July 3-4 Door County Harbors

July 3-4  Wed- to Thursday -  Door County Harbors

It is time to move north.  The timed departure from the marina is coordinated with the bridges openings in Sturgeon Bay.  We make the 0900 opening and head out into Green Bay.  The sun is shining and yet there is fog.  Our visibility is about 1/2 mile.  The fog lays on top of the water and at times we can see the bluffs off in the distance.  As we head north, the fog lifts and the ride on the Bay is peaceful.  We head to Sister Bay to pick up Colletta's sister, Bonnie.  We arrive at a dock where my cousin Wally and his son Phil catch our lines to temporarily dock,  as Bonnie pulls a cart towards us, full of supplies, food and treats.  She is welcomed aboard as her stuff is loaded and we head back south to Egg Harbor.  As this is July 4th holiday weekend, all the marinas are full so we will be anchoring out for a few days.  Egg Harbor is known in the county for its great fireworks so we join the other boats in anchoring in a location for the viewing.  More boats arrive, all types and even cousin Wally and Grant bring their boat Sommerfest to watch the fireworks.  We raft together, sit on the bows and enjoy the great entertainment and celebration.  It is enjoyable to be on the water, relaxed and celebrating the holiday. 

Capt. Wally and Dr. Phil ( a.k.a.Anchor Dog) show up for fire
works. Prepare to be boarded!

Successfully rafted off Greek's Folly and waiting for the fireworks
to begin

Photos do not do the firework display justice. It was
as we had been told spectacular.

Egg Harbor Marina. It has been remodeled and they did a great
job. As the blog said getting a slip over the holiday weekend
was not possible but we enjoy anchoring out and the boat
is setup for it so no problem

The marina has a sculpture garden above in the
park above the marina

We got to town and found out there was a parade at 1:30 so
we stayed and waited.....

Thirtsy work waiting for a parade. There we food and beer
booths set up for the parade so we sampled as many as we
could.

The parade lasted almost 45 minutes with a multitude of various
floats. This one was from the local Bbq restaurant

Small town July 4th, outstanding. Nearly everyone in town adults,
children everyone was decked out in red, white, and blue

Local summer residents presented a Chicago Bear float. Not
well received in Packerland.

Part of the University of Wisconsin marching band was in the
parade and afterward performed their 5th Quarter program in
the park above the marina. They were great and got the
Wisconsin alumni and fans going. A great performance

Hey, no body said parades and cruising was easy. Sometimes
you have to kick back and catch some Z's

The locals partied hard and enjoyed the holiday weekend