Lake Michigan was smooth as glass as we rode over from Ludington, MI to Manitowac, WI on the Badger, the last coal fueled ferry on Lake Michigan. It was a diffrerent experience from the Puget Sound ferries we know and love. For the Badger, you leave your car with the keys in it and they park it on the ferry for you. You are not allowed to go down to the car deck at all. They turn the cars around because they have to be driven off the same end they used to drive onto the ferry. A lot of teenagers had jobs driving cars on and off the ferry and they hustled. No walking for them! There was a lift alongside the stairs for Mom and other slow-movers.
After the four hour ferry ride, we enjoyed a beautiful drive up to and into Door County. We went past beautiful, clean farms with gorgeous flower beds, all within view of bluer than blue Lake Michigan. Definitely not polluted looking at all---very clean.
I sure wish I could post photos for you. Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay is so cute! There were 3 goats on the sod roof today when we got here. I got lots of goat photos. And on the way we stopped at The Farm, which is a tour of an old farm with plenty of animals to feed. There is a Texas long horn steer that sticks his tongue out so you'll toss in the grain they give you to feed them. He was a riot!
The weather is nice and cool--high 70's to low 80's today. We drove along water all day. The only complaint I have is there was too much sun to be comfortable driving weather. I'm really glad we decided to go home by way of Door County.
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