By Coggin Heeringa Throughout the year, people tell us that they are thankful for Crossroads. But during gun/deer hunting season, people seem especially grateful for a safe place to hike and walk their dogs. Around Thanksgiving, the forest also seems to have special scent. Theoretically, the scent should have been stronger in October when temperatures were […]
Door County’s Moveable Feast
By Larry Majewski Imagine it’s 1949. You’re staying at one of Door County’s premier properties, the Alpine Resort in Egg Harbor. Your day oscillates between the golf course, the beach and a wicker chair flipping through Life Magazine. It would take an extra special kind of effort for work to reach you via phone. Your normal life […]
Attracting Birds to Your Door County Property
By Coggin Heeringa, Director, Crossroads at Big Creek Attracting birds is near and dear to Crossroads at Big Creek. One reason is that we have been working on a Bird and Butterfly Garden around our Collins Learning Center for the last few years. Visitors to the learning center can’t help but notice the bird feeding […]
Take a Fall Hike: Door County Has Parks Galore!
By Coggin Heeringa, Director, Crossroads at Big Creek Fall is such a great time to hike at Crossroads at Big Creek, Ida Bay Preserves and, of course, throughout Door County as a whole. The leaves are turning. The scent of autumn is in the air. And strange little piles of twigs are appearing around tree trunks, […]
Memories of a Door County Childhood: A Budding Artist Remembers His Peninsula Youth
By Laurel Ciohon A Door County native, Joe Risch says growing up on the Peninsula clearly shaped his “artistic soul.” The youngest of three siblings, and raised on a former cherry orchard in Gills Rock, Joe fondly remembers his childhood as a series of often-solo adventures. Exploring the cherry orchard, and experiencing the beauty and […]
A Weekend Trip to Washington Island
By Laurel Ciohon Having grown up on Door County’s ‘mainland,’ Washington Island was always a mysterious place to me. I traveled there once or twice throughout my life, but never for more than a few hours. As some city dwellers tend to view Door County’s mainland just as skeptically as I viewed Door County’s northern-most […]
Midsummer’s Music: Powerful Music, Brilliant Musicians, Intimate Settings
By Beverly Ann Conroy I just came from the final performance of the Midsummer’s Music summer festival – a splendid gala at Björklunden that was so delightful – and I couldn’t wait to tell you about it! The bittersweet Ashokan Farewell was followed by a bubbly Martinů Serenade and the most infectious quartet of four […]
Making Childhood Memories in Door County
By Laurel Ciohon Growing up as a child in northern Door County, there were two words that would make me (and every other kid) squirm with excitement: Thumb Fun. Thumb Fun Amusement Park was the only park of its kind in Door County at the time and parents were forever grateful for plethora of activities […]
In Memoriam to a Beautiful Spirit: Ann Gamble
By Jude Genereaux One of the most recognizable and friendly personalities Door County visitors looked forward to seeing in Fish Creek each year was Ann Gamble, whose father once owned the former C&C Club (now Juniper’s Gin Joint). Her early exposure to the hospitality industry made Ann a veteran of our local tourism culture at […]
Fishstock Music Series Hosts an Incredible 2019 Line-Up
By Laurel Ciohon If you’re not familiar with Fishstock Concert Music Series, you’re missing out! Concerts at Fishstock are held in a 100-year-old Door County barn which seats 300 in the ground-level area and 150 in the hayloft acoustic area. The ground-level can also seat an additional 300 in the outside area. With modern lighting […]
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