Door County Living Autumn 2005

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A Slice of Americana:

Friday Night at “The Outdoor�

The Door County Barn

inside: designing a door county ranch behind the curtain of fall colors a convivial trio restaurant guide & map

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EDITORʼS NOTE

Life In Door County Sara Massey, Associate Editor

Serving Door County Since 1987

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ast night as I drove home through Ephraim, I noticed the first hint of autumn in the twilight sky. It’s hard to put into words, but as late-August days get shorter and the nights become chillier, there is a distinct look to the sky at sunset – the clouds sweep dramatically, almost menacingly over the bluff and the water appears eerie and black. It is one of the most moving vistas of the year – melancholy and sweet as it heralds the wash of fall colors and the dormancy of winter beyond. It’s been said before, but there really is something magical about fall in Door County.

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In this issue, take a walk with horticulturist Mike Schneider of The Clearing and learn the science behind the magic of fall colors as he explains the inner workings of our local tree species. Or take a drive or bike ride down the back roads and discover the charm of the classic wooden barn, both as a relic of bygone days and as a symbol of innovation and artistry in the many new uses of these structures and their materials.

Finally, don’t forget the wonders of the clear night sky; walk into a field or on a quiet beach late at night and gawk at the pulsating bands of the “northern lights” – if you’re lucky!

The fall season has much to offer as restaurants introduce new menus rich with savory dishes and retail shops roll out a cozier inventory of sweaters and boots – not to mention generous sales on lightweight attire for those final days of Indian Summer.

It must be a combination of the colorful natural beauty surrounding us and the nagging subconscious knowledge of winter’s approach that causes us to revel in the final days of crisp autumn sunshine. This is the best time of year in Door County so be sure to make the most of its many treasures.

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HISTORY The Alexander Noble House in “Olde Towne” Fish Creek HABITATS With Horses in Mind Designing a Door County Ranch CAMEOS Community Clinic Reaches Out OUTSIDE IN DOOR Behind the Curtain of Fall Colors A Horticulturist Explains Whatʼs in a Leaf

An old barn catches the setting sun on a fall afternoon.

Photo by Dan Eggert.

A Slice of Americana:

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By Myles Dannhausen, Jr. Photography by Dan Eggert

The Door County Barn

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By Mariah Goode Photography by Dan Eggert

TOPSIDE Palmer Johnson Building the Worldʼs Finest Yachts OUTSIDE IN DOOR Seeking the Aurora Borealis

ART SCENE An Infusion of Creativity and Skill Turtle Ridge Studio Gallery FAIRWAYS The Hybrid Surge DOOR COUNTY MAP Map of Door County ON YOUR PLATE A Convivial Trio

RESTAURANT GUIDE A guide to dining in Door County

LODGING GUIDE Where to stay in Door County

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CONTRIBUTORS 1. Mike Schneider is the Executive Director of The Clearing. He has spent most of his adult life observing, studying, writing about and growing plants, and has a special interest in the natural history and folklore of Wisconsin’s native plants. Mike lives near Ellison Bay with his wife, Cindy, and their two children, Katherine and Jeffrey.

fall 2005 Publisher Brad Massey Editor David Eliot Associate Editors Sara Massey Madeline Johnson Photography Director Dan Eggert Artist/Illustrator Seth Wessler Interns Brinley Lardiere Cassie Mead Contributing Editors Julia Chomeau Myles Dannhausen, Jr. Mariah Goode Madeline Johnson Sara Massey Megan O’Meara Sam Perlman Sheila Sabrey–Saperstein Mike Schneider Kathlin F. Sickel Allison Vroman Advertising Sales Madeline Johnson Door County Living magazine is published four times annually by: Door County Living, Inc. P.O. Box 606, Ephraim, WI 54211.

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2. A lifelong summer resident of Door County, Sara Massey now calls Ephraim her fulltime home. After receiving a BA from Georgetown University and working in Human Resources in Chicago for several years, Sara and her husband, Brad, made the move to the peninsula in 2002. When not editing and writing for DCL, Sara works as a real estate broker at Horseshoe Bay Farms, a private golf course community on the south end of Egg Harbor. In her ample free time, she enjoys reading, boating and hiking park trails with her yellow lab, Parker.

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3. 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 Co. and has directed for AFT. She is pursuing two other passions: photography and writing.

4. 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 (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.

5. 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.

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6. Julia Chomeau was born and raised in Door County. A mother of two exhausting children she continues to keep her finger on the pulse of the community. Julia is addicted to volunteering and stays far too busy. She lives in Ephraim with her husband, Steve, and her children, Ian and Gretchen.

7. 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).

8. Madeline Johnson, born in Stevens Point, WI and raised in Dubuque, IA has been coming to Door County since her youth. While earning her BA from Northwestern University, Madeline began spending her summers in Door County. Since her first season here in 1998, Madeline has become a fulltime resident and, just recently, a homeowner – giving her the unwitting ability to not only identify tools, but also to register impassioned opinions about them to anyone who will kindly listen. In addition to exploring the curious sub-world of hardware stores during her ever-vanishing free time, she is a co-owner of the Peninsula Pulse newspaper and looks forward to the day when she can resume her life as an active sailor 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.

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Kathlin F. Sickel, a freelance writer who resides in Green Bay, has written in the past for the Milwaukee Journal, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Newmonth magazine. She is a native of Ohio – Lake Erie land – but has spent much of her life near Lake Michigan, enjoying the proximity to Door County.

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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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.

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HISTORY

BY SHEILA SABREY-SAPERSTEIN

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“A jolly good town is old Fish Creek, The best on the pike I know: With its back to the rock and its face to the sea, Where the rollicking breezes blow.

As snug as a bug in an old woolen rug, It lies there embowered in green: You may go where you like, on any old pike, No cozier village is seen.”

–from Old Peninsula Days, Tales and Sketches of the Door County Peninsula, by Hjalmar R. Holand

Perhaps no longer “embowered in green” as this ditty describes, ye olde towne Fish Creek can be found “cozied” up to today’s shops and condos. However, one can step into the past by taking the official historic tour, if you can keep up with the tour guide, octogenarian Helen Allen, as she spins the old town stories. If she senses her audience is interested, she’ll point out where she was born (now Mr. Helsinki’s restaurant), where her grandparents lived (now a cottage store by the Whistling Swan), and where she had her wedding reception (part of the old Welcker’s resort, and now a private home on Maple). Her parents, Lester and Amanda Schrieber, and later brother Ed owned and ran the General Store (now the Fish Creek Market) between 1916 and 1970.

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e in “Olde Towne” Fish Creek One of her stories tells of Dr. Gertrude Howe (19131995), the last resident of Noble House, one of Fish Creek’s oldest standing homes. Helen struck up a friendship at the bridge table with Gertrude and described her as a memorable personality and a free spirit who did things women in her time wouldn’t think of doing.

She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois Medical School, became a pilot and owned her own Cessna Dr. Gertrude Howe (1913-1995) while working as a pediatrician in the rugged Upper Peninsula and…she smoked!

During Dr. Howe’s final years at Scandia Nursing Home developers started hovering over the then empty Noble House and members of the town’s historical society held their breath concerning its future. The Noble family dwelling was one of the last houses in the community that had been at the same location (Hwy 42 and Main) for 123 years and the historical society wanted to turn it into a museum.

Virginia Kinsey, who ran the Summertime Restaurant with her husband, grew up in the house across the street from Gertrude Howe. When Virginia’s friend died in 1995 leaving the Noble house unoccupied and sorely in need of repair, she decided it was time to save the historic home.

Virginia had founded the Gibraltar Historical Association (GHA) in 1984 to rescue the Town Hall from becoming a parking lot, so she marshaled her troops once again to save Noble House.

When the caretakers of the Noble estate agreed Donated bricks form the entrance walk. that the land and house should be preserved, Virginia and her GHA friends let out the breath they’d been holding and established the Noble Historic Square Fund.

They raised two-thirds of the total cost of $500,000 and the Town of Gibraltar raised the rest. The town owned it and the GHA operated it. The first thing they did was to protect it – the Noble House was registered with both the Wisconsin

and the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Typical of small town America, the GHA’s fundraisers ran the gamut from raffles to bake sales and auctions to estate sales, but the most imaginative campaign was “brick by brick” where a donor bought a brick and had the family name or “in memory of ” embossed on it. Many of these donated bricks form the entrance walk today.

Renovation and restoration began immediately. The house was in sad repair and in need of new plaster work, heating, lighting and plumbing. Decades of wall coverings had to be replaced and wood floors needed sanding. There were home furnishings, clothing, and papers and records dating back to the time of original owner Alexander Noble.

It seemed to the workers that nothing had ever been thrown away! Noble’s blacksmithing tools were still in the garage and the deed signed by Fish Creek founder, Asa Thorp himself, for the vast sum of $260 was discovered in Noble’s papers. Also found was a sketch that his daughter, Ula, age 22, used in designing the house that stands today after the original one burned down during the winter of 1875.

Everything was painstakingly sorted, catalogued, and cleaned by the many volunteers with direction from a hired firm specializing in the restoration of historic places. Local co-owner of The Thorp House Inn, Chris Falck-Pedersen, researched and spearheaded the team responsible for the authentic interior décor. The museum proudly opened for business the summer of 1998 on the busiest corner in Fish Creek where it had survived for so many years.

Alexander Noble (18291905) was one of Fish Creek’s Alexander Noble (1829-1905) founding fathers who moved from his native Scotland to Chambers Island in 1856 where he built the first sawmill turning the island into a busy lumber camp. In 1862 he moved to Fish Creek to raise his family and became, at various times, blacksmith, postmaster, town chairman and Fall 2005 Door County Living 11

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HISTORY county board member. All homes before his had been log; the Noble house was the first to be made of lathe and plaster. The original property had several out buildings where Noble Park is now located.

