Egg Harbor Lodge News

Just a few pics I took on my way to work this a.m.

Our 2008 attempt at winning the scarecrow contest…. This year we put lights on it so people can see it at night.

It is that time of year again… Pumpkin Patch!  Those very words alone send fear and excitement to all business owners, residents and employees alike.  The festival is really a lot of fun… good music, food, crafts, art, games- you name it but it gets really busy and the traffic is crazy.  (If you are lucky enough to stay at Egg Harbor Lodge you can walk or take a bike). The festival is run  by the Egg Harbor Business Association.  It is a huge festival run by a relatively small group of people.  We recruit everybody and anybody to help and with the lure of free food and beer we usually get enough people.  One year Mark and I decided to sell brats and beer while we were setting up on the Friday the day before the festival usually begins and Voila! the festival is now a three day event.  We have not decided if that is a good thing or not.  This year we will not be able to cook and sell brats on Friday but I am sure somebody will step forward and take over.  This weekend means all hands on deck… all of our kids help along with their friends.  It is a lot of hard work but a lot of fun and the best people watching experience one can imagine.   This year the EHBA is donating $1000.00 to a local mother with terminal cancer.  She and her husband have three children.  The  employees  from Door County Memorial Hospital will work on Saturday to earn the money and will then turn it over to the family.  There will be canisters for donations as well, so if you go to the festival, be sure to donate to this worthy cause.

At the end of each day we take all of the roasters and dishes to the Alpine… they are kind enough to wash everything up for us. We then stop and see my pal Emily Bertschinger and her family and have a couple of well deserved cocktails. 

It will be a wild weekend… see you there.  I will be the pony-tailed blonde wearing a dirty sweatshirt.

Anybody who has been to Egg Harbor for our annual Pumpkin Patch festival knows that cancellations for rooms for that weekend are a hot commodity.  For the most part all of us innkeepers have been booked for months.  That being said, we have a cancellation in our Stonehearth Suite… hurry it will go quickly. It is a two bedroom /two bathroom suite (1200 sq. ft.)  It is perfect for two couples or 4 adults. There is a fireplace and a whirlpool.  It has the most unbelievable view of the water with its 50 ft. balcony.  It runs 350.00 per night (250.00 for 2) and is probably one of the best values in Door County considering the view, the spaciousness and its furnishings. I am not bragging… that’s a fact.  I am sticking with my three night minimum and for all you barterers out there… this isn’t a flee market, the rate stands.  The weekend looks cool but nice and the colors are really getting pretty. 

At our Egg Harbor Business Association dinner last night  held at The Orchard’s, our Village President Nancy Fisher presented our EHBA president Karen Peterson (Maxwell’s House) with a pretty special award.  It seems our little village was voted the People’s Choice award… The Best Wisconsin Town for Galleries and Art Scene.  Very cool indeed.  Here is our very own Karen Peterson and EHBA member Fred Anderson(The Ashbrooke) with the award. 

After the meeting everyone gathered around the TV to watch Door County’s own Eli Mattson on America’s Got Talent.  Eli came in second place much to the dismay of the entire county.  We wish Eli the best and know many good things are coming his way.

This is part of our garden at the entrance to Egg Harbor Lodge.  Our gardener Sarah  Jerry does a phenomenal job.