, salads and more. With an arcade and a full bar, it’s the place for great food and fun! Patio Motel & Restaurant 200 Orchard Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-1978 $

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Sister Bay Café 611 N Bay Shore Dr, Sister Bay (920) 854-2429 www.solbjorg.com $$ BW

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Rowleys Bay (920) 854-2385 www.wagontrail.com $$ Â B L D ( T. Ashwell’s 11976 Mink River Rd, Ellison Bay (920) 854-4306 $$$$ Â{ J D (T The Viking Grill 12029 Hwy 42, Ellison Bay (920) 854-2998 door-county-fish-boil.com $ ÂJ B L D

Gills Rock/ Northport GT Coffee 12625 Highway 42, Gills Rock (920) 854-9907 www.GalleryTen.com $BLT Northport Pier Restaurant 215 Hwy 42, Northport Dock (920) 854-4146 www.wisferry.com LD Shoreline Restaurant 12747 Hwy 42, Gills Rock (920) 854-2606 www.theshorelineresort.com $$$ BW J L D

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Lodging guide

Featured Accommodation:

Harbor Guest House

Spending a weekend, week, month or season at the Harbor Guest House on the Fish Creek waterfront is the next best thing to owning your own waterfront home in Door County. The Harbor Guest House offers visitors a luxurious and home-like experience with seven fully-appointed waterfront apartments that all have an incredible view of the Peninsula State Park shoreline and the waters of Green Bay. The sunrises

over the park and the sunsets into the waters of Green Bay can be enjoyed from the patios, balconies, or living rooms of each apartment. With fully-equipped kitchens and living areas, comfortable furnishings, fieldstone fireplaces, cable TV, high-speed wireless Internet, and linen services, the Harbor Guest House is an excellent place to relax and enjoy Door County. The Harbor Guest House was built on the waterfront of

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the Fish Creek harbor in the early 1900s as a Tudor-style carriage house for an adjacent estate. In 1984 its interior was converted into six apartments. The exterior of the house was maintained in its historical state. The Alibi Marina was also established on this site with an additional apartment unit above the marina office that has a spacious deck overlooking the marina. The marina offers 25 transient boat slips that can be reserved if guests wish to either tow a boat or arrive via water. The Harbor Guest House is conveniently located in the heart of Fish Creek within walking distance from excellent shopping and dining locations. Guests enjoy the setting year round by boating, cooking out and relaxing on the waterfront in the warm months, overlooking Peninsula State Park as the leaves change in the fall, and warming up in front of the fieldstone fireplace in the winter. Fish Creek has many shops and restaurants that remain open year

round and Peninsula State Park has miles of trails for hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling that take travelers past water vistas, bluffs, hardwood forests, cedar swamps, and two state natural areas. Beyond the spectacular water view, comfortable antique furnishings and central location, the Harbor Guest House offers a unique experience in that it has the hospitality and warmth of the most intimate bed and breakfast, but the privacy of an individual apartment unit. Additionally, the level of service is evident in the fact that over 80 percent of the reservations are made by return guests. Many of these are second and even third generation families that have chosen the Harbor Guest House as their vacation home. The Harbor Guest House is one of Door County’s bestkept secrets because of the spectacular waterfront view, convenient location and gracious hospitality. Keep it in mind for all seasons.

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• • • STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY Lodging facilities are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change. We encourage readers to contact these establishments for more specific information. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Innkeepers are encouraged to e-mail us with up-to-date information at: lodging@doorcountyliving.com.

Bed & Breakfasts BAILEYS HARBOR Blacksmith Inn 8152 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9222 $115-$275 16 Rms., In-Room Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Comp. Cont. Breakfast The Inn at Windmill Farm 3829 Fairview Rd (920) 868-9282 $110-$125 3 Rooms, Smoke Free, Common Room with Fireplace & Library, Comp. Full Breakfast The New Yardley Inn 3360 County E (920) 839-9487 $105-$150 3 Rooms, InRoom Fireplace & Whirlpool, Comp. Full Breakfast

EGG HARBOR Door County Lighthouse Inn B & B 4639 Orchard Rd (920) 868-9088 $105-$175 5 Rms., In-Room Whirlpool, Private Deck, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Comp. Full Breakfast The Feathered Star 6202 Hwy 42 (920) 743-4066 $110-$130 6 Rms., Wheelchair Accessible, Common Area Whirlpool, TV/VCR, Refrigerator, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Inn 7791 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2767 $69 - $129 8 Rms., Restaurant, Non-Smoking Rooms