Noble House is a monument to one of the oldest families in Fish Creek who kept it continuously until Gertrude Howe died: from Alexander Noble’s much younger second wife Maria, to their daughter Nellie, and to Nellie’s daughter Gertrude, who cared for her mother in between flying jaunts to and from the “Soo” (Sault St. Marie). Records show that Maria and Nellie were both strong women so one can see where Gertrude inherited her spunk. Maria lived almost 30 years after her husband and in order to pay the taxes and keep the house, she sold off much of the additional

property Alex had accrued. An individualist in her own right, Nellie went off to school in Illinois and became a secretary to Harvey J. Firestone, Jr. in Chicago and in 1909 married Donnell Howe, an FBI man. When he died in 1954 Nellie returned to Noble House to live until her death in 1962 and Gertrude maintained the home until she herself retired there in 1968.

Inside Noble House you will find pictures and keepsakes of these women as they step off the pages of history, a history so carefully preserved by the men and women of Fish Creek and the Gibraltar Historical Association who care about their town and its roots. Thanks to them the Town Hall survived demolition and the Noble House is alive again and welcoming callers..

Resources and Further Information

Helen Allen, Eunice Rutherford and Doug Blahnik of the Gibraltar Historical Association.

“The house of memory” by Keta Steebs, Door County Advocate, March 8, 1996 “Fish Creek Museum slows a busy corner” by Dennis McCann, Fish Creek Voices: An Oral History of a Door County Village ed. by village residents Edward and Lois Schreiber, 1990 Fish Creek Echoes: a Century of Life in a Door County Village ed. by Edward Schreiber and Virginia Kinsey, 2000

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HABITATS

BY MEGAN OʼMEARA PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN EGGERT

With Horses in Mind Designing a Door County Ranch

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As you drive through the gate and pass along a row of young sugar maples, the A & A Ranch comes serenely into view. Made up of a stable/lounge, a large indoor training ring, a ranch house, and several out buildings surrounded by pastures, this ranch is new to Sister Bay but feels as if has been part of the land for decades.

Allen and Amy Musikantow became interested in horses about five years ago. Because most of the horse activity in the county is nearer to Algoma, it meant a 45-minute drive every time Amy or Allen wanted to ride. Before long it became clear that riding wasn’t merely a hobby; it was something altogether more consuming – they refer to it as “adult onset passion.” With this passion came the next logical step of finding a ranch closer to home. After looking around, they kept coming back to a 40-acre parcel of land adjacent to another a 40-acre parcel that they had purchased in 2002. Since the land had been the site for an airport with a gravel runway and an old hangar, there were many steps involved in converting it into their ideal ranch.

In April of 2004, the Musikantows began construction. It is a marvel that in the short space of a year a whole ranch was completed, but Amy laughingly attributes that to her husband. “Allen knows no speed but super fast!” Even with the speed in which the construction was completed, everything was done to their exact specifications and no detail was overlooked.

They used mainly local

contractors and specialists. “We always try to do everything locally,” Allen said. “Mike Lundquist did the plumbing, Action Electric did the electrical, Keller did the barn and we had Keith Bridenhagen help oversee everything.”

Allen and Amy were mindful of two major considerations while laying out the ranch – the horses and preserving Door County. “We had to sculpt the land so it would be just right for the pastures and the design of the ranch. Pat Hockers [of Hockers Excavating] did a great job for us,” Allen explained.

Amy added, “We also planted grass, trees, natural herbs and rose hips. Everything is planted with the horses in mind.

There is nothing poisonous anywhere on the property.”

They even used reconstituted asphalt to reduce the amount of dust, which is a greater pollutant than most realize.

The design of the stable was greatly influenced by Amy and Allen’s participation in The Parelli Program, which was founded by Pat Parelli and uses a different philosophy in dealing with horses than the traditional style. It is considered natural horsemanship. According to Parelli, “If all I did was teach you to think like a horse and truly understand their psychology, you’d have the keys to be able to do whatever you want with horses, and to win their hearts.” The Musikantows have been studying the Parelli method for some time now. Amy and Allen have achieved a Level 1 certificate and are working on Level 2. There are a total of 10 levels in the Parelli program, but anything after four is reserved for professionals.

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to communicate with them. This puts the horses at ease and inspires confidence. Since they don’t behave like predators around the horses, the horses don’t have the desire to flee. They also don’t put shoes on their horses. The only horseshoes found in the stable are those used to adorn the walls.

Since horses are naturally claustrophobic, the stalls were designed in an open concept with Dutch doors. There is

a space for each of their three horses, Flash, Rooster and Zebulon, along with extra stalls. Attached to the stable is a well-organized tack room which houses saddles and medical supplies among other things.

Beyond the tack room is the lounge where Amy and Allen spend time when they aren’t working with their horses. This particular space was intended as a gathering place to meet with friends and relax with a glass of wine. The room houses

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(Above) Amy leads Flash back to the stable. (Below) The stable features stalls designed in an open concept with Dutch doors.

a custom table and chairs, made by local woodworker David Hatch, as well as an office area and a seating area. One side of the room has a window view into the stables with the rest of the windows facing out towards the drive and the pastures beyond.

Next to the stable is an 11,200 square foot indoor riding arena, which is the first such building in the area. Due to its size, the Musikantows had to obtain special permission from the Township of Liberty Grove for the project. The arena is covered with a patented durable fabric by the Cover-All Company and lends very well to the natural theme. “There are only four lights in this whole structure,” Allen explained.

“Lots of natural light comes through as well as more fresh air.” Several other buildings on the property hold hay and equipment as well as Allen’s vintage car collection.

manager who lives on site in a ranch home designed and built by Portside Builders. In time, they will host clinics as well as invite top riders to use the facilities The ranch has become a way of life for Allen and Amy. While their home is located off the property, they are at A & A almost daily, from early in the morning until evening.

Apart from the time spent with the horses, they love to kick back on their front porch and enjoy the peaceful environment that they have created.

Across from the stable, is a playground for the horses – a horse obstacle course where the horses can work on their riding patterns and jumps. The Musikantows’ trainer, a Level 4 Pirelli student from Green Bay, works with them here once every couple of weeks to improve their skills. The degree of horsemanship that Amy and Allen have achieved takes much practice, reinforcement and time. In addition to their trainer, the Musikantows are assisted by a full-time 16 Door County Living Fall 2005

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HABITATS

BY SARA MASSEY

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My regular daily “commute” rarely takes me to Baileys Harbor, so I drove slowly through the village, taking in the stores and restaurants, some new to me and some that have been there for as long as I can remember. As I came upon Nathan Nichols & Company’s renovated storefront, I had the feelings simultaneously of stepping back in time while discovering a brand new building. I think sometimes we forget that historic buildings were once shiny and new.

Nathan Nichols & Company, a well-known Door County furniture and accessories dealer, expanded its showroom earlier this year and, in doing so, contributed to the historic revival that appears to be happening all along main street Baileys Harbor. Owner Nathan Nichols, originally from New Hampshire, opened his Door County business in 2001 as the only exclusive, free-standing Milling Road furniture retail store in the U.S. Since the first season, word of his unique inventory and design talents has spread throughout the county and beyond. Nichols’ retail lines expanded proportionately with his volume of business and the owner/ designer soon found that he had run out of space for all the furniture and accessories that he wanted to showcase.

Mary Ann Johnson’s retail store of 36 years, Hjertehjem.

This building, also constructed by Eatough in 1885, shares a similar history having served as a drug store, furniture store, mortuary and post office among other things. An addition was built on the north side of the Hjertehjem building in the 1970s, ostensibly connecting that structure to the Nathan Nichols building. The first step in the construction process was razing the 1970s addition and constructing a unifying addition between the two 19th century storefronts, restoring the original architectural style with an �Old Towne� façade spanning the now-joined buildings.

Nathan explains that he first discovered the design for the architecture in a restaurant in Manitowoc. A picture of an old building hanging on the wall was just the style he was looking for. Fortunately, the same building was

As Nichols’ business and client-base grew, colleagues and friends urged him to move his business to a new location on the heavier-traveled bayside of the peninsula. But Nichols resisted saying he enjoys living and working on the “quiet side” and wants to attract more business to Baileys Harbor.

It’s a paradox, though, Nichols feels. While he relishes the quaintness and peace of the lakeside, the nature of his business requires him to bring retail traffic into his quiet community. “Both sides of the street are lined with cars on most Saturdays,” Nichols reports, “and this is good for all the [Baileys Harbor] businesses.”

As Nichols conceptualized his expansion project, the integrity of “Main Street” Baileys Harbor was a major factor.

He appreciates the history of his original building and those surrounding his store. As he walks me through the original showroom he points out details of the 19th century structure – the original wood floors and the front stoop, which previously had been obscured by a bay window built over it. This building, constructed in 1879 by Roger Eatough, had served the Baileys Harbor community as a drug store, veterinary office, bakery and barbershop. Nathan points to a faint ring on the wood floor where a barber chair once perched.

In order to actualize his expansion project, Nichols purchased the building next door to the south, which houses 18 Door County Living Fall 2005

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HABITATS also pictured on the restaurant’s menus and the owner graciously allowed Nichols to take one home.

“Finding an architect to work on an old building was a challenge,” Nathan explains, describing the next step in the process. But he eventually found an architect from Milwaukee who was up to the task and the construction project was soon underway. As a recent home renovator myself, my eyes jumped out of my head when Nichols revealed the project’s timeline – construction began in March and the showroom was back open for business in early May. The secret was Nichols’ contractor, Rick Jacobs, who just happens to be the husband of Nichols’ design partner Jodi Jacobs. “She didn’t let him stop,” Nichols explains half-jokingly, but he is also quick to point out the fine quality and traditional building methods of his supercontractor.

The result is a bright and airy showroom, with traditional cottage flair and ample space for Nichols’ three separate furniture lines: Milling Road, Baker and Martha Stewart.

The renovation also provided an office and storeroom, which the original retail space lacked, as well as parking along the south side and in the rear of the building.

