Summer Road Trip! Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Rock Island, Sister Bay, and Green Bay

 

Swim meet in Spring Green

Running around at grandma's in Manitowoc

Waiting for fireworks

'Catching' fireworks...

Nathan was a little excited to see fireworks...

It was awesome... until someone called the police and they had to stop the fireworks before the big finale.

Sheboygan children's museum

Mr. Nathan, teacher.

There wasn't any chalk... so trying to write with an apple...?

Elly putting on a puppet show

Singing some songs

The magic school bus at Storybook Gardens

Three bears

Click Clack Moo!

Horton Hatches an Egg

Horton's Egg Goes Missing

The house made of sticks

"This is your stop"

Making potholders!

Minecraft.

Dream park for obstacles, some checkers, and hide & seek.

Found a Doodles

Rocks vs. rubber mulch bits.

I wanna say this was soup.....?

Nathan found me

Nathan wasn't impressed.  He thought the giant cow was going to be bigger.

Fresh.

A pool, splashpad, lazy river, water slides.... or a giant sand box with running water...  easy choice.

Probably Elly.

Snoozy tetris.

Zipline! 

Submersible tour

Heading below deck.

Magic show

Yummy sundaes at Beerntsen's 

Helping make dinner

Nathan was proud of his work.

Quick stop at the Manitowoc Zoo

Let's say porcupine... 

Salmon cam.

Bald eagle

Ferry to Washington Island

Getting ready to load the camping gear onto the Rock Island ferry.

The Rock Island boathouse 

Carting our gear from the boathouse to our campsite.  It looks so easy in the picture.

Hitting the beach.

Our campsite was in the woods behind Elly

Beating back the waves

Go wave fighting team!

Nathan showing off his Karate Kid moves.

(That's the same face I made when I went in the water....)

Confetti-bottle-popper-things

Doodles.

Telling spooooky stories by the fire.

Playing in the boathouse before we start the mile hike to the lighthouse. 

Ferry boat coming in

One of many stops on the way to the lighthouse.

Rocky beach below the lighthouse

Back to the start of the hike to the lighthouse for some reason.

The lighthouse keeper's desk on the way up to the light

Very steep steps up to the light

Top of the lighthouse

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

We had to go down the steps from the light backwards because they were so steep... Seemed like a good idea on these steps too.

Breaking a rock in half barehanded!

We're guessing this a Japanese character since the Japanese garden used to be near here?

Hitting the waves.

Saving the castle from the waves

Roasting marshmallows 

Playing on 'sand mountain'

Emptying shoes after playing on 'sand mountain'

'Sand mountain' tacklin'

Sand!

More sand.

Cartwheels on 'sand mountain'

It's a farting fox.

Giant burgers!

It's on fire.

Our pile of gear waiting for the ferry to come

Rock Island Plinko

Heading back to Washington Island

Lunch stop on Washington Island

Heading back to the mainland to see how bad the car smelled after someone left a turkey and brie sandwich in there for 2 days...

Stop at a cherry orchard store for cherries.  And candy.

Hitting the hotel pool

And hotel sandbox

The obligatory door county fish boil

Impatient crowd.

There's the fish!

Kablooey

Reacting to the kablooey

Foosball at the hotel.  Might have been the highlight of the trip for Nathan.

Mr. Giggles said, "kick, kick, kick.  Not today!"

Eating lunch at Hinterland in Titletown next to Lambeau 

Giant grilled cheese!

The sledding hill is fun to run up and down (or roll down) in the summer

Top of the hill

Looking down at the playground

And more foosball.  With Lambeau in the background.

Ninja course!

Cheesehead playground.

Two little monkeys.

Elly wins the 40 yard dash and it's time to head home.