Lake Geneva.... again!

We made a quick trip to Lake Geneva in September.  We love going here. A friend of ours owns a condo and graciously lets us use it.  They were having a paddle boarding race one day.  It was fun to watch.  Our friends also own a Vespa type cycle.  Steve and I  made a few trips around the neighborhood on it.

We took a boat tour one day.  We have walked around the lake before and looked at the beautiful houses, but the tour also gave us background on them.  Lots of very wealthy families own these homes.  Such as the Wrigleys, Sears, and Montgomery Ward,

The path around the lake that allows you to stand in the yard of these homes and look at them.

Lake Geneva Shore Walk

Are you tired of reading about Wisconsin yet? Well, I have ONE more blog about it. Lake Geneva is very unusual in the fact that it requires the lake homeowners to provide a path through their property for people to walk on. If you were to walk all the way around the lake it would be 21 miles. Steve and I only walked a short way, but we wanted to see the homes. Apparently this is where all the wealthy Chicagoans build their summers houses. The paths can be dirt, bricks, stones, or whatever the homeowner feels like doing. Here is an example of 2 different walks. And a few examples of the "small homes".

The Baker House

After we left Door County we drove to Lake Geneva. A friend of Steve's has a condo there and asked if we would like to stay the night. Their place is lovely. Brand new, lots of room and a washer & dryer. My family thinks I have a fetish about washing clothes. Hey, I just like to be clean! Steve and I just randomly picked a place in town called the Baker House. Turns out it was a tapas restaurant and we love tapas.


Each room of the mansion is set up just like it would be if someone was living there. We were seated in the library.



They had old time stereoscopes to view photos while we were waiting for our food.

Our first course was cheese and crackers. 5 different types of cheese. Yummy!
We also had beef tenderloins, crab cakes and homemade potato chips. That is what's so fun about tapas. You can try lots of different foods.

For dessert we ordered the chocolate fondue. Needless to say we enjoyed our meal!

Oh, yes, I forgot. They had the hallway covered with hats. You could try them on, pick your favorite and wear it for the evening. I tried on several.

My head is itching now!