Cave Point County Park

After breakfast, we decided to drive out to Cave Point County Park in Jacksonport, WI.  The park was recommended to us at the visitors center plus it was listed on Trip Advisor's top 10 things to see while visiting Door County.  The park is known for its underwater caves and cliffs that have been beaten by hundreds of years of Lake Michigan waves battering its bluffs.

After parking the car, we walked across the picnic area to the bluffs and were pleasantly surprised at its beauty.

There were a lot of people swimming, snorkeling, and kayaking around the bluffs.

We enjoyed sitting there watching it all.

We walked a little further north along the bluffs and found a place where we could more easily climb down to the lake.

I took my flip-flops off and got my feet wet in Lake Michigan...

...while Chuck sat on the bluff.

Then, Chuck climbed down so he could feel the cold waters of Lake Michigan for himself.

We then sat on the bluffs and just enjoyed the views and watching all the people.

We decided to walk a little further up the trail along the bluffs and were surprised by a beach filled with rock statues of all shapes and sizes.

I walked out in the middle of the statues.  Can you see me?

This was the view from in the middle of the statues looking back at Chuck.

There were so many statues everywhere.

I found a spot and decided to build a little statue too.

Bonnie, I needed your help, but it didn't turn out too bad.

After a selfie with our new rock friends,  :)

we walked further up the trail along the bluffs to see if there were any more surprises.

We passed by a small, sandy beach along the bluffs...

...and found another beautiful spot to sit that we had all to ourselves.

We enjoyed the views, and the sound of the water, and the beauty for a little longer,

...and I got my feet wet once more.  With such clear water (and no sharks), it's easy to see why people would enjoy snorkeling.  I just don't know if we could take that cold, cold water.

We walked back down the trail to the picnic area. We also walked a short ways down a trail that went south along the bluffs.

The flowers were beautiful!

We went back to the motorhome for lunch and then headed out to find some of the other things that had been recommended to us to see.  We drove to where there was supposed to be a short trail along the beach, but all we found was a short walk to a marsh.

We did find the original birdcage Bailey's Harbor lighthouse...

which was located across the harbor from a very small public beach.

The birdcage Baileys Harbor Lighthouse is no longer in use and was replaced in 1869 by both the Cana Island lighthouse a little further up the coast and a set of range lights to guide ships into Bailey's Harbor.

Next, we drove to Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant in Sister's Bay.  The restaurant has a real sod roof on which they keep goats to keep the grass cut back.  I had seen the goats on the restaurant's "goat-cam" on the internet yesterday, but there were no goats on the roof today.  When the temps get above 80, they bring the goats down out of the hot sun.  (:

Next, we went to the Seaquist Orchard that was also recommended to us hoping to get some fresh cherries.  However, they sold mainly baked goods, jams, and gifts and just a few tart cherries.  We stopped by another orchard about a block away where you could actually pick your own cherries.

Their trees were full of cherries,

but their cherries were tart cherries too and we wanted sweet cherries (like what we had in California) so we headed back home.

We rested a little while before grilling a salmon burger and a turkey burger for dinner.  We feel better than we did, but I still have my cough and Chuck still has his sore throat.  We're hoping our annoying ailments will soon be completely gone!  :)