1. You can sing to your hearts content into your helmet, however off key and with the wrong words

2. You can practice mindfulness. Just “be”

3. You can wave at all the car drivers as you scoot past them

4. The bike vibrates. Nuff said

5. You can chuckle loudly and shout “tree” and since no one can hear, no one knows you are mad as a box of frogs

6. You get to hug your hubby all day long

7. You can smell the flowers, the trees (only downside is you can also smell if hubby has farted)

8. You can navigate by jabbing the rider

9. You can jabber about history with no-one complaining

10. Instant biker chick street cred

Of course, if you are Molly the dog, then who needs a reason to be pillion. She has been riding since she was a puppy and has her very own Facebook page.

It appears that Gerard Butler was wrong.

Because this is SPARTA!

Semi interesting fact – Sparta was once home to a former German prisoner of war camp

A nice poodle on the back roads to Lowell with the “ole lady” on the back.

And got Free t-shirts! Wooo!

Not to mention free bags, free chamois and tired feet.

But bye bye Milwaukee and helloooo Michigan.

This morning we are in very pleasant Muskegon, MI having a very shit breakfast. The view makes up for it though

So we left Milwaukee and the Harley’s, with literally hundreds arriving hourly from all over the world

And we managed to escape the visit by some political chap.

It’s been a fun two days at the museum (yes you heard right I enjoyed a museum), the veterans park which was a little water logged

And America’s largest Harley dealer with thousands of people attending the store and stands (with Mrs Fogg picking up anything that was free).

But now we’ve gone over Lake Michigan to Muskegon on America’s fastest lake ferry

To arrive in a different time zone (5 hours behind the UK), at 10.30pm to America’s lumber capital (in the 1800’s).

And now bed

Home to a statue of the Fonzie

Heyyy

and look at this where do we pick to eat! Right next to the hotel where this is about to happen

How super.

Some amazing facts at the museum tour and the opportunity to visit the “archives” where they hold some very special bikes.

But also a chance to see some new things such as the Harley Livewire, their first electric bike

And the Harley Davidson pickup truck (who knew, after all it is the Harley Davidson Motor Company not just motorbikes)

The replica of the first HD Factory (our log cabin is bigger)

And some of the custom choppers

And then a chat with the law and their super snazzy Harley’s

So tomorrow it’s the ferry and trying to figure out how to tie the trike down!

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