Sat 30 May

Had a great little getaway in Door County from Tues-Fri. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom for the first two sunny days, though they were damaged by the heavy rain on Thursday. We got some great hikes, seeing trilliums and tons of forget-me-nots in blue ponds throughout the forests of Peninsula State Park. Got plenty of hiking in each day at Peninsula and Newport with minimal contact with anyone else. The businesses in Door County seemed pretty universally careful with face masks, sanitizer, social distancing as the norm. Wilson's, site of an ice cream lunch post-Newport hike, even provided the small disposable face masks at the door station in case you didn't have one of your own. Their staff all wore custom-made Wilson's face masks that were fun and attractive. Even the troll statues (which have now been converted to leprechauns with a change in ownership from Trollhaugen to O'Malley's) were decked out with masks, and a bear sculpture for Edgewood Gallery sported a sheet-metal mask. I saw no negativity toward masks or people wearing them. Food: 9:25 am Blackberry danish, 102 g blackberries, coffee 12:25 pm 2 pc seafood quesadilla w/sour cream & pico de gallo, 5 oz tart cherry juice