Jammin Jane Travels: Making our way south

We saw this tuff looking Tug on our way to Sturgeon Bay. She was built right there in Sturgeon Bay at Bay Shipbuilding. She will be pushing oil products around the Gulf Coast.

After our trip across Lake Michigan for a bit of a vacation, we stayed in Sturgeon Bay at Center Point Marina for 5 nights...by choice! We love this town, no joke! It is a lovely place that has a small town feel with offerings of a big city. While here, we hung at the pool everyday...spoiled!, we caught an outdoor concert (always love live music!), a farmers market, a massage, great indian food (Kinara Urban Eatery), 2 awesome italian meals (from the same place might I include, Dal Santo), a trip to Walmart, Target and Econo Foods! I love this town, I was shopping at Walmart for groceries and such, and then made my way to Econo Foods for our meat and ran into the same girl in both locations, she was actually in line behind me in both spots! We started chatting and ended up exchanging numbers! Never hurts to meet new people, and especially ones that have the same shopping habits! I hate to generalize but people back home (suburbs of Chicago) always seem to be in a hurry and forget the simple niceties like smiling and saying hi. I wonder if this same scenario happened at home, if the outcome would have been the same? Hmmm...

It was a pool day...EVERYDAY!

We have to leave Sturgeon Bay sometime, boo! After having a great stay at Center Pointe Marina, (This is a luxurious harbor with fabulous bathrooms, laundry facility, great boat house, outdoor fireplace, indoor and outdoor pool and hot tub, work-out facility and a great staff who really takes care of the grounds and their customers!) We love this place!

We made our way to Manitowoc from Sturgeon Bay in under 6 hours...got there just in time for the rain, thank you for waiting on us to secure ourselves! We only stayed one night as there is only one thing you need to do while in Manitowoc...take the tour of the Cobia Submarine. We did however meet a fellow couple and their dog doing the Loop, Bill and Amy and Moose the dog onboard M/V Rock Me Baby a 26ft Mainship. They are on the last leg of their journey while we are just beginning.

Our view from the boat

We hit the maritime museum...The Great Loop was represented well!

Getting ready to board the Cobia, this sub is the sister sub to Ben's grandpa served in WW11.

Watching the weather religiously, we knew a storm was coming and we were going to be stuck for a couple of days, we didn't want to be stuck without much to do. Sheboygan has a cute town with lots of restaurants and Kohler Museum. Very eclectic artsy town, we caught their large farmers market, walked the town, and ate our way (you HAVE to get your hands on Miesfeld's brats...the best ever!!!) while staying for a couple days.

Our view while dining at the Sheboygan Yacht Club

Awesome farmers market...we loaded up!

Neat old building with a boat hanging out of it

Kohler museum bathroom

Would LOVE to see more of these gardens

Next stop, Milwaukee! We stayed at the Milwaukee Yacht Club. We had a bit of a ruff go as we arrived here, they do not have cleats (no one mentioned that to us) on their docks small rings on the sides of the docks, and of course no one was able to help us dock. In true Ben fashion, he landed the boat no problem, it was me who didn't know what to do with the lines so it was a bit hairy for a minute until Ben helped get the lines secure. Lesson learned, now I will know what to do if I don't see cleats!
We loved Milwaukee! We spent our day at the pool catching some sun. We ran into a couple people at the outdoor Tiki bar that we know and enjoyed a great dinner at the yacht club. But we enjoyed our after dinner drinks with new friends Chris and Brian aboard Stallis Palace even more. Always wonderful to meet new people, thanks to our friend Max!

darn hiddnen rings, I wasn't expecting you!

Enjoying our view!

Dinner with Steve (we met in Sturgeon Bay)

After-party with Chris and Brian complete with club lights and a disco ball

Our final stop before we head south for good is Kenosha. We live fairly close and have to get all our dr visits complete before we leave for a year or more, since we have friends in this harbor we decided to stay here for a couple weeks. This is a very large, secure harbor that we felt comfortable leaving Jammin Jane while we spend time on land...boo!

It was a reunion of sorts as we were able to meet up with old friends and our old boat. Our friends, now own our boat and have been enjoying her. It is comforting knowing our old boat is being loved as much as we loved her!

We got to the harbor in time to hit their amazing farmers market, got our fill of pizza and had to stop at Frank's Diner (featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives:Food Network) for breakfast. It was a experience for sure. They have you wait in a line and you better pay attention to the orders or they will yell at you! Breakfast was delicious!