Washington Island

I had family come to visit so we took our truck over to Washington Island. We were shocked when they motioned for us to come on board. We got the last space on the ferry and we swore we wouldn't fit. They know how to pack them in and wedged us on board. You can see in the picture that the back ramp/gate isn't closed all the way up to 90 degrees. They couldn't close it all the way because the back end of the truck hung over.

There are a few things to see on the island. One of them is this church built as a replica of an old Norwegian church. It is made out of timbers -- no nails were used on the outside or the inside which is all tongue and groove wood. The only place they cheated and used nails is for the shingles on the roof.

We once again were the last one's on the ferry for the return trip. They squeezed the truck on again and this time they had to close the back all the way because the wind had kicked up and the waves were higher. As it was the truck got a little bit of a wash from the waves splashing.

The fishing has been slow unless you count huge catfish and sheepshead if so then we are doing great.