Leaving Door County

I can't believe I haven't written about the last day of our mini-vacation. This morning, like the others before, we had a wonderful breakfast in our room. But today we were leaving, so we packed up our stuff and checked out by 10 AM.
But it was too nice a day to leave yet, and I had a few stops to make. The first stop of the day was to the oilerie, where I bought some garlic olive oil. I really like this store because you can try the olive oils and the vinegars. I've been to this store last year, and even wrote a little review of it.

The other "must" stop for the day was at the K. Allen Gallery. It's a small gallery and has some pieces that are actually affordable. The owners are artists themselves and they live right next to the gallery. They have unique things that are definitely worth a look.
Having no other plans for the day, we crossed the street to an antique shop and browsed around there. We also stopped in at a few other antique shops and art galleries. It was a great day, and we didn't have any set plans, so why not.

But around noon or thereabouts we decided to head home since it's about a 2-hour drive. We figured that by the time we get home, we'll be hungry. We were correct. And with that, our little mini-vacation came to an end. The drive was lovely and I hope to drive out to Door County again soon.

Fish Creek, WI

We're in Door County, WI, or "up north" as most Wisconsinites refer to anything "north" of where they are currently. We actually made pretty good time, 2.5 hours. No traffic or construction to deal with so the drive was rather nice.
It was wonderful to see grandma so excited. She's never been here before so to see her reaction to all the clean greenery was great.
Our hotel is nice and we have lots of room, he beds are nice and big, the fridge keeps cold, and we have a table an chairs. We played cards for a few hours and laughed our butts off. It was nice. Reminds me when I was little and the three of us (dad, grandma, and I) went on vacation.

After we checked in, we went to find lunch. The only thing we could find were sandwich places so we settled on The Cookery. The place was completely rebuilt after last year's fire. None of us have ever been there before and we liked the atmosphere and the decor. Dad and Grandma had a Ruben sandwich and I had a cheeseburger. The burger was so-so. A little dry, short on the tomato, no sauce of any kind, no onion. Meh. Even mine are better and I haven't figured out how long to cook burgers.

We rested, went for a walk, went for a drive around the little towns and in the evening went to Pelletier's for a Fish Boil. I was hoping dad and grandma would at least be OK with it, but they actually liked it. Dad was even surprised at himself at how much he liked it. I was too. The fish is Lake Michigan White Fish and it has a subtly sweet and mild flavor. Yum.
After dinner, we played card for a while. It was fun.

I still haven't packed...

Or marinated the chicken.

I am a terrible procrastinator. But that's my nature on such things, I suppose. Yes, we're planning another trip, but this time it's within driving distance. I am taking a half-day of vacation tomorrow, so we can head up north at a decent time.

Since I don't want us to go out to restaurants all the time, I'm marinating the chicken and bringing my electric grill. NOTE TO SELF: DON'T FORGET THE GRILL! But I'm charging the camera batteries as we speak. Priorities. ;)

I'll post the recipe for the chicken a bit later, but for now, I gotta go clean and marinate it.