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   Knobel Laurie on April 13, 2021 at 8:06 am

   Coming for 10 days this may. Please let us know what will be open and what concerns we may have with COVID. I’m working on an itinerary. I’ve been coming for years and there’s still more to see and do!

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   Maritza on October 16, 2019 at 9:25 am

   Love this! Thanks for creating a guide for Door County. I have been here a handful of times, but it’s always nice to see what other people recommend that I may not know about.

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   Kathy on August 26, 2019 at 9:11 pm

   Thank you so much for putting this together. We are coming to the mid-west from California for two weeks and your site helped us quite a bit as we plan our time in the upper mid-west. Thank you!

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   Cave Point Paddle & Pedal on March 17, 2019 at 4:44 am

   Let me know next time you make it to Door County, WI. We would love to have you out on a kayak tour of Cave point county park. https://cavepointpp.com/cave-kayak-tour/

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   Estella on November 15, 2018 at 12:15 pm

   Is Door County still a good place to travel during winter? Are all the attractions and places to stay still open?

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   Richard Mittelstadt on August 28, 2018 at 10:16 am

   Greetings, Kristen!

   My wife and I are putting together a 17-day “camping trip” with our Australian Shepard starting on Sept 17th from Prior Lake, MN traveling to Wausau, WI via highway 29 to see some of my wife’s relatives and on to Ironwood, MI via highway 51 up into the Keweenaw Peninsula, then on to Marquette, Munising, Sault Ste. Marie, down to St. Ignace, over to Gladstone, down to Menominee, MI, then on to Green Bay, Oshkosh, eventually to Wisconsin Dells, on to La Crosse for a Aliner Rally from October 4-7 (camping site already reserved) and then head back home. Whew! (Yes, we own an Aliner hard sided popup camper.)

   Ok, Why would I brother telling you this? For months we were initially interested in visiting Door County in September. Several of our friends have visited the area during the summer months while staying in local inns and hitting local restaurants) and loving it. However, from a couple of sources, it was advised to book any camping sites for this period well in advance of the camping days–we are talking months or as soon as reservation can be placed in the calendar year or before! Why? Apparently from all sources (including your fall photographs) Door County in September can be a real magnet for left-peepers such as ourselves!

   So my question to you is: what are our chances of finding a camping site in any of the state parks in Door County on the “last weekend of September or the first two days of October” WITHOUT RESERVATIONS or with reservations which means another deadline within our trip. Will we have missed the peak colors by then–lessening the need to travel into Door County? As I see it, if that concept is feasible, then we would trim back camping and sightseeing stops through Upper Michigan and/or Appleton/Oshkosh area in order to arrive at La Crosse on October 4th. And yes, I am aware that I can go online to check for site availabilities after I hear from you. But. . .

   There is more to this email than just camping availability in Door County from your point of view. Having seen our itinerary, have you personally visited Upper Michigan and would what we could stop and see or camp at be actually better than taking the time to visit Door County? This question is based on your possibly having visited Upper Michigan and your opinion of the things you saw or did in that area compared to your several visits to Door County. And, of course, we could do just a Door County trip with camping reservations in hand next or the following year but that likelyhood is remote as we have tentitive longer trips anticipated for the Washington State in June of next year and possibly a trip to Europe in 2020. Yes, we are a retired couple.

   We will appreciate any information or personal advise from you that would help us plan our upcoming trip.

   Sincerely,

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   Tracy Klemens on February 25, 2018 at 2:48 pm

   Thank you for sharing this comprehensive list that is visually fun to look at – I printed it out for our summer adventure calendar with my kiddos. We will definitely check out these place!!! Any chance you would do a photography product workshop?

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     Kristen Carlson on March 19, 2018 at 4:29 pm

     Hi Tracy! Thank you so much for checking it out! I hope it’s helpful!! And I actually haven’t considered that before!

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   Courtney on February 21, 2018 at 1:05 pm

   Sounds fun to visit.
   http://sugarcoatedbears.blogspot.com/

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     Kristen Carlson on February 21, 2018 at 1:07 pm

     Thanks for reading Courtney! It’s a wonderful place for sure 🙂

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       Kari on June 18, 2019 at 6:56 am

       Definitely our favorite place to vacation to. We find something new every year. Thank you for such great recommendations!

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