ELLISON BAY Hotel Disgarden B & B 12013 Hwy 42, Ellison Bay (920) 854-9888 $65 - $125 7 Units On a Lake, Smoke-Free, TV-VCR, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Delivered to Room

EPHRAIM Eagle Harbor Inn 9914 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2121 $69-$237 41 Units Ltd. Food Service, Indoor Pool & Sauna, In-Room Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Mtg. Rooms, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities

The Ephraim Inn 9994 Pioneer Ln (920) 854-4515 $110-$195 3 Rms., SmokeFree, Comp. Full Breakfast French Country Inn of Ephraim 3052 Spruce Lane (920) 854-4001 $65-$100 7 Rooms, Common Area Fireplace, Smoke Free, Comp. Breakfast The Hillside Inn of Ephraim 9980 Hwy 42 (866) 673-8456 $190-$275 7 Units, Private Fireplaces & Balconies, TV/ DVD, CD, Computer Hookup, Comp. Cont. Breakfast The Juniper Inn B & B N9432 Maple Grove Dr (920) 839-2629 $85 - $195 4 Rooms, InRoom Fireplace & Whirlpool, TV/VCR, Comp. Full Breakfast Village Green Lodge Cedar Street (920) 854-2515 $85-$170 18 Rms., Ltd. Food Service, Outdoor Pool, In-Room Whirlpool & Fireplace, Cable /Movies, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast

FISH CREEK Thorp House Inn & Cottages 4135 Bluff Ln (920) 868-2444 $75-$215 12 Units, InRoom Fireplace & Whirlpool, TV/VCR, Comp. Breakfast, Rooms, Cottages & Beach House The Whistling Swan Hotel 4192 Main St (920) 868-3442 $135 - $185 7 Rms., Restaurant/Lounge/Bar/ Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast White Gull Inn 4225 Main St (920) 868-3517 $136-$265 18 Rms/Units, Restaurant, In-Room Whirlpool & Fireplace, Cable/Movies, Smoke-Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Comp. Full Breakfast

JACKSONPORT Harbor House Inn 12666 Hwy 42 (920) 854-5196 $69 - $199 15 Units Ltd. Food Service, In-Room Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Sauna, Cable/Movies, Wheelchair Accessible, Comp. Cont. Breakfast, Pets with Approval, Kitchen Facilities Whitefish Bay Farm 3831 Clark Lake Rd (920) 743-1560 $89 - $99 4 Rooms, Smoke Free, Comp. Full Breakfast

SISTER BAY Inn On Maple 414 Maple Dr (920) 854-5107 $85 - $115 6 Rooms, Ltd. Food Service, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Sweetbriar B & B 102 Orchard Dr (920) 854-7504 $130-$200 6 Rms., In-Room Whirlpool & Fireplace, Smoke Free, Wheelchair Accessible, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Woodenheart Inn 11086 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9097 $85-$129 5 Rooms, Great Room w/ fireplace, TV loft, Comp. Full Breakfast

STURGEON BAY Along The Beach B & B 3122 Lake Forest Park Rd (3 mi E of Sturgeon Bay on Lake) (920) 746-0476 $105 - $135 2 Rms., Cable, Full Breakfast, On Lake The Barbican 132 N 2nd Ave (920) 743-4854 $115-$220 17 Rms. InRoom Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Limited Food Service, Cable/Movies

(920) 743-2771 $110-$135 3 Rms. InRoom Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Movies, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Chanticleer Guest House 4072 Cherry Rd (920) 746-0334 $120-$275 10 Rms. In-Room Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Limited Food Service, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Colonial Gardens B & B 344 N 3rd Ave (920) 746-9192 $100-$175 5 Rms. In-Room Fireplaces & Whirlpools, Limited Food Service, Comp. Full Breakfast Garden Gate B & B 434 N 3rd Ave (920) 743-9618 $50-$120 4 Rooms, Cable, DVD, CD, Smoke Free, Comp. Full Breakfast Hearthside Inn B & B 2136 Taube Rd (920) 746-2136 $65-$750 5 Rms/Units TV/ VCR, Comp. Full Breakfast, Country Dance Barn The Inn At Cedar Crossing 336 Louisiana St (920) 743-4200 $75 - $190 9 Rooms Restaurant, In-Room Whirlpool & Fireplace, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Inn The Pines 3750 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-9319 $120 - $150 3 Rooms, In-Room Whirlpool & Fireplaces, Cable/Movies, Ltd. Food Service, Comp. Cont. Breakfast, Smoke Free Little Harbor Inn 5100 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-3789 $120 - $175 8 Rooms, InRoom Whirlpool & Fireplace, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast, On a Lake