As a Heritage Member of the National Historic Trust Preservation, Nichols succeeded in shining up an old penny and reviving the history of his little slice of a village on the quiet side.

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As politicians, lobbyists and policy makers in Washington and Madison continue to dance around the issue of healthcare coverage for all, and as fewer and fewer small businesses are fiscally able to provide even minimal insurance coverage for their employees, there is a relatively new organization in Door County that is endeavoring to make sure that those without formal coverage are still able to receive healthcare in the community. Staffed by a committed group of professionals and dedicated volunteers, the Community Clinic of Door County, incorporated in February of 2005, is providing complete, non-emergency, affordable primary health care for all uninsured and underinsured residents of Door County.

Led by Clinic Manager Jo Guenzel and Executive Director Allin Walker, the Community Clinic of Door County, supported by Door County Memorial Hospital, Aurora Healthcare, United Way of Door County and the County of Door Public Health office, provides service to those who “would not and could not access healthcare because of cost,” according to Guenzel. Typical for community health

care services, says Walker, support for the Community Clinic of Door County is cobbled together from a variety of sources.

The clinic, located at 1623 Rhode Island Street in Sturgeon Bay, is open four days a week. Guenzel enthused about the clinic “finally having a permanent home. Patients

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She emphasized that the new facility sees patients on an appointment basis, differentiating it from a walk-in clinic.

To ensure that healthcare is affordable to everyone, patient fees are on a sliding scale at the Community Clinic, based on family size and income, according to federal poverty guidelines, and all patients are served regardless of their ability to pay at the time of their appointment. “Everybody who comes here pays something,” says Guenzel. “The lowest cost for an office visit is $5.” The clinic has a small on-site pharmacy that can provide generic medications.

Representatives from the big pharmacology companies also supply samples of brand-names drugs to the clinic at no cost.

Guenzel’s roots in community healthcare in Door County go back to 1999 and her work with the Open Door Community Health Center. Guenzel, originally from Green Bay, first came to Door County for the summer season in 1975 to earn money to pay for college. She subsequently went on to earn a Bachelors Degree in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

She began her career in healthcare in 1979 working with Nurse Practitioner Mike Flood and Dr. Joan Traver at a clinic in Sister Bay. She worked as a psychiatric nurse for Bellin Healthcare in Green Bay for 10 years. (She then took 12 years away from healthcare, working as an independent glass artist, with a gallery and studio in Juddville.) She also served as the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Sturgeon Bay, from 1997 until 1999, when that facility closed.

Allin Walker has been the Executive Director of the Community Clinic since May 2005. Walker, who emphasizes that he does “no medical stuff at all,” does have a significant background in community organization and healthcare, including running a program in Milwaukee called Healthcare for the Homeless.

The Community Clinic of Door County maintains a volunteer staff of three doctors, five RNs and one volunteer nurse practitioner. The volunteers are able to practice at the clinic because the cost of their liability insurance is picked up by the State of Wisconsin. There is also one paid nurse practitioner on staff.

Peter Sigmann is one of the volunteer doctors; he serves as the medical director of the Community Clinic and is also president of the board of directors. Dr. Sigmann spends one and a half days each week working at the clinic; his wife Jeannie also volunteers and is a retired Milwaukee public health nurse.

One of the major challenges that the Community Clinic faces in Door County is limited access to qualified volunteers. According to Guenzel, unlike a major city with lots of retired nurses and doctors, there are a small number of retired professionals on the peninsula. As a result the Community Clinic is always on the lookout for new volunteers who are committed to and active in the community.

The staff and volunteers of the Community Clinic constantly struggle to meet the needs of the area. Their initial estimates assumed that the clinic would receive about 80 patient visits per month. So far this summer, they have had 117 office visits in June and 129 in July. The clinic also feels the pressure to extend and expand their services, making affordable healthcare available in Northern Door as well as in Sturgeon Bay. Walker and Guenzel emphasized that the clinic is Dawn Goodban handles a community response to the the office duties at the issues and is community based. clinic.

They both singled out Rhonda Kolberg, Director of the County Public Health Department, along with United Way of Door County as important working partners in their efforts.

Guenzel pointed out that the mission of the Community Clinic is very specific so that there is no competition between the clinic and other local healthcare providers.

Using federal poverty guidelines, the clinic is providing health care to those without insurance and those who are underinsured. As Guenzel said: “If you can go elsewhere, that’s where you should go.” For those who cannot go elsewhere, the Community Clinic of Door County is providing an invaluable service.

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR

BY MICHAEL J. SCHNEIDER

Behind the Curtain of Fall Colors A Horticulturist Explains Whatʼs in a Leaf

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Door County has been blessed with natural beauty far beyond that of most places. Although this is plain to see on any given day in any given month, it is most evident at particular times, like on a perfect day in May when the world is new and the woods and meadows are alive with songbirds, flowers and fresh green leaves.

Or on a December morning, after winter’s first snow when a landscape that was, just yesterday, dominated by browns, grays and dark greens is transformed to bright, sparkling white.

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Fall color season – late September through October in Door County – is another one of those magical times. By virtue of a landscape filled with deciduous trees and shrubs that have leaves capable of turning bright colors, combined with geography that provides just the right mix of latitude, weather and climate, Door County, along with the rest of the northern half of Wisconsin, can count itself as one of the prime spots in the entire country for fall color.

Leaves change color in fall because of changes in three pigments: chlorophyll, carotene and anthocyanin. It starts with chlorophyll, the pigment that gives leaves their green color. Chlorophyll harvests the red and blue part of the light spectrum so what we see appears green. Then, in the presence of this collected light energy, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water from the soil combine to manufacture carbohydrates (sugars and starches) for growth and storage. This process, called photosynthesis, or “building with light,” gives rise directly or indirectly to almost all life on Earth. Pretty impressive! But there’s more. Photosynthesis produces a byproduct by the name of oxygen, an element that in its own way supports most life on Earth. Not a bad day’s work for a pigment.

Ironically, chlorophyll is broken down by the very thing it exists to harvest: sunlight. Leaves have to continue making

chlorophyll throughout the growing season. However, production slows in fall, as the days shorten and light intensity diminishes. In addition, chlorophyll is unstable in cooler temperatures. This results in the green color of leaves slowly fading as fall progresses. Now it’s time for the other pigments to show themselves.

Carotene pigments are responsible for the yellows and oranges found in nature – the yellow of marigold flowers, summer squash and fall aspen leaves and the orange of carrots, pumpkins and fall sugar maple leaves. Carotene is also involved in photosynthesis – it absorbs light energy and transfers it to the chlorophyll. Although carotene is present in leaves throughout the growing season, it is masked over by chlorophyll. However, carotene is stable in cool weather, so as chlorophyll breaks down in fall the yellows and oranges of the carotene pigments begin to appear. During fall in Door County, the yellow carotenes show off most beautifully on quaking aspen, bigtooth aspen, paper birch and tamarack (Wisconsin’s only deciduous conifer). The orange carotenes are most famous for the color they impart on our state tree – the sugar maple.

The third pigment, anthocyanin, gives us nature’s reds and purples – the red of apples, holly berries, tomatoes, poinsettia bracts and fall sumac leaves, and the purple Photo by Gerald Hug

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR of grapes, plums and eggplant. Unlike chlorophyll and carotene, which are attached to cell membranes, anthocyanin is dissolved in the cell liquid. It forms through a reaction between certain cell proteins and the sugars being produced by photosynthesis. The pH of the cell liquid determines whether the anthocyanin shows as red or purple. If the cell liquid is acidic (low pH), red color results. If it’s alkaline (high pH), purple results.

Unlike carotenes, which are present in leaves for the entire growing season, anthocyanins form primarily in fall, triggered by shorter days and cooler temperatures. A thin layer of cells, called the abscission layer, located at the base of the leaf stem (called the petiole) is at the center of this process. The cells in the abscission layer form a corky membrane that first slows and then finally stops the flow of water and nutrients into the leaf. This puts an end to chlorophyll production and the green begins to fade. The yellows and oranges (remember that the carotene pigments have been there all along but have been masked by the chlorophyll) begin to show. At the same time, the last of the sugars made by the chlorophyll cannot move out of the leaf because of the corky membrane in the abscission layer.

These sugars stay in the leaf, and in certain kinds of trees and shrubs combine with proteins to form anthocyanin pigments. So the reds and purples are the last colors to form but are really worth waiting for.

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Red oak and staghorn sumac are the most common plants displaying bright red fall color in Door County.

On the Lake Michigan side of the county, there are occasional pockets of red maple that can also turn bright red. (This is the tree, not its cousin the sugar maple, that covers northern Wisconsin in red during fall.) Maroon red is common on Door County’s several species of native dogwood, including roundleaf dogwood, red-osier dogwood and pagoda dogwood. Purple fall color in Door County is dominated by our most common species of ash tree, white ash.

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR those years when September and October are dominated by sunny, warm days and cool nights, and especially if there hasn’t been much rain from late August on, the color will be outstanding.

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common trees takes brown to a new level. American beech grows throughout much of Door County. Beech leaves turn a shiny russet-brown in fall, often with patches of yellow, that beautifully complements the brighter colors of its neighbors. The brown comes from tannins, waste products that accumulate in leaves in fall. And, as if to do all that it can to make up for lack of brightness with length of show, American beech, through a process called marcescence, holds many of its brown, withered leaves over winter.

This adds much to the quality of Door County’s winter landscape.

The question “Where is the best place to see fall color in Door County?” has a quick and easy answer: just about anywhere you look. Every fencerow, woodlot edge, shoreline and overgrown field will have wonderful color. And during

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Back in 1918, a company called Johnson and Gmack was busy building and repairing boats for the Great Lakes commercial fishing fleet. But it wasn’t until 1928, when a man named Palmer Johnson, the founder’s son, built the company’s first wooden pleasure boat that an entirely new era began. Its history has had many chapters but nonetheless has proven a steady business in the changing waters of the maritime industry. With traditions carrying from generation to generation and a skilled group of craftsmen by its side, the Palmer Johnson company has established its place on the forefront of the exclusive world of luxury yachting.

