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Kangaroo Lake is virtually unspoiled.
Accommodations
I stumbled into the
Sunset Motel & Cottages
(8404 WIS 57, 866/406-1383,
www.baileysunsetmotelandcottages.com
,
$75 and up) once and was most impressed by
what I got for what I paid. It's casual and rustic but comfortable, with friendly proprietors,
thewaythingsusedtobeeverywhereintheseparts.It'sjustnorthoftheHighwayQturnoff.
Onthesouthsideoftown,thereareabove-averagemotelroomsandalovelylittoralset-
ting to boot at the
Beachfront Inn
(8040 WIS 57, 920/839-2345,
www.beachfrontinn.net
,
from $90). In addition to a private beach, indoor heated pool, and regular campfires, this
place gets many, many kudos for being so pet-friendly (they even have their own rescue
dogs).
WhatmaybethemostenviablysitedlodginginallofDoorCountyis
M
Gordon Lodge
(1420 Pine Dr., 920/839-2331,
www.gordonlodge.com
,
$225-425). Spread across the tip of
a promontory jutting into Lake Michigan's North Bay, the long-established Gordon Lodge
sprouted in the 1920s as an offshoot of a popular Sturgeon Bay doctor's summer home. It
has been updated just enough to be modern but not too much to lose any rustic charm. The