Black Walnut Guest House 454 N 7th Ave (920) 743-8892 $135 - $145 4 Rms. InRoom Whirlpools, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast

The Pembrooke Inn 410 N 4th St (920) 746-9776 $80-$120 6 Rooms, InRoom Fireplace & Whirlpool, Smoke Free, Comp. Full Breakfast

The Chadwick Inn 25 N 8th Ave

Quiet Cottage B & B 4608 Glidden Dr

(920) 743-4526 $180-$225 1 Room Walkin Shower/Claw Foot Tub, High Speed Internet, TV/ VCR/DVD/CD, Comp. Full Breakfast The Reynolds House B & B 111 S 7th Ave (920) 746-9771 $69 - $160 5 Rooms, InRoom Whirlpool & Fireplace, Smoke-Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Sawyer House B & B 101 S Lansing Ave (920) 746-1640 $90-$200 5 Rooms, InRoom Fireplace & Whirlpool, TV, CD, Comp. Full Breakfast Scofield House B & B 908 Michigan St (920) 743-7727 $84 - $220 6 Rms., In-Room Whirlpool & Fireplace, Cable Movies, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Stroh Haus B & B 608 Kentucky St (920) 743-2286 $60 4 Rms., Gathering Rm. Fireplace, Outdoor Swimming Pool, Hot Tub Room, Wedding Garden, Comp. Full Breakfast White Lace Inn 16 N 5th Ave (920) 743-1105 $70 - $135 18 Rms., InRoom Whirlpool & Fireplace, Cable/Movies, Wheelchair Accessible, Comp. Full Breakfast White Pines Victorian Lodge 114 N 7th Ave (920) 746-8264 $70-$225 3 Rms. In-Room Fireplace, Cable, Comp. Full Breakfast

WASHINGTON ISLAND

Washington Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary School W14 N354 Range Line Rd (920) 847-2169 $79-$1300(Weekly) 10 Rms./Units, Rooms include Cont. Breakfast, Restaurant,Cabin/House have fireplace and kitchen

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Resorts

BAILEYS HARBOR Baileys Harbor Ridges Resort & Lakeview Suite 8252 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2127 $52-$210 23 Units, Whirlpool In-room, Fireplaces, Meeting Rooms, Cable/Movies, Playground, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Snow Shoeing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Pets With Approval Baileys Harbor Yacht Club Resort 8151 Ridges Rd (920) 839-2336 $79-$249 61 Units, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces In-room, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/ Movies, Playground, Fitness Center, Bike Trail, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms Baileys Sunset Motel & Cottages, LLC 8404 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2218 $38-$120 11 Units Playground, Hiking Trail, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms Gordon Lodge Resort 1420 Pine Dr (920) 839-2331 $130-$250 40 Units, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Beach, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center Maxwelton Braes Golf Resort, LLC 7670 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2321 $80-$115 15 Units, Rooms & Cottages, Restaurant, Bar/Lounge, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool Suites, Golf Course, Banquet Hall

STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY • • • The Rushes Resort Western Shore of Kangaroo Lake (920) 839-2730 $139-$295 48 Units Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Fitness Center, Cross Country Skiing, Kitchen Facilities, Playground

EGG HARBOR Alpine Resort 7715 Alpine Rd (920) 868-3000 $70-$186 61 Units Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Outdoor Pool, Meeting Rooms, Beach, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Golf, Tennis, Playground, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms The Ashbrooke 7942 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3113 $99-$210 36 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/ Movies, Fitness Center, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free Bay Point Inn 7933 Hwy 42 (800) 707-6660 $225-$259 10 Units, Limited Food Service, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - Inroom, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Cable/Movies, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast The Cornerstone Suites 6960 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3005 $130-$220 4 Units, 1 loft bedroom , Deck off of living room, Full kitchen, Living room, 1 full bath, Whirlpool tub

