A few more lighthouses

June 25 – We only had a drive of 90 miles to the campground today.  We’re back on the coast of Wisconsin at Cliffside Park in Racine.  The traffic was more of a challenge than anything.  We had to get on the interstate after 2 weeks of minimal traffic on more country roads.  There was work on the interstate and lanes changes and rude drivers!  Needless to say I was a bit tense by the time we arrived.  Bill called for directions as the street would not come up on our RV GPS.  Either Bill wasn’t told or it wasn’t written down but we missed a turn and once we realized it Bill called back and clarified it.  We unhooked along the road as small town America doesn’t have much turning room for the RV towing.

We got turned and were only a couple of miles from where we should have been.  The park is beautiful.  The hosts are from Venice, FL and originally from this area and this is their 8^th year volunteering here.  He gave Bill some easier directions to get back to the interstate for tomorrow.  Our spot is nice but Bill would have preferred there not be any trees as to get level we had to back up under the trees too far to get a signal.  Oh well.

Wind Point Lighthouse

Once we settled in we had some lunch and headed out to Wind Point Lighthouse in Racine.  It was easy to get to but no one around to get a stamp from.  It is the most beautiful lighthouse area we’ve seen.  It’s on the lake with waves crashing like the ocean and a number of out buildings such as the fog house. It is one of the tallest and oldest active lighthouses on the Great Lakes.  It was built in 1880.  The local police station is housed in part of the keeper quarters.  It has 144 iron steps to the top.  The main keeper quarters are still used by keepers.  There was a 10 year period when they had no keeper. 

Further south is Kenosha which has 2 lights, not far from each

Kenosha Pier Lighthouse

other.  One is the Southport Lighthouse and out at the end of the pier is the Pier Light.  There are 2 locations side by side where you can get the stamps but of course, they are both closed on Mondays!  You’d think one could be open!

Southport Lighthouse

We needed to make a Wal-mart stop and Kenosha has a brand new one so we stopped for produce mostly.  The route back was much more direct than the route from the first lighthouse to the others.  Seemed like half the time to get back. 

We put our purchases away and read for a bit and I put some brownies in the toaster oven and made a cottage cheese, jello, cool whip concoction I knew Bill would like.  I cooked fish for me and heated up the last piece of chicken for Bill along with kale salad and leftover corn.  Quite a Monday night feast!  Since we have no internet I worked on downloading 2 days of photos and getting them ready to upload to the blog, hopefully tomorrow evening.

Time to do some reading!