Let's Just Go Somewhere: Eat-Bike-Eat

On Tuesday morning, we left the camper around 8 am and drove to Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant for breakfast and to hopefully see the goats on the roof. This time we were in luck!

None of them were doing their job: eating the grass on the roof. Maybe they had just finished breakfast! :)

Many of the signs in Sisters Bay for the shops have goats on the signs.

Al Johnson's is popular not just with the goats but with the tourists too! The restaurant had people waiting inside and out. After about a 30 minute wait, we got a table. While Chuck ordered bacon, eggs and toast, I ordered their Swedish pancakes with Al Johnson's Pancake Syrup, and Swedish lingonberries. They were delicious!

I also had some coffee in a really cute little cup and saucer. :)

After breakfast, we drove to Peninsula State Park. After parking the car at the Nicolet Beach parking lot, we unloaded the bikes and went for a bike ride through the park. We first rode out to the beach to check it out which reminded us of the swimming beaches around the lakes in Nashville.

We drove through one of the campground areas. The sites have a lot of privacy but do not have any services except some electric sites. Then we got on the Sunset Trail which is a hard packed trail that winds through the park.

We stopped on occasion to take a look at Green Bay.

We also noticed these bright red berries in bushes along several parts of the trail. We asked one of the park personnel what kind of berries they are and were told they are chokeberries and are considered poisonous.

We stopped at the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse.

The lighthouse was built in 1868 for $12,000 and guided ships safely through the narrow Strawberry Channel into Green Bay.

The bike trail was shaded for most of the trail.

There were a few hills but nothing too bad. Except for being a little dusty, it was actually a very nice trail. Several people and families were biking on the trail. The trail is used as a snowmobile trail in the winter too.

We rode all the way to the end of the trail which was at the park headquarters and then rode back to the car for a total of about 12 miles. We loaded the bikes, drove back to the camper and rested for a little while before going to the Old Post Office Restaurant in Ephraim for a fish boil.

We have been to a crawfish boil and a shrimp boil but never a fish boil. The boil is started by boiling potatoes and onions in a big pot over a very hot fire.

We could see the onions cooking at the top of the big pot.

Boil Master Earl Jones explained the process to us. They boil the potatos and onions first and then cook fresh caught whitefish in big strainers after the potatoes and onions are cooked.

Watch the finishing step here.

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After watching the fish boil, everyone went into the restaurant to get our plates full of fish, onions and red potatoes served with lots of melted butter as well as coleslaw and homemade breads. The servers even pick the bones out of the fish for you!