Over the 4rth, we traveled north of Greenbay, Wisconsin to an island in the middle of Lake Michigan, named Rock Island. This part of Wisconsin is Door County- a quaint corner of the state known for it's cherries and beautiful scenes.
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The history of the island is interesting. The indians used the island as a camp for fishing trips. In 1886, the US federal government built the first light house on the Great Lakes on the western tip of Rock Island. In the early 1900's it was owned by an industralist from Chicago. He used it as a private retreat and built nordic style buildings over the 912 acre island. The family ended up turning it over to the state in the mid-60's, making it a state park. We heard that it is the least visited Wisconsin State Park - the necessity of catching two ferries explains why!
We had a blast. Our friends the Tim & Sara Rauch, and Tim and Anna Hassell arrived the day before- the Waterhouse's and the Lever's showed up on the fourth. Thank you Rauch's for making it happen! It was Elizabeth's first camping experience. Enjoy the pictures!
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Elizabeth is SO cute!! Does she have a natural curl in her hair? She is growing up fast.
The ferry trip looked like it was fun. What a gorgeous place!
Hey!! Tim Rauch went to the AFA with me!! no kidding...I was checking out your slide show and couldn't believe it...your family is so darn cute! say hello from Erin Langston...How are you Scallers?
Fun! Yet another place we wanted to go but never got around to going. Elizabeth is getting cuter and cuter. Doesn't Catherine also do an open-mouth excited look!?
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