3 more lighthouses....

June 21 – I was  just barely up  when our realtor called.  I don’t think he knew it was an hour earlier here.  Luckily  Bill had  not turned  the sound  off on his phone so we went over some things  with the  contract on  our rental  house.  Sure  hope this  goes through  so we can be over and done  with it.  Bill got  up when  he heard  me on the phone so we got going earlier than usual today. 

Two Rivers Lighthouse

He had some fruit but I didn’t make any breakfast!  We left for Two

Tug boat 

Rivers, WI to see 2 lighthouses.  First we went to the Two Rivers Lighthouse which was the 1886 North Pierhead Lighthouse that guided shops and fishermen in to the harbor until 1969.  It was moved to its current location at the Rogers Street Fishing Village.  The village has an assortment of buildings moved to the locations that house fishing industry memorabilia.  There’s a tug boat, net making, a working Kahlenberg engine and lots more.  The gentlemen volunteering

Inside the tugboat

today were very knowledgeable and answered many questions. 

Rawley Point Lighthouse

Further up the coast 4-5 miles is the Point Beach State Forest, where the Rawley Point Lighthouse is.  The thing is, you can’t go in it or on the property because it’s part of the Coast Guard.  The forest did build a nice boardwalk out to the beach where you can take photos.  There was even a sign post that a little frame was built to put your cell to do a selfie from.  Of course, we had to use it!  Then I forgot to ask for my passport stamp for my book so we drove back to it after we stopped in town for postage stamps and to mail some things.  Good thing it wasn’t too far to go!

Just down the coast is the city of Manitowoc.  We stopped at the Wisconsin Maritime

Manitowoc Lighthouse

Museum which is huge.  We decided not to do the tour since we’ve done several maritime museums.  I went in to get my passport stamp and ask where the best photo point is of the Manitowoc Breakwater Lighthouse.  The folks were really helpful and I had a nice conversation with one guy who has done a lot of lighthouses also.  You can walk out to the lighthouse on the breakwater but it’s a pretty long walk.  I went out the pier, which isn’t as close but I could see people who walked out and kayaked out. 

Lightouse and ferry

It was past lunch time and I checked Yelp for a place.  We had lunch at The Fat Seagull.  It was highly rated and we were surprised that it was a small bar and restaurant.  Bill said it reminded him of his cousin in Canada’s neighborhood bar.  Bill had a brat burger, I had my first fish tacos and we shared a basket of seasoned fries.  Everything was delicious!  I could have managed with only 1 fish taco as the fish was lightly battered and 1 would have been enough.  The manager came over to check on us and was very welcoming.  There were 2 years of local awards on the wall voting it as the best neighborhood bar, best fish fry, etc.  Guess I made a good choice.

Time to head back to De Pere.  It took about 40 minutes to get home.  We are only going about 40 miles tomorrow so we can sleep in as late as we want.  We looked ahead to our plans and I will need to make some tour reservations tomorrow for upcoming places.  I paid some bills, not fun, did some email, downloaded 2 days of photos, journalled and made a pasta salad to have with our burgers and broccoli.  Once we ate I was back on the computer to get caught up as we never know when we will have WIFI.