At the risk of sounding like a complete ignoramus, I didn't even know this piece of land existed, and I've been coming to DC for over 40 years. It's Green Island. It's 68 acres, about 9 miles from Door County and 5 miles from Marinette, WI (on the other side of the bay). Turns out, it's the only private island in Green Bay. And, it's for sale!
Now we're considering a major pivot that's more aligned with our misanthropy: sell our 5 and buy an island, which will include:
I still spend a lot of time on the Door County Land Information site, looking at our lot's elevation contours (for the ski run, of course), easements, road setbacks ... and just seeing our name legally attached to a piece of the peninsula.
After doing a little more digging, I learned that this picture is taken in early spring every two years, so I got lucky putting some human activity on camera. Two years from now, hopefully, the MVC will be visible from space, too.
Here's the satellite pic from spring, 2021. If I had to bet, I'd say this year's picture was taking earlier in the day, with the shadows being cast to the west (the left of the picture). The 2021 picture has shadows casting to the north (the top of the picture).
My mom — one of the 5 readers of this site and a fellow Door County lover — shared this awesome 2-part doc on Door County's history of conservation.
I'm in awe of the vision and tenacity of our predecessors in the creation of Peninsula, Potawatomi, and Whitefish Dunes state parks (to name a few). Without them there would be Eagle Bluff Lighthouse Condos.
I also gained further admiration of Abraham Lincoln. He created Yosemite in 1864, when he had some other shit going on.
