Nice, calm cruising day with full sun, light winds and
rather cool temperatures, high 60’s to low 70’s. We cruised past many of the
spots in Wisconsin we have enjoyed, Kohler-Andrae and Harrington State Parks
and Sheboygan into Port Washington. I remember Port Washington from my grade
school days, occasionally on Sunday afternoon we would drive up 76th
Street to Hwy 57 and purchase smoked fish at Ewig Brothers, Co. The commercial
fishing boats would be lined up at the pier and fishing nets were coiled on reels
for inspection and repair. They smoked the fish right at the dock and sold it
through a retail store on Wisconsin Avenue. The smoked fish I remember were
called chubs, “Due to the dwindling food supply for native fish in Lake
Michigan, we will no longer be carrying Smoked Chubs” according to their
website. Things change!!
There are a couple of other things notable about Wisconsin
and the western shore of Lake Michigan. Restaurants serve seafood- but its
walleye pike and perch for the local specials instead of shrimp or lobster
(both are very good). Tonight we went to
the little seafood place next to the marina and had another Wisconsin
specialty; it’s called “Schaum Torte”.
In other places it is known as a Pavlova - sugar and egg whites whipped
to a froth and then slow baked til it’s crusty on the outside and wonderful topped
with ice cream and strawberries. Almost
as good as our mothers used to bake.
The Port Washington marina is very nice, with great laundry
and shower facilities, a grill and picnic area and close to the main street of
this charming town. Their diesel prices
are also very good.
We have one more travel day about 45 miles to our home port
and we expect to arrive tomorrow, Monday afternoon, weather permitting. We will
dock at slip 273 at Pugh’s Marina, we hope around 5:00 PM. We hope to celebrate
our Loop completion with friends and family at the dock, any of you that read
this blog are welcome to celebrate with us.
If you can’t join us in person please keep in touch as we will be
looking for fun things to do on the land side of life.
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