Karen on Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin
This past summer when my wife and I camped for a week in Door County, Wisconsin, I was tempted to say that it was my favorite county. Door County, which is a peninsula jutting into Lake Michigan, has hundreds of miles of shoreline, rocky bluffs, sandy beaches, quaint villages, beautiful farms and orchards, several offshore islands, a dozen lighthouses, numerous historic sites and several state and county parks. It's definitely a county that's got a lot going for it.
But then, on second thought, I love mountains and Door County has no mountains at all. In addition, we saw no waterfalls in Door County, no covered bridges, no old grist mills, no exciting cities, no Amish buggies, no flowing rivers, no prairie, no desert, no national parks or monuments.... Come to think of it, there are lots of things that I love about other counties that can't be found in Door County, at all.
If the perfect county exists, I haven't been to it yet. But there is still hope. After all, I've only visited 2,654 counties to date, and have 487 counties to go. Maybe my favorite county will be one of them.
Superstition Wilderness, Maricopa County, Arizona
So when people ask me about my favorite county, I have finally come up with a stock answer:
"Every place on earth falls into either one of two categories. First, are the places I have not yet visited but would love to see. Second, are the places I have been and would like to return and explore more thoroughly. My favorites are those in the first category."
2 comments:
My favorite thing that I remember about Door County (which I visited last April as County #48 of #97 on my 2nd trip "to" Chicago) was trying to figure out what that little part of Wisconsin that sticks out into the lake was called.
It turns out it's called "The Door Peninsula". Booooooorrrrrrrrrring! My vote went to "The Arm of Wisconsin"
My favorite county is Juneau Borough, Alaska. I have visited there 4 times.
Post a Comment