Through its history, various owners have guided the company in both periods of prosperity and hard times.

International events, too, affected the company. For example, when the United States entered WWII, and as most American industries rallied around the war effort, Palmer Johnson was no different. Then called Sturgeon Bay Boat Works, the company built over forty 45-foot air-sea rescue boats and four 65-foot “T” class freighters used to

haul munitions during the war years. At war’s end a few custom yachts were being made, as well as a series of 27-foot and 33-foot wooden stock sailboats.

Officially named Palmer Johnson (commonly referred to as “PJ”) in 1956, Texas Instruments founder Pat Haggerty bought the company in 1961. Under Haggerty, PJ earned a reputation as a world-class yacht producer and continued new, innovative, welded aluminum construction. Haggerty’s son-in-law, Mike Kelsey Sr., ran the company alongside Haggerty and continued at the helm after Haggerty’s death in 1980.

In 2000, the company was sold to dot-com magnate Andrew McKelvey, owner of the popular website Monster. com. With that sale came a confusing and altogether unpleasant few years for Palmer Johnson. In 2003, English businessman Timur “Tim” Mohamed purchased a 120-foot yacht christened Cover Drive, leading him to purchase the company in 2004. Mike Kelsey Jr., grandson of former

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owner Pat Haggerty, joined Mohamed’s team and together the two have revitalized this icon of shipbuilding and continue to search for ways to stay ahead of the game.

When I asked president Mike Kelsey Jr. why, after several shifts in ownership in the past decade, production still remains in Sturgeon Bay, he stated simply, “The craftsmen are here.” It is obvious that Kelsey values his workers above all else. “Right now in the yard,” he said, his hand sweeping across the huge bay windows in his office that overlook the building yard, “we have a grandfather, father and son all working out there.” He claims that there are descendants of the original 1918 crew that still work for him today. “These people still know what it means to give an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay.”

Although PJ has always been known as a custom yacht builder, Mohamed has taken a different tack (pun intended).

Palmer Johnson is no longer doing their traditional custom work, but instead is producing specifically designed models exclusive to their company. Similar to the Cover Drive, Mohamed’s custom yacht, these luxury yachts are built on spec and Kelsey says business is booming. When I asked Mike if he thought that someone who was willing to spend such a large amount of money on a yacht would want to buy one already built, he nodded enthusiastically. “They look at our yachts and say, ‘That’s me, that’s what I want.’”

The smallest of the fleet currently being produced by PJ is a mere 120 feet and takes over a year to build, whereas the 150-foot model can take over one and a half years. When asked how many man-hours are required, Kelsey won’t specify but says, “Well in excess of 100,000.” Every detail of the construction is overseen by PJ including the interiors which are finished at a Palmer Johnson facility, working with new owners provided they join the process early on.

Only four yachts are built per year and, so far, supply and demand are evenly matched. Two of the 120-footers were launched this spring and another two are due to launch this fall.

So what does someone get when they purchase a luxury yacht? Well, for example, in 1979 King Juan Carlos of Spain got the Fortuna, which was the company’s first yacht over 100 feet and boasted, at 52 knots, to be the fastest large motor yacht in the world for almost 10 years. If you have been around Door County in the past few years, you will remember the launch of the Baronessa, a 195-foot motor

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yacht that had the distinction of being the largest built in the United States since 1930.

The cost is something that Kelsey is understandably evasive about. The prices can fluctuate considerably with the top of the line going for over 30 million dollars. On the models being produced by PJ right now, there are four to six staterooms (not including rooms for crew) and the well-appointed interiors are outfitted with the latest and greatest of gizmos and gadgets. Flat screen TVs and video on demand in every stateroom give the feel of the best hotels—only floating.

My next question concerned just who is buying these opulent vessels. Of the last four yachts sold one was to an American, two were to Europeans, and two were to Russians. Russians? Kelsey shrugged his shoulders. “Most of these boats end up in the Mediterranean,” he said by way of explanation. Owners can come from all over the world; Palmer Johnson has built and sold yachts to people in Chicago, Illinois; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sydney, Australia; and Canton, Ohio. Yep, Canton, Ohio.

Once the yachts are completed there is the rather large problem of getting them to their owners. Anyone who spends time in Door County knows that getting to our little island can be a logistical nightmare, by land or by sea. Most of the vessels are brought (by water) to the east coast where they are literally picked up out of the water and placed on very large ships owned by a company called Dock Express.

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There are over 200 employees working in the yard in Sturgeon Bay but there is only one that Kelsey eats dinner with on a regular basis: his son.

“He’s out there somewhere,” Kelsey said, looking again out the expansive windows. It just shows that Palmer Johnson is a family-oriented workplace. “I was the only one out of my siblings that really showed an interest in the business,” he said. Kelsey Jr. started working in the yard when he was young; starting early helped him gain an intimate knowledge of the business that few people at his level can claim.

brother Brian is the Executive Director of the Door County Maritime Museum.

In looking at Palmer Johnson’s past and considering its future, it seems that the strength of its people, owners and workers alike, are to be credited with much. Through every chapter, they have helmed the company toward its achievements, first among which is their unwavering commitment to quality.

It is a true family affair with Mike Kelsey Jr. taking the company into the new millennium as president. While his father passed away unexpectedly a few years ago, Mike Jr. is quick to point out that, although he misses his father’s advice and input, he has plenty of family around who are still in the maritime business. Mom Sheila is owner of Great Lakes Yacht Services, a yacht brokerage firm situated on the site of the original Palmer Johnson shipyard, and

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In much of America, drive-in theaters are abandoned relics of a bygone era. Decrepit old snack bars crumble in overgrown parking lots, still pointing valiantly at the bones of a decaying screen. They are some of the saddest sights on the American landscape, the old speaker posts standing like tombstones marking the graves of youth and innocence.

But just south of Ephraim, one of these benchmarks in the evolution of Americana remains and flourishes to this day.

Boys and girls still sneak their first kiss under blankets, teens make out in cars, and young kids swarm the swing sets, slides and see-saws.

Most locals don’t call it the drive-in and even fewer call it by its proper name, The Skyway. Rather, it’s simply “The Outdoor,” one of only nine such Wisconsin venues in operation today. A place where a golden era of the country’s

pop culture lives in more than just fading memories and sad decay.

“We get a lot of baby-boomers who come in and say that they haven’t been to a drive-in since they were kids,” said Dale Jacobson, who owns the Skyway with his brother Jeff.

“It brings back memories for a lot of people.”

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r” broadcast over the radio for years, Dale said some folks still put the old speakers on their window. “We still have them in the first few rows, and sometimes I’ll see someone use them,” he said. “They break a lot and they don’t sound as good as the radio, but people just like that old-time feel I guess.”

That old-time feel began when Orville and Elton Voeks opened the Skyway July 26th, 1950. Dwight “Ike” Eisenhower was President. The immortal “Curly” Lambeau had just ceded his Green Bay Packers coaching duties to Gene Ronzani, and Al Johnson’s restaurant had yet to open.

Drive-ins originally showcased some of the first films targeted for teenagers, who now had spending money in the post-World War II economy. They flocked to movies featuring fast cars and monsters, with names like Roadracers and Psychorama. Soon, drive-ins began popping up all over the country, numbering over 5,000 by the end of the 1960s.

In the beginning, many drive-ins weren’t the familyfriendly destination they are today. Dale and Jeff ’s parents, Darrell and Eileen, bought the Skyway from Orville in 1981, and Darrell said the Skyway had its rowdy moments as well. “It used to be a place for movies about fast cars and the fast crowd,” he said. “A place to party. It could be

a hard-drinking, rough crowd. Fridays were just wild with people drinking and stuff.”

The prevailing image of the drive-in was so tough that Darrell said he got an incredulous response when he asked his booking agent to get him a new kid-friendly movie called E.T. “He said ‘You don’t want that kind of movie at a drive-in. They don’t want to see that,’” Darrell recalled.

Lo and behold, E.T. would be one of the most popular movies ever shown at the Skyway. But the partying continued, he said, until the early 1990s, when he called in the cops and a few people got busted. “That seemed to put a stop to the partying,” he said. “From then on, it became more of a place for families.”

Jacobson said this transformation, and the theater’s location in a prime tourist destination, enabled the Skyway to stay open while thousands of other drive-in theaters went dark. After reaching the 5,000-screen peak, outdoor

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“THE OUTDOOR” theaters would start closing in droves in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, leaving fewer than 400 in operation across the country today.

Another secret to the Skyway’s enduring success is the prices. The Skyway shows a double-feature nightly Memorial Day through Labor Day, and weekends in May and September through Columbus Day weekend. A ticket will cost you just $6.50 for an adult, $3.50 for children 6-11, and kids under five get in free, making the Skyway a bargain for those accustomed to $8-$11 a ticket at most cinemas.

Running a family-friendly, seasonal, outdoor movie theater is much different than your typical cinema. The chief concern is weather, which plays a huge role in attendance for any given night. Dale said, “Rain is the number one thing for us. A lot of seasons we’re not on the same page with the rest of the county. If it’s bad everywhere else, we might be doing great. If they’re doing great, we could be down.”

They don’t often shut down on account of the weather, but not as many people will venture out to watch a film through their windshield wipers. Dale said they’ve closed just a handful of times since he and his brother took over in 1999. “Our success depends a lot on the weather and if you hit on a good movie,” he said.

In 2003 Dale said they hit on their most successful movie ever, Pirates of the Caribbean. It propelled them to their best

year ever in terms of tickets sold, and was a movie that played equally well with adults and kids, another paradox of the business. “With a lot of families here, you try to pair a kid-friendly movie with an action/adventure or popcorn flick,” Dale said. “With a doublefeature, you don’t want to follow up a G-rated movie with an R.” Being an independent theater operator brings extra hurdles and considerations as well.

