Liza Wiemer Leads “Hello?” Walking Tour

Participants converged on Washington Island to walk in the footsteps of characters from debut YA author Liza Wiemer’s Hello?, published by Spencer Hill Press. The event was coordinated and sponsored by Write On Door County, a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire people to write and share their stories. Thanks to the staff of Washington Island school and community of Washington Island for their assistance.

Forty students and ten educators from Wisconsin’s Door County schools and Milwaukee County’s Nicolet High School converged on Washington Island to walk in the footsteps of characters from debut YA author Liza Wiemer’s Hello?. Participants took a ferry to the island where they were greeted by local students and teachers holding signs, cheering, and waving hello.

During the course of the day, students went to many sites in the novel and enjoyed activities described in the book, including a stop at the Red Cup, a nature walk to Lake Michigan and Little Lake, a lunch break at Boyer’s Bluff where students roasted hot dogs and marshmallows around a bonfire and listened to local musician Chris Nelson play guitar, and a trip to School House Beach and Jackson Harbor.

Photos courtesy of Jim Wiemer & Steve Waldron

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