Seeing Milwaukee

Milwaukee was a beautiful city—a bit like a miniature Chicago. It was an interesting combination of ethnic neighborhoods and lively city. We drove the historic districts and had a brat- teaming with sauerkraut and hot mustard- at the sausage cart downtown.

On Tuesday, we had our first rainy day in ages.....it wouldn't be so bad, but rain affects the satellite- so we couldn’t even watch the BBC News. Oh well, the news has been so awful these days, maybe we're better off…. So, with rain forecast for the rest of the day, we headed for the Harley Davidson factory tour. We topped off the factory tour with a huge German lunch- sauerbraten and weiner schnitzel. The lunch portions carried us clear through dinner. We grabbed a bowl of soup at the bar across from our campgrounds- Liquid Johnny’s. (Where the motto is: Let’s get drunk, naked and wreck stuff”)

The next day, we did a trial run to Illinois State Beach Park where we were planning to spend the next few days. Not knowing what to expect from a State Park, we thought it best to take the car rather than driving blindly in with the motorhome. It was a good choice- we not only got to scope out the spaces, but got a reservation in the “parking lot” section. Who wants trees and grass when you can have concrete and clear satellite reception! We stopped by Tom Christenson’s motorcycle shop on the way home. We got a chance to see his latest creation and John got to talk about Nortons.

We stopped for dinner on the way home at the “African Hut” restaurant and had a sampling of East African dishes and a wickedly good dessert called the Mindimindi.