Thursday, August 23, 2018

Reef Point Marina in Racine, WI

Day #51: Up at 6:30 A.M. for coffee, banana bread and peach. Sunny and 57 degrees. Mike and I went to the Main Street Bakery. This is a new bakery on main street in Racine we have heard great things so we decided that we needed to try it out. Mike and I got donuts for tomorrows breakfast. Mike and I got ready walking 2 miles to the Racine Zoo. We got to the zoo at 9:30 A.M. we had a great time. The zoo was established in 1923. Currently, the Racine Zoo cares for approximately 100 different species of animals from Wisconsin and around the world. At 11:00 A.M. we decided to have lunch at the Jungle Grill at the Zoo we had hamburgers and fries. After the zoo we headed back toward the marina we went to a little convenience store for beverages. We headed back to the boat. At 1:30 P.M. we headed to the pool. After the pool about 3:30 P.M. we headed back to the boat for happy hour. Ed and Suzanne stopped by wanting to know if we would want to go for a ride on their boat. We left Reef Point Marina heading south. Ed took us to Kenosha for a tour around the waterfront. We headed back to Racine. We had a great time with Ed and Suzanne it feels like we have been friends forever. Mike and I headed back to the boat for cold sandwiches for dinner. Mike talked to Mark for a bit as he has bought a Shop Smith a modular woodworking shop tool. Time for blogging and reading.
                                                                                        
                             New bakery in Racine so Mike and I decided that we needed to try it out.
                                                                                   
                                                    So excited to see what is in the zoo.
           
                                                                White-headed Gibbon                                                                

Black-handed Spider Monkey

Artic Fox

Orangutan

Female African Lion

Male African Lion (just "lion" around).


The Tiger

 
African Penguin

Meerkat

Eastern Black Rhinoceros

Hartmann's Mountain Zebra 

Great Horned Owl

Masai Giraffe

              
Andean Bear

 
West Caucasian Tur   

Norco Aviary
                                                                                     
                                                                              Emu
               
Red Kangaroo

          
Alpaca

Llama


African Spurred Tortoise

Close place in Racine to buy beer.

Old Kenosha Lighthouse

Racine Dragon Rowing Club. Lots of people on this boat.