Egg Harbor Lodge 7965 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3115 $100-$325 25 Units, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Tennis, Non-Smoking Rooms The Landing 7741 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3282 $61-$233 61 Units, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Playground, Bike Trail, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Smoke Free Mariner Motel & Cottages 7505 Mariner Rd (920) 868-3131 $60-$140 26 Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Beach, On a Lake, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, AAA Official Appointment Program Member, Smoke Free Meadow Ridge 7573 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3884 $130-$350 13 Units Indoor/ Outdoor Aquatic Center, Exercise Room, Fireplaces, Whirlpool Tubs, Rec. Center Newport Resort 7888 Church St (920) 868-9900 $79-$257 59 Units, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, Cable/Movies, HighSpeed Internet, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Shallows Resort 7353 Horseshoe Bay Rd (920) 868-3458 $65-$350 34 Units, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Fireplaces - In-room, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/Movies, HighSpeed Internet,

Playground, Bike Trail, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Pets With Approval, NonSmoking Rooms, AAA Official Appointment Program Member

ELLISON BAY Anderson Retreat 12621 Woodland Drive (920) 854-2746 10 units, fishing, swimming pool, various outdoor activities located in an attractive, secluded area Cedar Grove Resort P.O. Box 73 (920) 854-2006 $275-$2350 11 Units, Complete Kitchens, Modern Bathrooms, Deck, Charcoal Grills, Private Beach, Boat Slip Rental, Exercise Room, Tennis Courts, Playground Wagon Trail Resort & Conference Center 1041 Hwy ZZ (920) 854-2385 $59-$359 100 Units Restaurant, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Playground, Fitness Center, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Smoke Free

EPHRAIM

$65-$295 26 Units, Restaurant, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Cable/Movies, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Beach Ephraim Guest House 3042 Cedar St (920) 854-2319 $75-$185 14 Units, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Cable/Movies, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free Ephraim Shores Inc 10018 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2371 $75-$210 46 Units, Restaurant, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool, On a Lake, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Playground, Beach, Smoke Free Evergreen Beach Resort 9944 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2831 $75-$140 30 Units, Outdoor Pool, On a Lake, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Playground, Beach Harbor View Resort 9971 S Dane St (920) 854-2425 $130-$185 10 Units, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/ Movies, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities

Bay Breeze Resort 9844 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9066 $53-$169 24 Units, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Beach, On a Lake, Cable/Movies, Cottages, Non-Smoking Rooms

High Point Inn 10386 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9773 $80-$328 42 Units Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Meeting Rooms, Cable/Movies, Playground, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free

Edgewater Resort 10040 Water Street (920) 854-2734

Somerset Inn 10401 Hwy 42 (920) 854-1819

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$59-$169 38 Units Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/ Movies, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool, Smoke Free Waterbury Inn 10321 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2821 $85-$187 48 Units Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Cable/Movies, Playground, Fitness Center, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free

FISH CREEK AppleCreek Resort - Motel & Suites Hwy 42 & F (920) 868-3525 $52 - $250 36 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/ Movies, High-Speed Internet, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities Beowulf Lodge 3775 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2046 $55-$155 60 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Fireplaces - In-room, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Playground, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible Evergreen Hill Condominium 3932 Evergreen Road (800) 686-6621 $89-$204 16 Units, Full kitchen, Living room with fireplace, cable TV’s with movie channels, Queen-size beds and sleeper sofa, Daily maid service included, Indoor pool available 9/15-5/15, Poolside decks, Telephones, Whirlpool tub in master bathroom, Video cassette players, All units nonsmoking Harbor Guest House 9480 Spruce St (920) 868-2284 $110-$265 7 Units, Fireplaces - In-room, On a Lake, Boating, Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, Smoke Free Hilltop Inn Hwy 42 & County F (920) 868-3556 $79-$199 19 Units, Restaurant, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/Movies, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool Homestead Suites 4006 Hwy 42 (800) 686-6621 $75-$189 49 Units, Limited

Food Service, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Playground, Outdoor Pool, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Little Sweden Vacation Resort, Hedeen Development Hwy 42 (920) 743-7225 $175-$350 24 Units, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Tennis, Cable/ Movies, Playground, Fitness Center, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Snow Shoeing, Cross Country Skiing, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free Peninsula Park-View Resort W3397 Hwy 42 $49-$199 15 Units, Limited Food Service, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/ Movies, High-Speed Internet, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible Settlement Courtyard Inn 9126 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3524 $72-$224 34 Units, Limited Food Service, Lounge/Bar, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Snow Shoeing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast

