Taking the Road Less Traveled

A Photo Safari of Door County in Autumn

Chuck and I just celebrated our fourth anniversary of meeting each other by getting away for the weekend to Door County, Wisconsin. Oh, yes, we had already celebrated the day we NOTICED each other, and on the 18th of October was the day we MET in person, and we have more anniversaries coming up. The day we got engaged, our first Thanksgiving together, our first Christmas together, AND the day we actually got married. We do like to celebrate. 

Rather than give you a blow-by-blow description of where we ate, what we saw, and where we went in Wisconsin, I am going to let my pictures do most of the talking. A picture is worth a thousand words, after all. Suffice it to say visiting Door County while the fall colors were still vibrant was just what my soul needed. 

Friday we drove all the way up to Gill's Rock, and be-bopped back and forth on the smaller, less-crowded county roads between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. 

Saturday was a funny weather day where we experienced everything from rain to sleet to snow to sun. We were grateful the rain waited until after sunrise to begin, so we were able to watch the sun come up over Lake Michigan in Sturgeon Bay. 

Throughout the drizzly day, we stuck to the back roads, and were rewarded with glorious landscapes at every turn. 

As Chuck said again and again, each time we put our cameras back in the car, "Blessings of taking the road less traveled." 

We poked around the art galleries, and enjoyed so much talking with the artists who owned them. Much to our surprise there was a furious wind bringing snow with it when we left one of the galleries.

Sunday we met new friends with whom we bonded immediately. I wish we had taken pictures of Jyoti and her husband Sriram, but I have a feeling we'll get to do that soon enough. We're already making plans to get together for Indian food and pizza. 

We were in Door County until Sunday mid-morning, and then it was time to head home. I'm so glad we took the extra time to take the road less traveled. It really did make all the difference.