Getting a movie on opening day is almost never an option, Dale said. “It’s too expensive to get a movie on the day it breaks,” he explained. “So we try to get them at two weeks, when they usually come cheaper.”

Such a strategy would be disastrous for a cinema in the city, but it works in Door County where many movie deliberations conclude with “I’m going to wait till it’s

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“THE OUTDOOR” playing at The Outdoor.” Plenty of movie-goers are willing to be patient for the experience, which can be different things for different people.

enjoy the extra bit of freedom offered at The Outdoor, an aspect of drive-in theaters that has drawn teens for five decades.

Everybody has their own special memories of The Outdoor, but few in Door County over the age of 25 can forget the merry-go-round that used to thrill and scare kids below the big screen. With a wooden deck and tall metal poles to hold on to, it was legendary for how fast it could whirl when powered by a group of teenage boys.

Opening night, typically around the third Friday in May, is marked on calendars and anticipated in Gibraltar High School’s hallways only slightly less than the last day of school. It’s one of the seminal Door County signs marking the arrival of the carefree days of summer, and kids clamor to arrange a ride in the days leading up to it.

A kid with a good grip could hold on tight and watch his legs be pulled off the deck and into the air, finding him or herself parallel to the ground as the merry-go-round rotated furiously. Dale recalled his prowess on the infamous playground centerpiece. “It was pretty dangerous, but I got pretty good at it,” he remembered. “I was pretty small and could hang on with one hand and just swing up there.”

Jeff P– recently took part in another of the time-honored drive-in traditions: sneaking in. “The last time I came here I snuck in,” he recounts with pride, motioning to the north edge of the parking area. “I climbed the fence right over there.” Along with his friends, he seems to second-guess himself for revealing this, though he can likely sleep easy.

It was while swinging up there that the fear would come as you felt your grip loosen while the older guys pushing the machine refused to let up – they were perilous moments when you balanced your screams with efforts to locate a soft piece of earth to land on upon letting go and hurtling yourself through the air.

Of course, upon landing safely, you forgot your fear and relished the thrill, and looked for the next opening to jump back on and grab the pole again. It was a dangerous thrill, however, and the merry-go-round was wisely removed in the mid-90s.

On a cloudless August night at the Skyway, the prime parking spots are full by 8:30 pm. Kids swarm the playgrounds and teens stake out portions of the benches up front. A father and son have a catch off to the side, while a group plays football in the back corner of the grounds.

A row ahead of me, a small Honda Civic comes to a stop and six older teenagers spill out instantly. They drove all the way from Algoma, they say, for the second time this summer, even though other cinemas are much closer.

“I guess I could probably catch a few people sneaking in if I searched every trunk and watched the walls, but I’m not too worried about it,” Dale Jacobson says.

I leave Jeff P–– and his friends to hit the snack bar, which is swarmed with people getting last-second provisions. The prices don’t quite take you back to the ‘50s, but they come close enough to surprise veterans of today’s cinemas. Dale and Jeff man the stand nightly with a few employees, and tonight they serve me up a foot-long hot dog for $2.50, a large soda for $2.00 and a medium popcorn for $3.00.

Making my way back to the car, I see families huddled together in cars and minivans, adjusting seats and positions so everyone can get the best possible view of the screen.

When I settle back into the car, it’s hard not to be awed by the big screen towering over the pines around it, the same awe I felt the very first time I went to a drive-in.

Finally, the movie begins to roll as the last remnants of a classic Door County sunset fade behind it, Mother Nature turning the lights down and starting the show.

“It’s cheap and it’s fun,” says Jeff P––, a loquacious seventeen year-old. His friends say they like the drive and

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The Door County Barn

By Mariah Goode Photography by Dan Eggert

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Some well-maintained wooden barns are still utilized for their original purposes.

I’ve seen you do it, and I do it, too: pull over to the side of the road, jump out of the car, and attempt – most often in vain – to capture the essence of a big old wooden Door County barn with a camera.

My particular favorites are those slightly or even largely dilapidated, with sinking rooflines and sagging walls, weathered to the point the original color is indeterminable. I know though, from years of observation, that unfortunately they are usually done for – once a barn looks that way, it is probably going to fall or be torn down.

Door County Buildings and the People Who Built Them 18401910. In addition to looking like they physically belong, “old barns have a very human quality. They were made by hand and have the warmth and texture of all hand made objects. Time and weather as well as use have given them a patina new buildings cannot match.”

What is it so many of us love about those old barns?

Although it may be the sense of nostalgia they invoke, it is also their construction. “Old barns probably are the most beautiful buildings in Door County… in part because of their use of indigenous materials. They seem a part of the environment. They belong,” according John Kahlert’s Early

Most of the big wooden barns in Door County were constructed between 1880 and 1910. This is a few decades later than the oldest residential structures found in the area – early white settlers did not consider the rocky, shallow soil good for farming. In fact, “for many years Door County was not considered suitable for anything but fishing and

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This barn has been stripped for a new paint job; painting the barn helps preserve the wood longer.

lumbering. Farming did not become important until the latter decades of the nineteenth century when the once all-pervasive timber had been extensively cut over,” says Kahlert. And, even when farming was established in the county on a widespread scale, “early farmers grew primarily wheat which did not require major storage facilities.” Wheat growing, however, essentially died out in the state by 1879 due to disease and pests, so by 1900 Door County – along with the rest of Wisconsin – had shifted primarily to dairy farming, and dairy farming required big barns.

Farming is still surviving in many parts of Door County, although it is on the decline, particularly in northern Door where the soil is shallowest and rockiest and the real estate and development pressures greatest. Nowadays, if an old wooden barn is present on a farm, it is found surrounded by newer metal buildings. Northern Door beef cattle farmer Louis Sohns – who though retired still “helps out” the farmer to whom he rents his barns and land – explains, “The main problem is the cost. The old wooden barns are simply too expensive to replace or repair because wood is so expensive. It just doesn’t make financial sense to use wood to put up or repair something that big these days, with inexpensive steel buildings available. Plus, the upkeep cost for wooden barns is significant – all the old barns were always painted regularly to preserve the wood longer, and paint is expensive.” The Sohns’ farm still has the old wooden barn that was there when Louis was born, but the original structure has been sided over with metal in order to make the building last.

In addition to the cost issues associated with building or maintaining wooden barns, they are not necessarily designed to support modern-day farming practices and equipment. Sohns explains further: “When they built those old wooden barns, they always had lofts which were used to store hay and straw to bed and feed the animals. The loft hay storage served the important purpose of keeping

the barns warm in the winter and the animals’ water supply unfrozen. Nowadays, with electricity and heated water tanks, cattle can easily be housed and fed in multiple areas – the old type of barn design isn’t needed or practical.”

Despite the decline in the agricultural use of old wooden barns, some are being converted to other uses. In Door County, barns are now everything from garages to storage buildings, workshops, historical museums, art galleries, and

Some barns were constructed with stonework as a base, with the stonework ending at the top of any windows and doors.

performance art spaces. Renovated barns house Stone’s Throw Winery, Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Hands On Art Studio, Birch Creek Music Performance Center, and part of Peninsula Art School, to name just a few.

Paul Sills, founding director of Second City in Chicago, and his wife Carol have converted the old wooden barn on their property to space Paul uses in the summer to teach week-long intensive improvisational theater classes. Besides the people coming from all over for those classes, Paul’s local community theater troupe uses the barn for rehearsal Fall 2005 Door County Living 43

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DOOR COUNTY BARNS space. Carol, a visual artist and art teacher who modestly describes herself as merely “the registrar” for Paul’s classes, notes they had not intended to use the barn for theater classes when they moved here in 1970. She says, “When the barn really needed a new roof, though, and really needed to be restructured, that’s when we started this activity! The original barn was built in 1870 – it does have a few slightly newer additions – so it is quite an old building now. Over the years, the classes have paid for its renovation.”

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Architect and fine arts instructor Steve Wadzinski, on the other hand, bought an old Belgian barn in Baileys Harbor knowing he wanted to convert it to a gallery and performance space and construct an addition to house a café. He has at times lived in the building during the lengthy renovation process – restoring a barn takes time, particularly when you start a family in the midst of the project! – but notes that the romantic notion of converting an old barn to a residence is often not practical or desirable.

Barn smells can linger even decades after agricultural use of the building has ceased, and the conversion to a residence can be long and expensive. Wadzinski’s Rex Gallery and Café, expected to open within a few years, is named after a primitive-looking drawing of a dog labeled Rex – not to mention the mummified dog itself – that he found in the barn when beginning restoration work.

Besides the shift in barn usage in the county, the (re)construction of barns is changing. At least one old barn in northern Door has been torn down and then rebuilt exactly as it was, although with metal siding rather than wood. Wadzinski says his barn, while retaining most of the original structure, has been “modernized a bit – opened up with glass and sheathed in black steel, except for the first level, which is stone.” And, in addition to these modernizing remodeling or replacement projects, some completely new barn-like structures are appearing in the county. Although using modern materials and building techniques, most are nevertheless designed to look from the outside like old barns, such as artist Craig Blietz’s Liberty Grove home and studio. Blietz explains, “The home was built to look like a barn, and the studio to look like an outbuilding – a granary or ‘support’ building. I feel it’s important, if you’re going to build something new and you have the opportunity to do anything you want, to build something sensitive to the community, the land, and the other buildings in the area.

This was historically an agricultural property, so that was my underlying concept in designing the buildings.”

When the old barn structure is not – or cannot – be saved, there is still hope some of it may remain: “reclaiming” barn wood and beams is increasingly popular for use in homes and other buildings. Joel Bremer, owner of Good Eggs, a breakfast joint in Ephraim, recently used reclaimed barn beams from a southern Door barn to add additional sheltered dining space to his restaurant. Bremer obtained the beams through builder and contractor Russ Cockburn.

