Monday 9-3 Moving On

Happy Labor Day. In the United States Labor day is celebrated the first Monday in September. It honors the labor movement and and the contributions that workers made to strengthen the prosperity and well being of the country.

When we went to bed the forecast indicated rain for most of Monday so we thought we would stay another nite, however, this morning the rain chances were much lower so we decided to move on. The RV parking at the Washington County Fairgrounds is in a field and with all the rain a couple of rigs got stuck and the owners had to call for a wrecker to pull them out. There was only one exit gate open and people had trailers on both side of the road loading their motorcycles. Larry asked one of them if he could move his trailer so we could get out. He said sure, his bike was loaded and he could move.    

We drove 100 miles up the road to Kewaunee Wisconsin, . Kewaunee has a marina and RV park that is run by the city. We drove mainly two lanes highway. When we got close to Lake Michigan a heavy fog came in. The fog was so thick that you couldn't see Lake Michigan. We stopped at a park 30 miles from Kewaunee to walk around and have lunch. There was a very nice paved trail that went along the shore of Lake Michigan. We couldn't see the lake but we heard the waves hitting the banks. We did see a lot of the locals walking and biking the trail. 

After lunch we continued our adventure. Kewaunee is a quaint little town and has a beautiful park. We stopped there to look at the inlet to the harbor. While there we visited with a couple riding a motorcycle. The fog was slowly lifting. As we were visiting we saw a few kayakers and big fishing boats coming off Lake Michigan through the inlet to get to the marina. We also saw some beautiful homes on the water and a home across the street from the park that had a lot of flowers and bird houses. 

The beautiful house with a lot of flowers

Corps of Engineer boat

To get to the RV park you have to cross over part of the inlet via a bridge. They are working on the bridge and one lane is closed. They controlled the traffic with a light so we had to wait a little bit for our turn. There is a bar and grill at the marina. They were celebrating Labor Day weekend with a live band and free roasted corn. The vocalist was very good. Larry checked in at the office and got a site. The actual RV park is across the street. It's not fancy but it has power and bathrooms with showers.

Kewaunee Visitor Center

 

Once we were settled in we walked around for about an hour. Then we relaxed. As we were reading Larry looked out the window and said there's a creature in the grass at the end of the road. I took a few pictures. We are not sure what it was but we think it was a beaver. After dinner we went for another walk. While we were walking around we noticed that there were these wolf figures all over the grounds in the grass. They were suppose to keep the Canadian geese, ducks, gulls and other birds off the grass. We noticed it really didn't keep them all off. Both walks were very nice.   

The marina

Beaver ?

One of the wolves to scare the birds away