SISTER BAY Birchwood Lodge 337 Hwy 57 (920) 854-7195 $79-$219 46 Units, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free Church Hill Inn 425 Gateway Dr (920) 854-4885 $65-$174 34 Units, Limited Food Service, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Meeting Rooms, Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free, Complimentary Full Breakfast

Country House Resort 715 N Highland Rd (920) 854-4551 $70-$330 46 Units, Limited Food Service, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Tennis, Cable/Movies, High-Speed Internet, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Helm’s Four Seasons Resort 414 Mill Rd (920) 854-2356 $70-$260 41 Units, Limited Food Service, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Fishing, Cable/ Movies, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Hotel Du Nord 11000 Hwy 42 (920) 854-4221 $130-$200 37 Units, Restaurant, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - In-room, On a Lake, Cable/Movies, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free The Inn At Little Sister Hill 2715 Little Sister Hill Rd (920) 854-2328 $69-$169 23 Units, Outdoor Pool, Cable/Movies, Playground, Bike Trail, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free Liberty Park Lodge 11034 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2025 $65-$149 27 Units, Lobby w/ Fireplace, Free Use of Boat Slips, Sandy Beach, Cable TV, Game Room, Rooms or Cottages, Cont. Breakfast Little Sister Resort 360 Little Sister Rd (920) 854-4013 $75-$165 22 Units, Limited Food Service, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Fireplaces - Inroom, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Playground, Bike Trail, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms Moore Property Services 949 Cardinal Ct (920) 854-1900 $120-$455 Boat Dock, Cable, Cribs, Indoor Pool, Kitchen Facilities, Microwave, Non-Smoking Units, Refrigerator, Showers,Television, Tennis, Washer/Dryer , Water View, Water/Electric, Waterfront Nordic Lodge 2721 Nordic Dr (920) 854-5432 $60-$160 33 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Cable/Movies, Bike Trail,

Cottages, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Open Hearth Lodge 1109 S Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-4890 $59-$125 32 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Pheasant Park Resort 130 Park Ln, (920) 854-7287 $88-$274 58 Units, 1, 2, or 3 bedroom suites, Full Kitchen, Gas Fireplace, Whirlpools, Outdoor & Indoor pools, Exercise facilities, Game room, Childrens play area, BBQ grills, conference room, Smoke-free Scandinavian Lodge 264 Hwy 57 (920) 854-7123 $90-$260 52 Units, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Playground, Fitness Center, Bike Trail, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free

STURGEON BAY Bay Shore Inn 4205 Bay Shore Dr (920) 743-4551 $79-$309 31 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/ Movies, Playground, Bike Trail, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities, Smoke Free Bridgeport Resort 50 W Larch St (920) 746-9919 $69-$299 66 Units, Limited Food Service, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Indoor Water Activity Center/Waterpark, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Beach, On a Lake, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/ Movies, High-Speed Internet, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Cherry Hills Lodge & Golf Course 5905 Dunn Rd (920) 743-4222 $89-$155 31 Units, Restaurant, Outdoor Pool, Golf, AAA Official Appointment Program Member, Smoke Free, Complimentary Full Breakfast The Cliff Dwellers 3540 N Duluth Ave (920) 743-4260 $75-$190 28 Units, Outdoor

Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Sauna, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Tennis, Cable/ Movies, Bike Trail, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Comp. Continental Breakfast Glidden Lodge Beach Resort 4676 Glidden Dr (920) 746-3900 $140-$375 31 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, Kitchen Facilities, Beach, Smoke Free Leathem Smith Lodge 1640 Memorial Dr (920) 743-5555 $67-$210 63 Units, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Golf, Tennis, Cable/Movies, Playground, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Sand Bay Beach Resort & Suites Ltd 3798 Sand Bay Point Rd (920) 743-5731 $85-$299 22 Units, Whirlpool & Fireplace Full Kitchen or Snack Bar, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool and Sauna Meeting Facilities, Library Lounge, Game Room Fish Cleaning Facilities, Coin Operated Laundry Snug Harbor Resort 1627 Memorial Dr (920) 743-2337 $50-$169 15 Units, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, On a Lake, Boating, Fishing, Waterskiing, Cable/Movies, Playground, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Pets With Approval, NonSmoking Rooms Stone Harbor Resort & Conference Center 107 N 1st Ave (920) 746-0700 $99-$501 161 Units, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Boating, Cable/ Movies, Fitness Center, Bike Trail, Hiking Trail, Snow Shoeing, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Smoke Free, Business Traveler Services, Special packages available Westwood Shores Waterfront Resort 4303 Bay Shore Dr (920) 746-4057 $79-$289 39 Units, Indoor Pool, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, On a Lake, Boating,