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DOOR COUNTY BARNS Several people, in fact, cite Cockburn as the source for projects using barn beams; he himself humbly says he has done “some” projects using recycled barn wood. He notes while using old barn building materials has interested him for a long time, “the first project was about five years ago, where I built a pretty large structure – storage and other space – up in Ellison Bay using primarily reclaimed barn wood.”

He has also used reclaimed barn materials for an addition to his own home and for the major kitchen remodel for the Savory Spoon, a new cooking school located in an old Ellison Bay farmhouse.

thing to do. Barns are nice old buildings. In many cases they can’t be fixed, so it’s nice to be able to use this old material in other ways.” To obtain barn wood and beams, Cockburn says he at first “approached some people who had barns that were falling down. After a couple of projects, though, people with falling-down barns started calling me! The only option typically is to tear down the building and burn it, so they’re happy to find someone who will take the materials off their hands and re-use them rather than have them go to waste. I’ve also torn down four barns myself, as well as used barn materials salvaged by someone else.”

Cockburn says he “sees the same problems with most of the big barns coming down: they’re falling down because they weren’t built very well! They always seem to break or need repairs in the same places.” He believes, however, as do others who are renovating or using parts of old barns for new buildings, that “recycling things in general is a good

For those saddened, then, by the decreasing presence of old barns even on agricultural properties in the county, take heart that at least some are being renovated. These beautiful historic structures, and hopefully their stories, if not the agricultural purposes they were designed to serve, are being preserved for generations to come.

Resources

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.

has information regarding barn restoration, including names of people who do barn restoration work. Visit their website, www.wisconsinruralheritage.org, e-mail ahr@itol.com, or call (920) 388-0604 for more information.

Agricultural Heritage and Resources (AHR) is a nonprofit organization based in Kewaunee County whose mission is to “preserve and promote our rural heritage, past present, and future.” AHR offers workshops on barn preservation and

Barns N.O.W., part of the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation, also has information on barn preservation. Call (608) 255-0348 for more information.

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Seeking the Aurora Borealis

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Ask five or six peninsula visitors how often they might expect to see the aurora borealis and you are likely to get five or six different answers – once a year, maybe, if they’re lucky, they’ll say; or once every couple of years; or once or twice in a lifetime. What the answers will all have in common is the idea that a sighting of the aurora, or the “northern lights,” is sure to be a rare occurrence.

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But spend some time with serious sky watchers and you will learn that, actually, there are multiple opportunities every year to experience an aurora in one of its many mysterious forms in the deep night sky. For the auroras – one each over both the north and south poles – are ever-present features of the earth’s environment. They are dynamic systems caused by charged particles in the solar wind crashing into electrons and protons of the earth’s upper atmosphere; these particles give off light as a result of the energy released. The auroras are always changing, but always there.

“Have I seen the aurora? Oh yes, many times,” says Dr. John Beck with enthusiasm. He is a family physician in Sturgeon Bay and an amateur astronomer who currently serves as president of the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society. Dr. Beck has learned his way around the night sky and has placed five pages of helpful tips for beginners on the society’s website.

Although the existence of the aurora has been known throughout recorded history, it is only since the 1960s,

when weather satellites began to circle the polar regions, that we have become aware of the auroras’ permanence. As the satellites skim across the poles, they look downward at twin auroral halos crowning each pole.

As explained by T. Neil Davis, author of The Aurora Watcher’s Handbook (1992), the two halos each sit atop the denser part of the atmosphere, usually 50 or 60 miles above the earth’s surface. They often consist of weak, parallel arcs a couple hundred miles in width. At such times only persons living very far north – near the North Pole – can see the aurora borealis. But during times of high solar activity, the ovals widen and expand in the direction of the equator.

Then auroras might be seen directly overhead in all their bright and colorful glory in central Alaska or Canada.

They also might be experienced hundreds of miles away by people at lower latitudes, although in diminished brightness and colors. On the average, says Davis, such auroras are visible somewhere in the earth’s mid-latitudes (generally 35 to 45 degrees north of the equator) one night in every three or four.

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OUTSIDE IN DOOR Door County, half way between the equator and the North Pole, straddles the 45-degree latitude. From this location on the northern edge of the mid-latitudes, the county is an excellent place to see some of those more-subdued but frequently-occurring light shows. Also, the peninsula, with its miles of shoreline and its inland landscape of fields and meadows, offers an abundance of open sky with unobstructed views – essential for aurora viewing.

Kathleen Harris, the naturalist at Peninsula State Park, plans three night sky programs each year – two in the summer, one in the fall. Harris has seen dozens of auroras and often hears the campers speak about them. The viewing gets better late in the season. She says, “I think August is a good month to see one; probably because the nights are getting longer.”

When asked to describe her most vivid aurora memory Harris has trouble selecting just one. “I saw one five or six years ago that was unforgettable; the aurora was a vivid green and there were big sheets of it across the sky.” But then she fondly remembered a late night walk in the fall years ago. While her newborn son slept soundly, she walked.

“It was near Baileys Harbor between the upper and lower range lights; there were green and yellow sheets just moving across the sky. It was so peaceful and hopeful.”

The “sheets” which Harris uses to describe what she has seen are a common auroral form, but an observer might also see columns or shafts of light, patches of glowing light, or arcs. The forms may be smooth or striated, and the light may be quietly steady or pulsating and flickering.

Dr. Beck describes a particularly exciting combination.

“I went out to watch the Perseid Meteor Showers and oh my goodness.” Instead of viewing the hoped-for meteors he spent the next four hours watching a Technicolor aurora from a lounge chair in his driveway. “It was still continuing when I went in to bed around 3:00 am. It was a spectacular coronal aurora. Now that’s unusual. A cloud of light flashed on and off; streams of color would shoot up and swirl around; and it filled the entire sky in a circle around me.”

You too can expect to see the aurora if you pursue the opportunity and wait for the right conditions. In addition to an open sky, you will need a dark, clear night (free of both cloud cover and bright moonlight). Your chances of seeing an aurora will be greater if the clear night follows two or three days after a strong geomagnetic storm – for this you’ll need advice from the experts. There are a number of online websites where such “space weather” is tracked and these will send aurora alerts by email to those who request them. Dr. Beck recommends a service maintained by the

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Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (ww.gi.alaska.edu/). Even without such help from the professionals, remaining vigilant about the conditions and being patient in your watching can reward you – perhaps often.

Gerry Kocken of DePere is Dr. Beck’s counterpart, president of the Neville Public Museum Astronomical

Society in Green Bay. He too has seen countless auroras and receives the email predictions. A lifelong sky watcher, he has encountered the aurora many times just by being there – the right place, at the right time. “It just depends on when you’re out and when you’re looking,” he says. “I often see them when I’m driving around up north. I just stop and enjoy the view; it is one of nature’s gifts to us.”

A Few Resources for the Aurora Seeker Whitefish Dunes, Peninsula, and Newport State Parks all have occasional night sky evenings as part of their naturalist programs. Though not addressing the aurora specifically, the program leaders will certainly offer tips to anyone seeking such information.

The Door Peninsula Astronomical Society meets on the first Tuesday of each month at Crossroads at

Big Creek in Sturgeon Bay where it has the use of the Leif Everson Observatory, and the public is invited to view the heavens with members of the astronomical society following their meetings. Public viewing sessions are typically scheduled from September through April (www.doorastronomy.org).

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Dr. John Beck’s excellent night sky viewing tips can be found at: www.doorastronomy.org/skygazing.html.

depth articles about the aurora available on line at www.skyandtelescope.com.

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Turtle Ridge Studio Gallery

It occurred to me after my visit with Turtle Ridge owner Mary Ellen Sisulak that, apart from the occasional tapestry, fabric as an artistic medium has never really been on my radar. Subconsciously I’ve regarded the stuff of fabric – clothing, scarves and bags – as little more than the dolled-up daughters of necessity: fashionable, sure, but foremost functional.

I’ve also never thought much about the people who construe fabric into these items. My closet abounds with anonymously woven and sewn garments. Even hearing famous names like Calvin Klein and Donna Karan fails to conjure an image of someone furiously scribbling, measuring and stitching and, more, that they might consider themselves artists in the truest sense. Instead I picture Amazon-tall models strutting precariously down camera-flanked runways; little connection seems to exist between the items on these glamorous people and their makers.

Discovering such a connection is just one of the reasons my trip to Turtle Ridge was so enlightening. Mary Ellen is one of those people who scribbles and stitches for a living, and she does so with both dexterity and a discerning eye.

Her Ellison Bay studio is an ambient, sky-lit mini-factory complete with clunky machines, large swatches and rolls of fabric, and dozens of boxes and bins full of thread, zippers, snaps,

rivets and all of the little things she uses to construct (primarily though not exclusively) fine leather handbags and purses.

I admit being caught off guard by not only the complexity of the start-to-finish process but also the expressiveness of her products. According to Mary Ellen, the process begins with a Guache painting on paper. The paintings are inspired by the gardens on her serene Mink River Road property, the acres of Nature Conservancy land adjacent to her own, and her travels to Mexico and elsewhere; and they typically depict frogs, birds, plant life or, as one would expect, turtles.

Once Mary Ellen selects a finished painting, she then sets to the task of readying the painting to be made into an embossing plate. “I reduce the paintings to the simplest form I can that will emboss,” says Mary Ellen, “and I decide on the colors and the details.” Embossing plate in hand, she then places it, along with a dampened piece of leather, into a giant hydraulic dye press that will exert 16 tons of pressure, thus stamping an indelible pattern into the fabric.

After this is complete, says Mary Ellen, “I let the leather dry, then hand-paint it and put a seal on it.” Ultimately, this leather patch will become the centerpiece of a Sisulak

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Above: Mary Ellen Sisulak and Kim Kolstad work in the studio.

bag and will lend an unmistakable signature quality to the finished product.

