Wine!

9-20-2010  Monday; Ephraim, WI

Today we toured around some more.  We headed down towards Egg Harbor.  Martha wanted to have breakfast at White Gull Inn.  However, the wait was 40 minutes and being it was already 10:30, we said no thank you.

After a breakfast of fresh blueberry pancakes and crepes we headed out to the shops.  We went to another orchard shop for Martha to pick up some cherry products.  Turns out it was also a winery.  Martha and I bellied up to the bar and drank lots of samples.  You know, trying to find the “right” wine to purchase.  It took awhile, but we each ended up with our token two bottles.  And more cherries.  Terry, not being a shopper, enjoyed taking pictures outside.  Dave, being the shopper, shopped. 

Anybody know what this is?  Smells divine!  This was outside lighthouse.

Martha and I sampled the finished products of these

Terry found this at winery

Like these!

Sunflower; don't know what red plant is called

We split up in Egg Harbor, each shopping where we wanted.  Terry walked thru a couple of stores with me, but he was quickly off to take pictures.  He has had the best time playing with his camera.  He’s experimented with different techniques and is getting quite good with his picture taking.  And most of all, he is enjoying himself.  Good to see him relax and play for a change.

Berry tree in front of birch trees

We drove to the eastern side of the county, looking for more lighthouses and just to see the terrain.  While there are lots of little bergs on the island, there is also a considerable amount of farm land and dairy cattle.  And lots of houses stuck out in the woods.  We found out from different people that most restaurants are only open about 5 months a year.  Most will close towards the end of October and re-open in the spring.  I asked one lady how much snow they have.  She said last year they didn’t have so much.  It was less than the 70 inches they had the previous year.  OOOOKay! 

Rather an unusual lighthouse, wouldn't you say?

Line up the light in the attic............

Over at Bailey’s Harbor we saw a couple of lighthouses.  We bought drinks at what we thought was a little grocery, but it turned out to be a hardware, clothing, souvenier, gift and grocery store!  We also went to a refuge center.  It looked like a church from the distance and was reachable by a long wooden walkway.  Nature trails were trekking off the sides into the woods.  There was a small lighthouse at the entrance to the walkway.  And in the attic of the house was a light.  The light from the house and the light from the lighthouse could be lined up by the shippers as they went thru the area.  Somehow this would prevent them from getting too close to the rocky shoreline as they passed by.  Whatever.  At any rate, the shore was truly rocky.  The wind was blowing pretty hard and it was cold down by the water. 

.....with the light in this little house, and you have another light house!

We drove back to town and ate pizza at Wild Tomato, another place Martha said was recommended.  The boys had-----guess?!-----pepperoni and sausage, and Martha and I had Farmer’s pizza, with prosciutto, fresh tomato sauce, roasted eggplant and pesto.  Pretty good. 

We returned to the motel.  And slept.  For dinner we went to this restaurant called Summer Place.  It was a placed that prided themselves on their daily selection from 5 different soups that you could have with whatever else you chose.  For instance, you could order sandwiches, Mexican, fish, and everything was accompanied by soup, but only ONE cup of the soup, as the waiter was sure to stess over and over.   May not be funny to you, but it was certainly humorous to us. 

We had to change rooms this morning from downstairs to upstairs.  Our room is hot and stuffy.  It’s gonna be a long night.