Unbelievable! So Mr Fogg with his dayglo t-shirt had loads of admirers today wanting one.
We even got ourselves captured on the Polaroid wall of fame. Just look at the young Brit couple. How handsome do we look eh?
Six hours of wandering around and my feet are shattered now so back to the hotel for a rest. Later it’s live music and bar food.
Milwaukee is the home to Harley and here we are at the 115th anniversary complete with our own rivet on the wall
This place is awesome, after spending 2.5 hours on the guided tour looking at some awesome machines including the terminators FatBoy
And watching Mrs Fogg ride a Harley with stabilisers
After food it’s time to investigate things to buy
Welcome to the Harley 115th bash, endless bikes, bikers, beer, music, food and all things Harley
Mr Fogg’s nirvana – Harley and a Philly sarnie
So all excited and raring to do a tour of the HD factory to see where and how they are built, nope. It looks like the “behind the scenes tour” Mrs Fogg has booked, is actually a behind the museum tour and nothing to do with the factory. Is this revenge for museum hell!
Does this face even look sorry
Welcome to Milwaukee, the home of Harley Davidson since 1903. After an unforgettable taxi ride from Chicago centre out to Countryside with the taxi driver who had to keep stopping people to ask for directions and had no satnav to find anything, Pratt!
After about an hour and a half we were winging our way round the parking lot trying to figure the trike (it is such a different ride to a motor bike) and the satnav. Yes here we are at the 115th celebration at Harley Davidson for 2 days before heading onto a ferry across the lake towards Canada.
Factory tours, bike bits, toys, t-shirts, HogHeaven (this will teach Mrs Fogg for taking me round historic buildings)
And the Iron Horse Hotel is awesome
Oh boy, arrived at the parking garage where Eagle Riders were sorting all their customer out. What a trip, with THE worst taxi driver ever. I mean, come on “I can only drive OR use the sat nav” says our crazy driver who instead stopped at every opportunity to ask directions! Grrr.
Never mind, we finally found it. Chaos!! A group of Chinese were getting sorted for their tour.
Leaving us hanging around for a while waiting for some attention. And then our Trinny Trike turns up. She is a beauty!!
We finally set off for Milwaukee at around 12ish, cue a few dodgy turns and we arrived safe, well and dry (incredibly given the v bad weather warnings!) at the Iron Horse hotel in Milwaukee. Great spot, funky hotel. Just had to go christen the bar!
Chicago has pretty much disappeared
And it don’t look much better for our first stop of Milwaukee
Woke up this morning (the day we are due to ride up to Milwaukee!) to severe weather warning and torrential rain with flooding!
Deep joy. Just look at the weather. Anyone got a car in exchange for a trike?
Having read the book “Devil in the White City” I was excited when I realised you could visit the very first skyscraper designed by Burnham and Root in the 1880’s! Cue dragging Mr Fogg to a 45 min geek tour of The Rookery building on S Salle St.
We saw the atrium designed by Root himself and the library on the 11th floor where they planned the Chicago World Fair. My inner geek now satisfied its off to find lunch!
Welcome to 22 W Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois, former residence of one Mr Elwood Blues. Obviously the building has long since gone, ooo shake your tail feather.
And then iconic Route 66 (we rode that)
Oh and being with Mrs Fogg, we had to go on a walking tour of the Rookery! Which was so dull and boring you wouldn’t believe how dull it could be
