Fishing & Boating in the Northwoods

Courthouse Pub Restaurant Review

Manitowoc courthouse pub exterior

With plate presentations that rival some of the best that I have seen and service that is superior to many places that I have visited, the Courthouse Pub in Manitowoc, Wisconsin is certainly a place that I could make a habit of revisiting – several times a year! We were fortunate enough to have had […]

Exploring Manitowoc’s Riverfront & Lakefront

along the Mariners Trail looking our over Lake Michigan

For the last part of our Weekend in Manitowoc, we will continue to explore Manitowoc’s riverfront and lakefront! If you missed the beginning of our excursion and would like to read more, click here. After dinner, we had been graciously asked to join Kathleen Galas and her husband for some evening entertainment along the banks […]

The Rahr-West & Wisconsin Maritime Museums

Sputnik fragment

was As we headed north across the Manitowoc River on 8th street, I recall getting very excited. I had read about two Manitowoc police officers being close to the intersection of 8th and Park streets back in September of 1962. As a kid in ’57, I remember going out into our backyard at night to […]

A Weekend in Manitowoc, WI

manitowoc sign

Just because school is about to start is no reason to refrain from taking another excursion, is it? I think not! This weekend I am going to take some time and squeeze in another journey into Wisconsin. There is a city on the edge of one of the greatest of the Great Lakes: Michigan. That […]