Wed 2 Jun

Married 37 years today, though we've been celebrating since Sunday. Had a very nice getaway to Door County, staying for the first time at the Liberty Lodge in Sister Bay. It is owned by the Nueske family and the staff was extremely gracious. They left a lovely molded Door Co chocolate bar on our bed as an anniversary gift and even replaced the coffee maker in our room for the second day as I had mentioned I couldn't get the previous one to work. We had two lovely celebration dinners, one at LURE and one at CHOP. We took a wonderful guided hike at the Ridges Sanctuary and saw many, many wildflowers. The second day, we hiked at the Mink River Estuary on a tip from Joe in the breakfast room at the Liberty Lodge. It is near the entrance to Newport State Park, and we continued our wildflower appreciation weekend. Stocked up on numerous Piggly Wiggly scones and two containers of meat spread from Valmy. A very successful two-night getaway. Food: 8:00 am Chocolate pecan snail, 101 g blackberries, coffee