Family Life

A doe and her fawn...

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Twins

Not the best photo composition in the world but evidence enough of twin fawns returning to the same location.

I'll move the camera in the direction of where the deer are to the birch tree so as to capture some closer photos.

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Lighthouse Living

I was checking-out the lighthouse at Point Beach State Park last weekend and was amazed to see people living there.  I got to thinking - I thought the Coast Guard didn't use lighthouse keepers anymore.  They automated all of the navigation lights didn't they?

But sure enough - there was a real family here at the lighthouse - with kids and everything.  I would have walked over and asked them what their story was but there were scary, official USCG signs warning me to Keep Out!  I was stumped.

Here's the real story and this is totally cool.

You can rent the dang place.  Yes, the Rawley Point Cottage (lighthouse keepers quarters) is available to rent.   Minimum stay is 2 nights; maximum stay is 7 nights. Advance payment is required 7 working days prior to the reservation.  There are two units and each can accomodate up to eight individuals.  You need to bring your own bed linens, towels, wash cloths, all paper products, toiletries, dish towels, and food.  You can even bring your dog.  Everything else is provided.

You can learn more about this here.

The County Line

Here is the county line.

You can actually see the demarcation point where Kewaunee County meets Door County.

The road in the foreground is Door County road.  It is smooth and well-maintained.  The road in the distance belongs to Kewaunee County.  It is crumbling, and has big, gaping holes and dangerous cracks that if you get your bike tires stuck-in can grab your wheels and pitch you over your handlebars and into the traffic where you could possibly be seriously injured or die.

If you are touring on your bicycle - stay in the nice Door County roads.

 

Comes From Trees

On the paper towel dispenser in the bathroom at the day job.

Duh!

Of course these come from trees.  However, I find it exceedingly hard to believe that this sticker is going to reduce paper towel use by the claimed amount of 100 hundred pounds.


Besides, paper is a biodegradable, renewable, sustainable product made from trees.  Growing and harvesting trees provides direct employment for millions of men and women, and millions more in secondary, related employment.  Working forests are good for the environment, providing a renewable resource, clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities and carbon storage.

And it still takes three sheets from the dispenser to get your hands dry.



 

Road Warrior

Last Sunday - 7.21.13

Sure.  That's a smug title.  but I deserve to be smug having participated in my 21st Scenic Shore 150 mile bike ride.

If you include the four or so century loops I completed back in the early years that amounts to 3250 miles.  In practical terms that is roughly the equivalent of a bike ride from Green Bay to Los Angeles - and back again.

!000+ riders and a fundraising goal of $1 million for the Wisconsin Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Cancer sucks.

Wildflowers

Compass plant - Silphium laciniatum.

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One long, tall drink of plant.  One of the tallest found in the prairie.  Related to sunflowers its leaves align themselves north to south to maximize exposure to sunlight.  Hence its name.