I recently traveled northeast, from Madison to Washington Island. I was last there
in 2017, enjoying a weeklong vacation! The purpose of this trip was to take a
weaving class offered by the Sievers School of Fiber Arts. I will cover Washington
Island sights, and Sievers and the weaving class, in the next few blog posts.
The class started June 14th. My travel started early on Sunday morning June 13th.
I took a slightly scenic route from Madison to Manitowoc, and on to northern
Door County. After stopping in Manitowoc for coffee and food, I headed north.
My original plan to stop in Two Rivers was shelved due to major road work
on highway 42. I created my own detour around the construction, ultimately
arriving in Kewaunee. A pretty Lake Michigan coastal town, Kewaunee offered
an interesting antiques mall for exploration. It didn’t look large from the outside,
but it is, in fact, quite cavernous!
Photo: Lake Michigan breakwater, at Kewaunee. As you can see, I had a
beautiful day for my road trip!
Below: Kewaunee Antiques Mall
I found a nice vintage tablecloth at this mall.
After my stop in Kewaunee, I drove on to Algoma. My “must see” list
included the Quilted Fish, a small store packed full of fabrics and other goods.
The owner and fellow customers were very friendly and welcoming.
After my quilt shop stop I “put the pedal to the metal” to make up for time lost
due to slow service at my earlier restaurant stop and, due to road construction.
I beelined through pretty Door County towns. I made a stop at a grocery
store in Sister Bay to pick up some refrigerated goods (I had a cooler with me).
When I reached the Washington Ferry Dock, in Northport, a ferry had just
arrived. I had less than a five minute wait before driving onto the ferry!
Current roundtrip cost for a car and driver is $41. A ferry employee told
me that on summer weekends, the ferries travel back and forth as quickly as
possible . . .the printed schedule basically doesn’t apply. This worked out
well for me, both coming and going! The half hour ride to Washington
Island is quite pretty!
Photos below: onboard the ferry, approaching the Washington Island ferry dock.
