Hagemeier Happenings: Door County-July 4th

Ryan and I decided to take a mini-vacation up to Door County Wisconsin to celebrate the 4th of July and visit with his mom (Deb) and step-dad (John) who have a house in Egg Harbor. The drive is about 4 hours and we decided to take our time and enjoy the ride up. First stop was Oshkosh where we went to the Motherhood Maternity outlet store. This stop was a success as I found several t-shirts, jeans, and even a dress to purchase. I even let Ryan stop at the GAP store :) After the outlet mall, we headed on up to Green Bay and stopped at the Packer Pro shop. We were really excited to buy some cute clothes for Baby Hagemeier. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed at the selection. The baby ended up getting some booties and a teddy bear. So we left Lambeau field and headed on up to the Egg.

Our visit with Ryan's parents was very relaxing. Our first night we went to an excellent restaurant called Cooper's Corner. They had a store there that sold oils and vinegars. I got an excellent pomegranate balsalmic vinegar that is perfect for bread dipping and making reductions.

Dinner at Cooper's Corner

The next morning Ryan and John went golfing while Deb and I got pedicures and shopped at some baby stores. That evening we went down near the beach to watch the fireworks. We were so close that we could actually watch them setting them off. Although we enjoyed the fireworks, I'm not convinced that the family dog Hampton had a good time...too many booms for him!

Waiting on the fireworks

On Sunday July 4th we decided to watch the Egg Harbor Parade. They had been advertising that the University of Wisconsin Band would be performing and we figured we might as well check it out. We picked out our spots and watched the entire parade which lasted an hour and a half! It was also extremely hot out and we all had to take showers when we got home.

Ryan and I watching the parade

Here are a few things that we saw in the Egg Harbor Parade...

Local Firetruck with Mascot

Camel

Lots of tractors

And finally...the UW marching band!

There were literally 20 kids from the band on the back of a truck. We were so disappointed. I just started laughing...we were so hot and sweaty and we had waited an hour and a half to see this! Oh well! We should have trusted our instincts that the band would not be performing in a 4th of July parade in Door County!

Once we were showered, we headed out to Fish Creek for some shopping and dinner. We also got our picture in the giant beach chair. It was somewhat of a challenge for me to get in and out of the chair. Apparently I showed off my underwear in the process!