Another Day In Paradise

Yeah!! summer is finally here. This phrase commonly used by people who live in Door County.  Believe me, this expression has many meanings. For some, it could mean the warm weather has arrived, for others,  it means seasonal visitors have finally begun to arrive in substantial numbers. For those local people, who depend on a thriving tourism economy, it  means they will have business.The happy mood and excitement can be felt in the air. The whole area is alive and thriving, visitors are flying about exploring the county and its many attractions. Everyone seems to be as busy as the humming birds who flit around my front yard, darting from  flower to flower or enjoying the feeder.  Everywhere the 4th of July celebration is exploding on the scene, and the many local fireworks displays, off the beach front areas, from Sturgeon Bay, Egg Harbor, Bailey’s Harbor, Fish Creek, and on through to Gills Rock, at the tip of the peninsula just north of  Ellison Bay, are ready to gloriously explode into the  celebratory summer’s night.  The weather forecast looks very good, and looks ripe to hold up it’s end of the holiday bargain.

It’s 1st of July but it feels like winter. It’s rainy and gloomy  today – 18 C. Well it’s Door County what should I expect. I hope the weather will be nicer by 4th of July because I’d like to go to see Fish Creek Fireworks and take some pictures. After few days with the heat wave this cold weather is very unpleasant.

Warm Welcome

I have been living in Door County for more than a decade. During this time I’ve had mixed feelings about this beautiful place. First of all, I am from Indonesia and with areas of the country both north and south of the equator, other than in highland regions, it is characterized by a relatively hot and humid tropical weather. On the other hand, for a girl who rarely say weather dipping below 85F, Door County, in contrast seems like, and how some folks affectionately refer to it, “a Frozen Tundra”. For me that means, and way too often, cold weather, suitable only for the inner Eskimo..
Where is Door County? Door County is located in north-east Wisconsin. It is a long peninsula. a thumb like appendage jutting north and towards the east of Green Bay. It lays between two joining bodies of water, the a bay also called Green Bay to the west and Lake Michigan to the east. It has a superb natural beauty to compliment it’s intriguing geographical setting. it’s an attractive magnet, famous as a summer playground of for people who visit from many areas of the midwest – and more and more people who find themselves drawn here from many other corner of North America or from other nicks and crannies of the world.