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Fishing, Cable/Movies, Fitness Center, ATV Trails, Snowmobiling, Kitchen Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Business Traveler Services

WASHINGTON ISLAND Deer Run Golf Course and Resort Main & Michigan Rds

(920) 847-2017 $69-$99 3 Units, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Golf, Cable/Movies, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Dor Cros Inn

Lobdell’s Pt Rd & Main Rd (920) 847-2126 Washington Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary School W14 N354 Range Line Rd (920) 847-2169

$79-$1300(Weekly) 10 Rms./Units, Rooms include Cont. Breakfast, Restaurant,Cabin/House have fireplace and kitchen

STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY • • •

Hotels/Motels BAILEYS HARBOR

Trail, Kitchen Facilities, NonSmoking Rooms

Garden Inn 8076 Guy St (920) 839-2617 $65-$75 6 Rooms Color TV, Comp. Tea & Coffee, Boat Parking

ELLISON BAY

Inn at Baileys Harbor 8040 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2345 $65-$150 22 Rooms/Units, Indoor Pool, Indoor Water Activity Center/Waterpark, Sauna, Beach, On a Lake, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Journey’s End Motel 8271 Journey’s End Ln (920) 839-2887 $50-$150 13 Rms.Units, Limited Food Service, Fireplaces - In-room, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Pets With Approval, NonSmoking Rooms Nelson Lakeview Motel 8120 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2864 $2800-$3800 (weekly) 5 Rooms, Beach, On a Lake, Non-Smoking Rooms, Fireplaces, Whirlpool, Steamroom, Library, Kitchen, Washer/Dryer Orphan Annie’s 7254 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9156 $95-$125 7 Rooms/ Units, Kitchen Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free Square Rigger Harbor 7950 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2016 $90-$120 4 Rooms, 2 Queen Beds, Microwave, Refrigerator, Waterview Sunrise Motel 8047 Hwy 57 (920) 839-1562 $50-$80 15 Units, In-Room Coffee, TV, Pets with Approval

EGG HARBOR Cape Cod Motel 7682 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3271 $69-$79 9 Rooms, TV, Refrigerator, Playground, Movies Lull-Abi Inn of Egg Harbor 7928 Egg Harbor Rd (866) 251-0749 $49-$159 24 Rms/Units, Whirlpool - Public, Bike

Grand View Motel 11885 Hwy 42 (920) 854-5150 $75-$142 28 Rms., Limited Food Service, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Meeting Rooms, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible, AAA Official Appointment Program Member, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Hillside Inn of Ellison Bay Hwy 42 $38-$70 16 Rms. Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Wheelchair Accessible, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Maple Grove Motel of Gills Rock 809 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2587 $65-$85 6 Rooms, Pets With Approval, Non-Smoking Rooms The Parkside Inn 11946 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9050 $59 - $79, TV/VCR, Comp., Cont. Breakfast, Guest House Available

EPHRAIM Ephraim Motel 10407 Hwy 42 (920) 854-5959 $45-$95 28 Rms.Cable/ Movies, Playground Outdoor Pool, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Lodgings at Pioneer Lane 9996A Pioneer Lane (800) 588-3565 $65-$175 5 Units, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Cable/Movies, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible Pine Grove Motel 10080 Hwy 42 (800) 292-9494 $91-$108 44 Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room Beach, On a Lake, Cable/ Movies, Fitness Center, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible Spruce Lane Lodge 3038 Spruce Lane

920-854-7380 Studio suites: 1 queen canopy bed & 1 pull out double bed, kitchen, bath with tub & air conditioning. All linens provided. Trollhaugen Lodge 10176 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2713 $49-$149 14 Units,Limited Food Service, Whirlpool Public, Fireplaces - In-room Cable/Movies, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, AAA Official Appointment, Program Member, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast

