The Traveling Photo Show moved into Wisconsin traveling up Route 13 in a very rural part of the state toward Bayfield. The campground there did not sound very good so we went 12 miles south to Washburn and stayed at a town campsite on the water. Perfect. Back to Bayfield, a cute town that reminds us of Bar Harbor but less “perfect.” We boarded a boat for a tour of the Apostle Islands - park number 297. We had a beautiful day, just perfect weather and calm water. We were on the open top deck and the boat was full so moving around was not too easy. There are 21 islands in the park but the French Voyageurs first counted only 12 hence the name. None of them, by the way, have the names of any Apostles. We saw several lighthouses, sea caves, rock formations and heard interesting stories about each of the islands we passed, about 15 of them in total. Super nice evening. Photos not loading well this morning. Only 2 today.
At Devils Island the northern most one there were neat rock formations and sea caves some of which were 100 feet deep.
This lighthouse was built the same year Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address. More later on this place.
Update Cadillac - where, what and with whom — for his fans.
(Ed. Note: Surprising everyone, Cadillac was with us for the cruise. He insisted he swam over but we noticed him stowed-away in the back of the Toyota. His antlers of course he could not quite hide. Turns out the “movie biz” mogul he met has a shelf concession space to rent DVD’s at the gas station. So as we arrived at the boat he chose to appear.)
Once again I was called to captain the ship as I was most familiar with the “whale tour” concept. I must say this was the worst whale trip ever as we never even spotted a single whale. It was certainly not my captaining. I will just chalk it up to a fluke.