Milwaukee

The name sounds boring but let me tell you this place rocks! We arrived at the hotel to find a bar (the first at a Best Western) and immediately relaxed. After another very cheap meal and a few drinks we hit the sheets and awoke early for breakfast and a big day. The main event for us was the Harley Davidson Museum, so we went directly there. Okay, I know some of you (particularly Gleeson) will wonder why we have travelled so far to see the home of Harley but unless you own one it is hard to explain.

Here are some shots taken at the Museum which really do not do justice to the foresight that Harley have had to their motorbikes. Right from the moment you arrive till the moment you leave a Harley owner is made to feel special. it is just geared for bikers, from the museum itself to the shops to the cafes to the bars. Apart from the history of how these bikes have evolved from push bikes back in 1903 they have had the forsight to save at least one bike from every model of every year since day one! The museum is exceptional.

There were some interesting aspects to this tour that proved I did not know anything about what Harley has done over the years. They have made scooters, golf carts, speed boats, motor bikes from 50cc's up, a horizontially opposed twin (like BMW), developed an in line four before Honda, an in line six and a whole lot more. If your understanding of Harleys is only about very tractor like V Twins then this museum will change your understanding, and your appreciation of what "the company" has actually achieved over the years.

Ok so we are biased, but this was Mecca for Bo and I and we enjoyed every damned second of it. We spent the rest of the day cruising Milwaukee which is a beautifful city that sits on the shores of Lake Michigan, one of the great lakes. Unfortunately we do not have a photo (as we were riding across a bridge at the time) but this lake is not the biggest of the great lakes yet we could not see the other side so it looked like the open sea. We are now ghetting ready to hit "Summerfest". This is a rock, food and drink festival that lasts two weeks and is internationally recognised as one of the biggest rock concert events in the world!