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Door County Fall Color Update

Monday, September 27th, 2010

I snapped a few photos today to show the progression of the fall colors in Door County. It isn’t peak for sure but the colors are still pretty…

Heritage Lake

County E in Egg Harbor

Egg Harbor Marina

Last year the colors hung on the entire month of October. Pre-peak, post-peak… it is all good. Check out the Egg Harbor Lodge web cam to keep track of the colors.

Packers vs. Bears tonight so we are headed to Mike’s Port Pub and that means JELLO SHOTS! Every time the Packers score the bartender hands out Jello shots. Who doesn’t like Jello? Mark and I went for lunch today with our friends Kim and Don today who live in Colorado and she had no idea what a Jello shot was… Kimmy… you better get out more!

GO PACK!

Packer Fan

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The Coolest Small Towns In America… Egg Harbor!

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

In Budget Travel’s fifth-annual celebration of hometown escapes across the USA, the editors spotlight 10 places that somehow pack in more personality than cities triple their size. How? It all comes down to the people.

Coolest Small Towns: Egg Harbor, Wisc. (population 1,194)

Surrounded by more than 300 miles of hidden coves and pocket beaches on Lake Michigan, Egg Harbor has for years been a refuge for residents of Milwaukee and Chicago, about five hours south. In the summer, families make the winding drive up through Door County — a rural peninsula dotted with silos and orchard stands that divides Lake Michigan and Green Bay — to swim and build sand castles along Egg Harbor’s beaches.

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Door County is a Festival…

Friday, September 17th, 2010

the blue nine at the Alpine

It’s fall and in Door County that means FESTIVAL. The beauty of a Door County Festival is you can either participate in the festival… or not. If you aren’t a festival goer, check out the many parks, galleries, museums Door County has to offer or take a quiet bike ride on our back roads. Better yet, just enjoy the water view from your balcony at Egg Harbor Lodge! If you LOVE a festival, here is a list of upcoming events…

Autumn Fest

Location: Downtown Baileys Harbor
From:9/18/2010 To 9/18/2010
9am-4pm. Arts & Crafts, entertainment, food. Information: 920-839-2366.
HARVEST FESTIVAL AND HARVEST MOON CELEBRATION
Location: Citywide
From:9/18/2010 To 9/18/2010
Citywide celebration of autumn’s bounty featuring an art and craft show, car show, food booths, music and entertainment plus children’s activities. The day concludes with a Harvest Moon celebration from 5 to 9pm. 800-302-6695.
FALL HARVEST FEST
Location: Orchard Country Winery
From:9/25/2010 To 9/25/2010
10am-5pm. Live music, free tours, free wine and beer tasting, pick your own apples, craft booths, food and baked goods, horse drawn wagon rides, face painting, inflatable castle, pumpkin bowling and pumpkin painting. Fun for the entire family. Information: 866-946-3262 or 920-868-3479.
PUMPKIN PATCH FESTIVAL
Location: Throughout Egg Harbor
From:10/9/2010 To 10/10/2010
Arts and crafts, rides for the kids, free concerts and much, much more. Family fun all weekend. Information: 920-868-3717.
FALL FESTIVAL
Location: Village wide in Sister Bay
From:10/15/2010 To 10/17/2010
Parade, arts & crafts, food booths, live music, ping pong ball drop. Parade Saturday at 11am. Information: (Nov-May) 920-854-2127 (Jun-Oct) 920-854-2812.

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Door County is a Leaf Watcher’s Paradise! | Door County Lodging News

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Door County is a Leaf Watcher’s Paradise! | Door County Lodging News.

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Autumn in Door County…

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Fall is just about here. No, the colors haven’t really started but the air is cooler and many businesses around Door County have started their fall decorating and that includes Egg Harbor Lodge. Mark and I headed over to Gordy and Eunice Bley’s farm in West Jacksonport to cut cornstalks last week. Eunice worked at Egg Harbor Lodge for many years… we still miss her here. Basically, Mark chops the stalks and I rip off the corn. We made the mistake one year of leaving the corn on and raccoons wreaked havoc with our displays.

Thank goodness we have the Egg Harbor Lodge truck…

EHL truck

Some of the cows came out to check out our progress…

Yesterday, we went to Schartner’s Farm Market to pick pumpkins… actually two loads of pumpkins (the first load included straw bales). Egg Harbor is home to the famous Pumpkin Patch Festival (October 9th and 10th) so one can never have enough pumpkins.

Door County Pumpkin Patch

We took everything back to Egg Harbor Lodge and got everything displayed. It looks really festive. So yes, at Egg Harbor Lodge, fall is officially here!

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