July 4th Evening

We had lunch on the deck overlooking Bayfield harbor. This is also "RaceWeek" here in Bayfield and there are dozens of sailboats docked at the city piers.

At 5:30 we boarded the Island Princess for a cruise thru the Apostle Islands. The trip covered 55 miles and we saw most of the 22 islands the make up the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. One of the most interesting was Devil's Island at the far end of our trip. The northern face is comprised of sandstone and, over time, the softer sandstone has eroded due to wave and frost activity. It was left behind a series of "sea caves" the are very interesting. Kayakers love to paddle around inside these caves.

At 10:00 the faraway fireworks started on Madalein Island started. It was about 5 miles away. When that display ended, the Bayfield (much better) fireworks started and lasted about 20 minutes. We took it all in while sitting on the small hill behind our coach. Gypsy buried herself in some cubbyhole beside the bed that I did not even know existed!

Happy 4th, everybody!!!