Saturday, July 17, 2010

Menominee sights

When it was cooler, we decided to check out the marina facilities and the sights around town. First we headed to the boaters' lounge which was renovated from the old Water Works building.

Without a doubt, this is one of the best lounges we've seen if not the best in our entire loop trip. Not only was it immaculate, it was decorated beautifully. Just inside the door was this old floor scale which Bob checked out....I was afraid to!



Next we checked out the private toilet/shower rooms. There were 5, each named after a Great Lake, and decorated differently.

This was the entrance to the main lounge.........



and the eating area with a beautiful stained glass lighthouse. We enjoyed a complimentary breakfast of waffles before we left here.




This model ship was made and donated by a local artisan.






Here is the other part of the lounge with the TV. There was a computer station and library as well.





Another part of the sitting area with a large aquarium.
The lamps were all in a nautical theme and there was a lot of art work, knot boards, etc on the walls.




Entrance view as we left the room....there was another larger room adjacent which had a large TV and several tables which appeared to be used as a meeting room.
Last, we took a walk around town which had many lovely old buildings. But as many small towns today, there were many empty storefronts.



We ended our walk at the sandwich/ice cream shop where all the locals seemed to come as well as many of the boaters.
It was well worth the visit to this town.