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Ellen Chilikas and Karen Jenneman will be leading a trip to Door
County Wisconsin in September. Door County is about 1200 miles from
Denver on the western edge of Wisconsin. Hotel check-in is Sunday
9/14/08
We will bike Monday 9/15/08 - Friday 9/19/08 - we check out of the
hotel on Friday 9/19/08.
We will bike 4 days in Door County including southern Door County,
taking the ferry across Death's Door Straight and riding Washington
Island at the Northern end of Door County, and 2 days of riding in
central Door County. There will also be a free day in the middle of
the week to explore Peninsula State Park by bike, hike and/or sea
kayak.
Highlights of the trip include riding along both Green Bay and Lake
Michigan, seeing lighthouses and climbing observations tours, visiting
numerous beaches, cycling through fruit orchards, eating an authentic
'fish boil' dinner, visiting maritime museums, cycling through
picturesque old fishing harbors and riding through a boreal forest.
Daily ride distances range from 25 miles - 55 miles with the average
being about 40 miles. Rides will be at an Intermediate pace of 12 - 15
mph.
There is tiered pricing for the trip. If we fill 10 rooms, it's
$450/person double occupancy or $800/person for a single room. If we
only fill 5 rooms, it's $525/person double occupancy or $950/person
single occupancy. If we fill some number between 5-10, the costs will
be somewhere between the two numbers.
The trip costs will include a pre-trip party in the Denver area in
August or September, lodging Sunday
9/14 - Thu 9/18 (we check out Friday morning), daily continental
breakfasts at the hotel (bagels, toast, muffins, cereal, eggs,
yogurt), one welcome dessert happy hour on Sunday night, an authentic
fish boil dinner, round trip ferry costs for you and your bike to
Washington Island, a farewell happy hour with appetizers and adult
beverages, bike maps/directions for 4 days of riding, and a reunion
party back in Denver a month or so after we return home. Sag support
is NOT included.
The hotel has rooms with 2 Queen beds, refrigerators, microwaves, tv
and wireless internet. It also has indoor and outdoor pools and a
jacuzzi. It has locked bike storage for us in a separate building. The
hotel borders Peninsula State Park which is where we expect we will
spend our free day on Wednesday. The hotel is also walking distance
from shops and restaurants in town.
For registration or additional trip information, please contact Ellen
(outdoorsdiva@yahoo.com) or Karen (broom2575@yahoo.com).