The Fish Boil

Joe and Barb, friends we met in Texas last winter, came to spend the weekend with us in Door. They live in Wisconsin but go south when cold weather sets in, and we'll see them again in January. This evening we four enjoyed a Door County tradition - a fish boil.

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Yes, a fish boil.
I know it sounds awful.
White fish, red potatoes and small onions are boiled in salt water over a wood fire.



When the fish is done, the cook throws kerosene on the wood fire, making the pot boil over in a tremendous steaming finish with black smoke rolling and water spilling over the rim, dousing the flames. At the same time your camera tells you the battery is dead, therefore missing a fabulous photo opportunity.
Boiled fish doesn't look all that promising and I've always thought boiled onions were pitiful, but it was really, really good. I should add that they poured melted butter all over the plate of food. Hey, how bad could it be?

Baileys Harbor

On the far shore you can see some of the homes and condos.

At the far end of the peninsula near Northport the highway does some weird maneuvering.

It looks in the photograph as though the road "washboards" with a series of dips, but it's flat. There is no obvious reason for the curves in the road. This is further proof that lots and lots of beer is consumed in this state, some of it by surveyors.

One of the many lighthouses here, this is in Peninsula State Park near Fish Creek.

The lighthouse was built in 1868, but there is something new added at the top.

That's a solar panel.

Think it powers the light?

The view from the lighthouse showing the Strawberry Islands in the Distance.

I love this mailbox at a gallery in (where else?) Egg Harbor.

We also visited Stones Throw Winery.

Barb and I checked the bouquet and decided a tasting would be a great idea.

Note the happy faces of everyone holding a wine glass.

John is a beer drinker.