FISH CREEK By-The-Bay Motel Hwy 42 (920) 868-3456 $59-$155 16 Rooms, Smoke Free, Rooms w/ Waterview Cedar Court Inn 9429 Cedar St (920) 868-3361 $69-$325 25 Rms/Units, Outdoor Pool Fireplaces - In-room, Cable/ Movies, Cottages, Kitchen Facilities, Outdoor Pool, Whirlpool - In-room Fish Creek Motel & Cottages 9479 Spruce St (920) 868-3448 $58-$175 32 Units, Water Views, Cable TV, Comp. Coffee, Cottages & Rooms Julie’s Park Café & Motel 4020 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2999 $49-$71 12 Rooms, Cable HBO/Show, Pets O.K., Smoke Free, Trailer Parking, Restaurant Attached Main Street Motel 4209 Main St (920) 868-2201 $49-$96 29 Rooms, Cable TV, Phones, Shower/Tub, Themed Rooms, Newly Decorated

GILLS ROCK On The Rocks Cliffside Lodge 849 Wisconsin Bay Road (888) 840-4162 $305 - $775 Daily, 5 Bedroom, A-Frame, 3 Bathrooms, Full Kitchen, TV/ VCR, Fireplace, Whirlpool, Patio, Sleeps 18, Water Views, Daily, Weekly & Monthly Rates

Shoreline Waterfront Motel 12747 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2606 $59-$119 16 Units, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, On a Lake, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast

JACKSONPORT Innlet Motel 6259 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2499 $50-$150 12 Units, Restaurant, Whirlpool - Inroom, Lounge/Bar, Cable/ Movies, Snowmobiling, NonSmoking Rooms, Wheelchair Accessible Square Rigger Lodge & Galley 6332 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2404 $75-$250 24 Units, Restaurant, Lounge/Bar, Whirlpool - Public, Sauna, Beach, On a Lake, Cable/ Movies, Cottages, NonSmoking Rooms

SISTER BAY Bluffside Motel 403 Bluffside Ln (920) 854-2530 $39-$150 17 Units, Cable TV, Refrigerator, Comp. Coffee & Doughnuts Century Farm Motel 10068 Hwy 57 (920) 854-4069 Coachlite Inn of Sister Bay 830 S Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-5503 $45-$125, 24 Rms., Whirlpool - Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Fireplaces - Inroom, Cable/Movies, Kitchen Facilities, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Edge of Town Motel 11902 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2012 $40-$80 9 Rms., Cable/ Movies, Pets With Approval, Non-Smoking Rooms Open Hearth Lodge 1109 S Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-4890 $59-$125 32 Rooms, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool - Public, Cable/Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Patio Motel 200 Orchard Dr (920) 854-1978

$42-$74 9 Rooms, Restaurant, Cable/Movies, Playground, Non-Smoking Rooms Village View Motel 414 Bay Shore Dr (920) 854-2813 $41-$90 15 Units, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Voyager Inn 232 Hwy 57 (920) 854-4242 $55-$95 28 Units, Whirlpool - Public, Sauna, Cable/ Movies, Non-Smoking Rooms, Outdoor Pool

STURGEON BAY AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Sturgeon Bay 622 S Ashland Ave (920) 743-5898 $59-$175 46 Rms/Units, Indoor Pool, Whirlpool Public, Whirlpool - In-room, Sauna, Fireplaces - In-room, Meeting Rooms, Cable/ Movies, Pets With Approval, Smoke Free, Complimentary Continental Breakfast Beach Harbor Resort 3662 N Duluth Ave. (920) 743-3191 $69-$210 34 Units, Jet Ski & Bike Rentals, NonSmoking, On 500’ Sand Beach, Rooms & Cottages Chal A Motel 3910 Hwy 42/57 (920) 743-6788 $34-$64 20 Rms., NonSmoking Rooms, museum of cars, dolls, barbies & store mechanicals. Comfort Inn 923 Green Bay Rd (920) 743-7846 $89-$145 52 Units, Double Suites, Whirlpool Suites, Indoor Pool, Microwaves, Refrigerators, Computer Hook-up, Comp. Cont. Breakfast Holiday Motel 29 N 2nd Ave (920) 743-5571 $39-$70 18 Rooms, Cable TV, Refrigerators, Pets w/ Approval, Comp. Cont. Breakfast

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