Meanwhile, the design and engineering of the bag itself must be done. First a pattern is made on graph paper, then a few prototypes are created and tested, revisions are made, and the resulting shapes are made into forged dyes, or polygonal and curved metal shapes that “cut the leather like a cookie cutter,” also on the hydraulic press. Once the leather pieces are produced, often 20 or more for a single bag, they must be “skived” before assembly. Skiving is performed on a small machine (resembling a sewing machine) that more or less shaves the edges of the leather along the perimeter to allow the leather to be easily folded before it is finally sewn together.

The leather itself is another science altogether. “The leather we use comes from five different places and it’s all domestic hide,” says Mary Ellen. “Cow hide is the brunt of what we use, but we also use sheep, goat, pig, and buffalo.

Each animal’s hide has its own grain texture. Goat hide, for example, is a tighter texture with smaller cells, whereas pig hide is very thin and is great for lining. I also like to use vegetable tan leather which has a gorgeous patina and comes in many colors. And we only want fine leather – we’re picky!”

As she explains the process, it becomes clear that each

step – from painting on paper to attaching the last touch, a small turtle medallion for the zipper’s pull – requires an infusion of creativity and skill. The resulting handbags are a far cry from their mass-produced cousins found everywhere; rather, they are art forms, well-crafted and built to last.

It is clear, too, that Mary Ellen’s personality is manifested in her work. As an artist, there is something Zen about her that perhaps comes from her connection to nature, and is clearly evident in the smooth lines and carefully pondered details of her handbags and purses. The name “Turtle Ridge” even speaks to this character trait: “We [Mary Ellen and husband Robert] saw a painted turtle on the property when we bought it in 1978.

Turtles are a good symbol with legends in every culture.

They mean honesty, patience, perseverance – it’s been a talisman for us.”

Presence of a talisman or not, Mary Ellen has also proven a capable and hardworking businesswoman. In addition to running the studio and the on-site gallery, she also attends about 12 wholesale and retail shows annually across the country. Winters are spent creating new designs and getting a head start on production for those shows, while summers bring the usual busyness of a seasonal economy. With a hint of regret, Mary Ellen also tells me about the two or more days a week she spends just keeping up with office work.

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accounting, doing mailings for shows – it’s unbelievable how much paperwork there is even with a small business like this.”

many ways, including monetarily. It was an affirmation of the greatness of Door County. When the chips are down, you can count on the people here.”

Luckily, however, she has some help. Kim Kolstad has worked with Mary Ellen in the studio for five years and takes care of the wholesale sewing for the smaller product lines in addition to, as Mary Ellen says, “sharing the responsibility of waiting on customers and giving tours.” Additionally, Asta Zukauskiene, who works outside the studio as a subcontractor, has been doing piecework production sewing on fiber for about 15 years, and Jane Ama, also a subcontractor, has painted all of the embossed designs for about 12 years. Even Mary Ellen’s father helped earlier on for about 10 years “making the sheet metal pattern pieces from recycled materials [using] odds and ends from air conditioning and heating duct work.”

As for Mary Ellen’s thoughts on her chosen career, she seems especially willing to continue down the road she’s on. “I’m lucky,” she relates. “I get to do all kinds of different things, grow as an artist, I get to go to wonderful places, and work in a wonderful place. I have a great family that’s supportive and wonderful employees. I love that people really appreciate what I do, too, and they validate my work by buying it. Of course there’s the down side that you can’t depend on anything but your own two hands – and that can be scary – but most self-employed people have those worries. You just deal with it.”

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Patricia McGrath Lind, 1929 Patricia is wearing a Michal Golan necklace.

And of course there is Robert, her husband, a builder who for about five or six years worked in the gallery alongside Mary Ellen to develop it as a year-round business. He now assists in all sorts of ways, including attending shows. He even built the studio not once but twice after it burned in 1996 – an event which evokes praise and thanks for the community from Mary Ellen. “People helped us rebuild in

If Mary Ellen is correct that the key to success is depending on one’s own two hands, it’s an easy contention that she has nothing to worry about. And if success is measured by the gifts of one’s artistry, then she is especially wellpoised for prosperity – Mary Ellen has accomplished much more than simply defining the point where function and fashion meet, she also has the enviable ability to breathe soul into everyday material items, rendering them the most unexpected and multifaceted of art forms.

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FAIRWAYS

BY EDWARD WARNER

The Hybrid Surge

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About ten years ago I can remember walking up a fairway at Peninsula State Park Golf Course with friends on our approach to the green. We were looking at similar distances to the green for our second shot - between 170 and 200 yards. With a slight groan, I pulled out my four iron, which had helped poison an earlier shot of mine. One of my friends quietly reached into his bag and pulled out his brand new utility club, which he hadn’t mentioned buying, thinking he could take his shot, quickly put the club back in his bag, and the whole thing would go unnoticed. However, the club was more conspicuous than he’d thought and in an instant the affable ridicule began. We were not about to let him get away with using this club without some sarcastic commentary.

What a difference ten years makes. Even though utility and hybrid clubs are a relatively recent addition to the pantheon of golf clubs, their explosion in popularity can no longer be denied. Designed to be easier to hit with than traditional long irons, the terms “utility clubs” and “hybrid clubs” are generally used interchangeably. They denote a category of clubs that combine elements of both woods and irons into their design. The proliferation of these hybrids has been a

blessing to thousands of golfers who lack the strength, speed or skill to play their long irons well.

Most golfers struggle with their long irons for a couple of reasons. The long irons have a relatively small sweet spot compared to other irons and, more importantly, many golfers don’t generate enough club head speed to get an adequate launch angle for the longer irons.

Hybrid clubs are designed to hit the ball higher and land it softer than their iron counterparts. The clubs achieve this by using the low profile and weighting of fairway woods to help get the ball in the air, while avoiding the digging or divot-taking nature of irons.

Many hybrids resemble the look of traditional fairway woods and seem to be the choice for the average-tohigh handicappers, while others are more iron-like, and are preferred by better players.

Regardless of the hybrid style, these clubs are viewed to be one of the most versatile clubs you can have in your bag. Off the tee, these clubs are great for long par threes and short par four tee shots when you must carry a bunker or water hazard. Because of the high ball-flight, the ball will come down on a steeper angle making it easier to stop on the

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green. Hybrids are also great for long approach shots to the greens on par fives and long par fours. Because of their great distance control and accuracy, these hybrids will build your confidence.

Another popular use for hybrids is hitting from the rough.

Long irons tend to get caught up in the rough causing them to twist easily and produce poorly hit shots from the rough.

The bigger size and mass of the hybrids over regular irons make it easier for the club to drive through the rough while keeping the face square. These clubs also work great for bump and run shots around the green. They help to eliminate the chance for error by getting the ball rolling on the ground as quickly as possible. Because the shafts are shorter you can play these shots almost like a putt without choking down on the shaft to gain control. This eliminates the chance of a skull, chunk, or a decelerating wedge shot.

Professionals on the PGA tour and the media have certainly helped fuel the hybrid fire. Last year at the British Open, Todd Hamilton, a rookie on the PGA tour, beat Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson to win the major using Sonartec’s MD Transition model hybrid off the tee, as well as around the green in his short game. He was only one of 46 players at The Open carrying hybrids in their bags. What’s more surprising is that the club’s manufacturer was not paying Hamilton. Sonartec’s only staff player at the time was Nick Price, and the company had about 125 tour players using its clubs without compensation in 2004.

company Ping, no longer able to ignore the growing piece of pie, is launching their first ever wood-like G5 series hybrid in September.

So what type of swing do you make with a hybrid club?

The answer most professionals give is: the same swing you make with your long irons. That means playing the ball forward in your stance and using your normal grip, stance and posture. Take the club back low and make a smooth, comfortable turn. On the downswing, don’t think of hitting down sharply on the ball. You want to make more of a sweeping-type swing, hitting down on the ball very slightly. You should take only a tiny divot, if any divot at all. Remember to swing easy, at about 80 percent of your effort for a normal shot. The club will do the rest, even off the tightest fairway lies.

There’s no doubt about it; hybrids are here to stay. While technology has made it easier for golfers to hit the ball farther, hybrid technology will keep golfers interested in the game for more years. Considering the prolific acceptance of these clubs by tour professionals, amateurs should never feel bad about having hybrids in their bags.

Hybrids have quickly become the hottest category in the golf industry. According to Golf Datatech, a Kissimmee, Florida-based retail market research firm, hybrids account for 20 percent of all wood sales at golf shops. The growing percentage of hybrid sales has made it impossible for big golf companies to disregard. Most of the larger club manufacturers are now offering hybrids. Companies like Titleist, King Cobra, Callaway, Nike, and TaylorMade have had great success selling their hybrid lines. Holdout

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ON YOUR PLATE

BY ALLISON VROMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN EGGERT

A Convivial Trio

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I went to dinner at Trio Restaurant in Egg Harbor with two friends in preparation for this article; my intentions were to enhance and refresh my memory of the dining experience, capturing the nuances of the setting, the cuisine, and the service. However, as I savored the last spoonfuls of the orange chocolate mousse, I realized my initial intentions had been forgotten somewhere between our salad course, the entrées, and our discussion of plans for post-summer in Door County. Although I’d had a remarkable dinner with my friends, I hadn’t exactly accomplished my goal or retained many of the details.

(From left) Mark VanLaanen, Ronald Perley and Jerry Spitz.

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Hoping it wasn’t already too late to seize the specifics I could use to craft my article, I sat back with my cup of coffee and redirected my focus. Unfortunately, the buzz of conversation that had previously surrounded us was gone – we were the last table left in the restaurant. The tabletops were cleared, crisp, and ready for the next night’s patrons.

The only occupants of the rustic, wooden bench that ran the length of the dining room were the empty wine bottles perched atop its seatback. I suddenly wished those bottles could have told me the stories they were privy to as their contents were emptied.

The only people besides us in the restaurant were the staff. The servers, dressed in their black attire and white aprons, converged around the bar, finishing up their tasks for the evening. On the opposite side of the room, the owners sat sipping a glass of wine, recapping the evening.

On our way out, obliging myself to make some progress, I introduced myself to them and reaffirmed our interview for the upcoming Saturday afternoon.

