They roll up the sidewalks early

We wanted to go to this little Mexican place in Sturgeon Bay for dinner, but they're closed on Mondays. So was the Blue Front Cafe. We washed up at the Pudgy Seagull on the main drag. At 7 p.m., the server didn't mind that we wanted to sit at a larger table in the front, "since the dinner rush is over."

I wanted to sit there for the street-watching opportunities and the better light for messing around with Mom's camera
Sorry to say, the Monday night special, spaghetti, was nothing to write home about. The overabundant sauce was heavy on the super-acidic tomatoes and light on the meat. The salad was fine, though, and the garlic bread. The service was friendly. Mom was offered seconds on her spaghetti (even though she hadn't really finished her firsts).

Afterward, we strolled down to the old bridge to take a look at a yacht we'd seen earlier.
That thing is sleek and huge. I included the regular sailboat next to it for scale. Looks like a toy by comparison.

I thought I saw a "for sale" sign in the yacht company window, but that was for a smaller yacht. (The ad was up high in the window and hard to read, but I held up the camera to get a shot.) The smaller yacht is $445,800.

I hear times are hard for yacht businesses, and a lot of yacht-owners are trying to unload theirs. Just think how much diesel these probably suck up.

We took a walk over the old bridge, which used to be the only bridge over the canal bisecting the Door County peninsula.
It includes a cozy little bridge-keeper's house.
Many years ago, a new, higher bridge was built to the east that bypassed the town. Better for traffic but harder for businesses. Now another new bridge is set to open downtown, replacing this old one.
The new bridge doesn't have nearly the character. But I guess that's progress.

Don't get me started on the new foghorn versus the old.