We had a fantastic long weekend in Door County with Courtney, Paul, and the girls.
I used to say, "how could anyone spend a whole week in Door County?" well, I no longer say that, I think I could easily spend a lifetime up here and not run out of things to do.
Our weekend started on Thursday when John brought Soli home for sleepover.
On Friday (John took off) the three of us took a bike ride to Douglas School playground.
This is no small feet for a four year old who rides a small bike with training wheels, but she did it, even the big hill!
We ended up at Riverside Park where we fed the ducks.
Soli ended her day by washing her Escalade.
Here are a few photos from our fun day:
On Friday night John and I took Soliana back to Oshkosh.
The girls wanted to head over to Sawdust days, so John and I took them over there. Wisely, Courtney and Paul stay away.
It was not my favorite Grandparent thing to do by any means. It was a crowded midway, hard to find tickets and the rides that the girls wanted. Things were extremely expensive and of course, the girls wanted to do and try games as well as ride the rides.
We were going to eat there, but thought better of that idea.
We enjoyed a delicious pizza at a very peaceful Cranky Pat's. Courtney and Paul joined us, too.
In this photo, Tiz is trying desperately to win a goldfish, she spent $6.00 and threw thirty balls but none of them landed in a fishbowl much to her dismay.
Soli did enjoy the rides and her smile was almost worth the price of this ride!
On Saturday, the girls rode with us as we headed to Door County.
I was nervous about it being the 4th of July weekend since I figured that Door County would be very busy which is it was but the crowds didn't really bother us since we were off the beaten path.
We started our vacation at PC Junction.
We only discovered this great place a few years ago and we love it for the girls.
John, the girls and I sat at the train bar. Courtney and Paul preferred the outside seating by the bar.
We sat in the Ephaim spot and they celebrated Soli's fifth birthday by sending her an ice cream sundae on the train.
She said it was embarrassing!
After lunch we spent at least an hour riding around on the fun pedal cars they have there.
From there is was off to Cave Point County Park and Whitefish Dunes State Park.
Both of those places were busier than usual due to the holiday weekend, but still as beautiful as ever except that the beach at Whitefish Dunes was almost gone.
We had to walk on a very narrow sand path to get to a spot on the beach. Spots were few and are between as there were people on top of people on this narrow beach.
The girls did enjoy swimming in Lake Michigan and we had a very nice family of five small kids next to us.
After the beach, we enjoyed ice cream in Bailey's Harbor before checking into our quaint motel.
John and I had stayed at his particular motel a few times.
It was nice enough, clean, but certainly nothing to write home about, but because it was a holiday weekend, it was difficult to find anywhere to stay that was reasonable.
I warned Courtney that we may not like the place too much and probably would not like the pool which I recalled being rather old and overgrown, but we were so pleasantly surprised.
That motel, the Sister Bay Inn, turned out to be the best!
It is under new management and the rooms are newly decorated in bright white, the pool is brand new and the owners are so friendly. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome.
We never felt the hustle and bustle of July 4 at this quiet place.
The girls loved the pool.
We all loved the quiet.
Our beloved JJ's Mexican restaurant in Jacksonport is now some other restaurant so we went to the JJ's in Sister Bay which was very good, too.
On Sunday morning, the girls swam again after enjoying a delicious continental breakfast compliments of the motel.
We celebrated Soliana's fourth Soliversary after swimming.
It was a super hero party.
She had a great time and we all enjoyed celebrating such a sweet little girl.
We picked up some snacks and headed to Fish Creek to take our boat tour.
We had a great tour guide, Jessie and we all enjoyed our time on the boat.
Soli was chosen to drive the boat and she did a fine job!
After a bit of shopping we went to a fish boil at Pellitier's in Fish Creek.
Tiz captured these great photos.
We loved the food.
It was a fun night.
We ended our night with a drive through Peninsula State Park where we enjoyed a beautiful sunset.
Paul had to leave early on the fourth of July to march in a parade, so the rest of us found some more fun things including a few beaches.
It was a great day.
Returned to Oshkosh in time for fireworks.
Happy Fourth and Happy Soliversary everyone.
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