The gateway community, Bayfield, is a vacation destination on the lake with lots of cottages and inns along with many restaurants and all manner of resort wear, local art and whatnot shop. Beautiful wildflower gardens line the streets and sidewalks.  Docks in the municipal harbor shelter hundreds of sailboats many of which hire out for private tours and trips.  The old brownstone courthouse building now houses the National Park Service visitor center.  It is a restful, beautiful place to stroll.

Dinner tonight is at The Fat Radish, a farm to table place right downtown. We sample local fish; Kent the whitefish and I lake trout.  Both are deliciously prepared and they claim “swimming in the lake last night”.  We enjoyed it.  I was even too full for blueberry pie!