the alkaline and limestone qualities of the rich soil.
It all adds up to sweet (but not too cloy- ing) sips of apple, and especially the cherry wines produced from the orchards 100 flourishing acres. Add to it some tasty local artisan cheeses, and I’m enjoying a fun if not decadent late-morn- ing repast as I sniff, swirl, sip - and then chomp - another creamy morsel. Meanwhile, freshly-baked cherry pie scents tempt me as they emerge from hot ovens. (
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The light alcohol burn only stimulates my appetite, which is fortunate, because - next stop: Wilson’s Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor. (
www.wilsonsicecream.com)
It’s the ‘50s, the ‘40s, the ‘30s on down the timeline - an authentic old-fashioned par- lor scene that dates from 1906 - and believe me, little seems to have changed since that bygone era.
With Shelley Fabrase serenading “Johnny Angel” on the jukebox; I’m chomping a burger, sipping a home-brewed draft root beer float with a big old scoop of cherry ice cream bobbing on its frothy surface; old-time tchotchkes line the walls here, and a sleepy-town feel is pervasive to the place. Wilson’s is no re-creation. This is as Americana as it gets.
Wilson’s is a proper centerpiece to the small village it’s in, Ephraim. With its spec- tacular water views, its quaint white-sided buildings and smatterings of cozy cafes, artisan galleries and coffee shops, it is, like the pop-shop itself, a sleepy harken- ing of days gone by.
It is here, just steps away from Wilson’s, where I’ll rest my head on each of these next two nights. I’m staying at The Lodgings at Pioneer Lane (
www.lodgingatpiorneerlane.com), a clean and well-kept abode featuring eight rooms and suites. Each one offers a theme, including: nautical, Adirondack, Scandinavian and nostalgic. My enclave (“Bill’s Room”) is rustic and warm - a nice nodding-off place after each long and active day.
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The first one blurs on by. My fellow travel writers and I are offered a narrated boat cruise aboard the 33-foot “The Shoreline” - a relaxing jaunt along those 300 coastal miles on that bay of green. There also is the circa-1869 Cana Island Lighthouse to explore, a dramatic maritime stalwart that has withstood countless gales along that Great Lake...
If Ephraim has a craft-filled quietude to it, nearby Egg Harbor is definitely more energetic, due to its population of restau- rants and pubs. Several of us duck into the Shipwrecked Restaurant, Door County’s only microbrewery - “A Place to Get Wrecked” as the bumper sticker asserts. The decor here is nautical (natu- rally), though the real revelation comes
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