2017 MinnWisMi - Green Bay to Manitowoc

Tuesday - October 3 - Green Bay to Manitowoc
Our last full, fall day in Wisconsin
Our route out of Green Bay took us through DePere, a lovely, much more bike-friendly city.

Across the Fox River....

...on a really lovely morning, just a little windy.

We hopped on the Fox River State Trail.

What a nice tribute!

It is a popular trail with runners and bikers.

All these communications towers mean we have made it to the top of the climb out of the Fox River Valley, not as steep as out of Wausau but still a bit of a grunt, especially with the headwind.

Lots going on here but notice the wind turbines. We are seeing more of them as we get closer to Lake Michigan.

It was luck not skill. Doug stopped to take the picture and Donna went a little farther up the road. When the sandhill cranes took flight they went her direction first just as she aimed her camera....totally point and shoot.

Blossoms, our lunch stop in Denmark was an interesting mix of stuff.

Donna just ran out of room in her 2nd Rite in the Rain journal yesterday. We couldn't find any in Green Bay and now we know why. This is the perfect substitute!

The ruins of the Maribel Caves Hotel, built in 1900 was a nice break in this uphill, headwind stretch. It was abandoned in the 1930's and much of it collapsed in a major windstorm in 2013. It is rumored to be haunted by those that died when it burned in the 1920's. Lucky for us it was midday.

This is so confusing. We thought we were in Wisconsin but we were in Denmark for lunch and now there is a road to Luxemburg.

You don't usually see bell towers this tall on newer churches. This is St. Peter the Fisherman Catholic Church in Two Rivers.

We love Two Rivers already! The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881.

A dish of ice cream with chocolate sauce on top was originally only served on Sundays for a nickel. One day a 10 year old girl insisted she have a dish saying that they could "pretend it was Sunday" and it gained fame from there.

Doug is patiently waiting for Donna to visit a quilt store.

Lake Michigan and its wind-driven waves are our sound of the day.

A paved path runs all the 6 miles from Two Rivers to Manitowoc.

There are mini gardens, often with sculptures scattered along its length.

It started to look like rain but it stayed dry until sometime after we went to bed.

Hello, Manitowoc.

Peter and Jennifer were headed from the motel to a bike shop just as we pulled up. They are crossing the continent by bike, mostly using the Northern Tier route. We thoroughly enjoyed sharing dinner with them. They live in Victoria and started in Seattle in July. Luckily, they made it through Glacier NP before the fires.

Manitowoc was a major builder of submarines during World War II. This one sits outside the Wisconsin Maritime Museum.

It was a lovely evening to complete a lovely day.