Door CountyPosted by admin on August 20th, 2011

As a family tradition and last chance get-together before everyone’s lives get very busy again, the whole family met last week in Door County, Wisconsin. This included Cassie and I, my parents, and my brother and his fiancee. We stayed near our favorite town, Fish Creek, and spent the week enjoying the outdoors, biking, eating, shopping, and taking it easy.


We discovered an amazing restaurant in Fish Creek called Wild Tomato. It was so good that we went there twice, and Cassie said she could live on their pizza.  And as a pleasant surprise, we went to Sturgeon Bay and saw a fantastic outdoor performance by a Simon & Garfunkel tribute duo.  Here’s a video I took of them playing one of my favorites:

We also took the opportunity to go for a bike ride in Peninsula State Park and visit some nearby beaches. As fun as it was to do all of these activities, it was equally enjoyable just to spend time hanging with the family or playing music together (we brought a guitar and ukulele). It was a lot of driving, but well worth it for a relaxing getaway. To top it off, I threw my brother a bachelor party at the end of the trip which included a boat cruise in Milwaukee, dinner at the Milwaukee Ale House, and a visit to the “Safe House” bar, probably the most crazy and unique bar I’d ever seen.

The school year is quickly approaching, and we are preparing all of our materials for the new school year. It is definitely going to be a busy time, but I’m also looking forward to hitting the ground running and getting a lot of exciting things done this year. Until then, I’m cooking up some burgers on the grill tonight! (We made some awesome pizzas the other night.)  See more great pics from the vacation on Cassie’s Blog.