May 25, 2017. Cottage Row and Chasing the Monarch.

May 25, 2017.  Cottage Row and Chasing the Monarch.   We biked to town late this morning for lunch at Juniper's Gin Joint.  No, we had no gin, but my perch sandwich was good.  On the way into town, I noticed newly planted flowers in anticipation of the Memorial Day Weekend.  Those same flowers will be tenderly nurtured over the next three months adding yet more color for the pleasure of visitors in Door County.

After lunch, we biked down Cottage Row, an area you've seen before in pictures.  Cottage Row is a road which has very expensive homes fronting the lake.  It is an older area of Fish Creek.  I think it may have been a hotspot for summer homes for the wealthy at one time.  Now, there are some owner-occupied homes, but many appear to be rentals.  The most distinguishing feature of Cottage Row is the ancient stone fences which line the road.  There are several old gates which have been featured in past blogs.  In fact, as I type this, one of those pictures hangs on the wall of Harvey behind me.  Here are a few more gates which haven't appeared before.  Relax, now you have seen them all . . . almost.

The weather has been much better today.  The sky was blue, the sun warm and the temperature in the upper 60s.  After returning to the park, we sat in the sun, read and napped.  I noticed a visitor to the campsite, a monarch butterfly.  Did you know that that the monarch is both a long-distance flier and a sprinter?  That's right.  The monarch migrates 3000 miles to Mexico each fall.  It can also fly short distances at speeds of 12-25 miles per hour.  It is pretty hard to photograph a butterfly moving that quickly, but I chased him all over the campsite until he landed.  What you see above is what I got.

We move tomorrow to Sturgeon Bay and Jellystone RV Park.  That will change the scenery and the types of pictures you'll see.  We will be back here Monday to check on the solitary goose.  He was here today and I took more pictures.  However, I had others I wanted you to see.  Hope you like them.

Goodnight.