Going into the interview after feeling a sense of failure about my previous “research,” I imagined the history and background of the establishment, instead, would make up the majority of my allotted words. But as I progressed through my list of questions, I realized that perhaps my misgivings were unfounded; the experience I thought was of little value to this article was what owners Ronald Perley, Jerry Spitz, and Mark VanLaanen would hope I’d envision of their restaurant: “a high energy, lively place where people are enjoying good food, good wine and having conversations as if they were at their home.”

Ronald, Jerry, and Mark have known each other for over twenty-five years, but they have not always been business partners. In fact, they weren’t all even in the restaurant business. When the three met, Ronald was an international banker, Jerry was engulfed in the design industry, and Mark owned the Village Café in Egg Harbor.

Maintaining a friendship over the years proved to be an easy task, but when all three of them were ready at the same time for a change from the stress of their jobs, they initially hesitated to join forces. According to Mark, “Being friends is one thing and being business partners is totally different.”

The three took their time developing a plan for a new restaurant and researching Door County – a place they all were passionate about and had connections to. They wanted to open a restaurant that had the feel of a country French or Italian bistro, a style of restaurant they saw missing from Door County. Jerry said, “We asked local innkeepers and business owners what they thought of the idea and really studied the demographics prior to making the decision to go ahead.”

The trio looked into renovating a space to suit their needs; however, they decided it would be too costly to achieve the finished product they desired. So, a building was erected on the corner of County Road E and Highway 42 in Egg Harbor. The building that stands today, with its stucco walls, brick patios, and beautiful gardens, embodies the feel they hoped the restaurant would have – that of a building on a farm in France or Italy. The layout and design of the interior also suits their needs, creating the lively atmosphere for customers to enjoy the Old World recipes.

In 1993, a year and a half after the process began, Ronald, Jerry, and Mark opened the doors of Trio. The three fell into their respective roles easily – Mark and Ronald created the cuisine in the kitchen and Jerry supervised the front of the house, preserving the atmosphere. All of the planning and research paid off that first season. “We were overwhelmed the first year,” Mark said. “We tripled the amount of business we thought we would have.”

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than making any big changes to their vision, in order to keep things interesting “we change the menu about once a month,” he continued. Although a few items stay the same, such as the Bowtie Pasta with Salmon or the Cassoulet Toulousain, the majority of the items on the menu change regularly as do the wine selections.

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Even though the menu changes frequently, somehow Ronald, Jerry, and Mark have continued to receive constant, positive responses from their patrons. Mark is always amazed that, on the one night a week he covers the front of the house so that Jerry can have a day off, “people can’t say thank you enough for the experience they’ve had.”

The night I had hoped to set the foundation for this article, and in fact on all of the other occasions I have eaten at Trio, was exactly that type of experience. An overarching quality about the meal, the wine, and the atmosphere added to the character of the evening, yet didn’t overpower the simplicity of friends sharing time together. Perhaps it’s the fact that Ronald, Jerry, and Mark are such old friends themselves that they understand how to uphold this delicate balance. For my part, I think I’ll skip the “research” in the future and, like Trio’s other patrons, just enjoy.

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Restaurant guide DINING IN DOOR COUNTY

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.

Restaurant Guide Key: $5-10* $10-15* $15-20* $20+* Full Bar Beer & Wine only Outdoor Seating available Kid’s Menu available Offering Breakfast Offering Lunch Offering Dinner Reservations Accepted Open during winter (hours may vary)

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Andre’s Food & Spirits 23 W. Oak St., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-4179 DLÂ 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 $$$ Â{ J B L D (T Dal Santo Trattoria 147 N. 3rd Ave., Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-6100 BW Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr, Sturgeon Bay (920) 746-9460 $$$ 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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THE MARKET IS OPEN! Well, not the Market, exactly, it’s the Winery that’s actually open, in the big, red Barn, because the Market burned down in February and we’re still re-building it, although it WILL be open mid-July, but in the meantime, we wanted to make sure you knew that you can find all of your favorite Orchard Country baked goods, cherry products, fruits, wines and juices at the Market, that is, Winery.

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Espresso Lane 8037 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor (920) 839-2647 $

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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

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

Villaggio’s 4240 Juddville Rd, Juddville (920) 868-4646

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Ephraim Café Solé Green Gable North Ephraim (920) 854-7773

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Brighten Your Day at Café Solé!

Coffee & Tea Fresh Baked Goods Gourmet Stuffed Pretzels Soups & Salads Sandwiches & Bagels Smoothies • Dine In or Take Out • Call Ahead & We’ll Have Your Order Waiting!

Green Gables Shops

10347 Hwy. 42 • North Ephraim

(920) 854-7773 Open All Year!

OPEN DAILY at 6:30 a.m.

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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.

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Washington Island Albatross N7W1910 Lobdells Point Rd., Washington Island (920) 847-2203

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Katy Rose Provisions 7821 Horseshoe Bay Road in Egg Harbor (920) 868-9010 Open Tues. thru Sun., 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.KatyRoseProvisions.com 70 Door County Living Fall 2005

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There is a reason families have been coming back to the Alpine Resort since its opening in 1921: three generations of Bertschingers have made it their goal to provide a wonderful escape from everyday life. While traveling habits have certainly changed over the past 84 years, vacationers are still looking for a great place to stay and the

more activities, the better. The Alpine Resort has something for everyone – swimming, tennis, biking, shuffleboard, a game room, basketball, rowboats, fishing poles, a boat launch, and an award-winning golf course.

When Paul and John Bertschinger designed the Alpine Inn and Höf Restaurant (the Swiss/ German word for gathering place) in the early ‘20s, they had a seasonal resort in mind that would draw tourists from the Chicago and Milwaukee areas. Visitors were taken as far as Sturgeon Bay on steamboats and railroads and then brought to Alpine’s doorstep by cab. Guests typically stayed for two weeks to a month at a time. Since meals

were included as part of their accommodations and they dined together three times a day, the guests got to know each other as well as their hosts. Children and grandchildren of many of the original guests are still making the Alpine their summer vacation spot.

Most people arrive at the Alpine by car these days; however, there are slips available for those who prefer to arrive by boat. Set on about 2,700 feet of shoreline, the resort attracts boaters as well as anyone wanting to swim at a private sandy beach or stroll along the waterfront, which covers just about everybody.

Nestled in the 300 scenic acres of the resort is their famed 36-hole public golf course. Golfers should pay special attention to the ninth hole on the Blue Nine course which has been rated the most scenic hole in the state of Wisconsin. So much natural inspiration is bound to help one’s game. For golfers’ convenience, there is a practice range, riding carts, rental clubs, putting greens, a pro shop and a bar and grill.

Guests have the choice of staying at one of the 40 rooms at the inn, at one of the 20 cottages, at the golf chalet, or in one of the private houses. Each room is decorated in its own unique style – no two rooms at the Alpine are alike. All include television and air conditioning and some accommodations have kitchens, whirlpools and fireplaces. In addition to lodging, there are also rate packages

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Where the view is as great as the golf!

to choose from which include golf and/or meals at the Höf restaurant.

No matter where guests choose to stay, they usually end up in the lodge at night where there is live entertainment throughout the summer. Many also end up sitting on the veranda that runs the length of the main building and is perfect for sunrises and sunsets.

Running the Alpine is still very much a family effort. Bill, the founder’s son, and his wife Marie still arrive for work everyday, although they now leave the majority of the daily operations to the third generation of Bertschingers – their daughters Cindy, Emily, Carey and Christy. As the family looks forward to the fourth generation beginning to work in the next couple of years, they continue the tradition of extending their own special brand of Swiss hospitality.

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STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY

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 Assessible, 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, TVVCR, 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,

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.

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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/Loung/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 Black Walnut Guest House 454 N 7th Ave (920) 743-8892 $135 - $145 4 Rms. InRoom Whirlpools, Smoke Free, Comp. Cont. Breakfast The Chadwick Inn 25 N 8th Ave (920) 743-2771 $110-$135 3 Rms. In-Room 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 The Pembrooke Inn 410 N 4th St (920) 746-9776 $80-$120 6 Rooms, In-

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Room Fireplace & Whirlpool, Smoke Free, Comp. Full Breakfast 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, In-Room 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

STAYING IN DOOR COUNTY

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 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, High-Speed 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 atrractive, 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 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 Edgewater Resort 10040 Water Street (920) 854-2734 $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

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$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 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 Somerset Inn 10401 Hwy 42 (920) 854-1819 $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, Sister Bay (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 Pt Rd (920) 743-5731 $85-$299 22 Units, Whirlpool & Fireplace Full Kitchen

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

The HILLSIDE INN OF EPHRAIM

Quiet elegance in the Beautiful Tradition of Door County

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

Luxury suites with fireplaces, sitting rooms with private balconies, and elegant bathrooms.

Private cottages with kitchens, sitting rooms with fireplaces and lovely porches.

Rooms are complete with climate control for your comfort, television with DVD, computer hookups, and compact disc players.

Down comforters and fluffy terry cloth robes are furnished along with fine sundries to enjoy in the bath.

A delicious breakfast is served every morning.

Phone 920-854-7666 Reservations 866-673-8456 www.VisitEphraim.com 9980 Water Street, Ephraim, WI 54211

Located in the heart of the picturesque village of Ephraim. The Inn has been luxuriously renovated with careful attention to preserving the original integrity and simplicity of this whitepainted landmark that has welcomed travelers to Door County since the late 1800ʼs.

Recipient of the Door County Chamber of Commerce 2002 Pride & Place Award The Hillside Inn is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Indoor Pool and Whirlpool, Outdoor Heated Pool 1 to 3 Bedroom Suites with Kitchens and Decks Walk to Shops, Harbor, Restaurants, Beach Playground, Basketball, Volleyball, Bicycles Quiet Wooded Setting Cozy Fireplace Lobby Off Season Specials

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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, Downtown Fish Creek (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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