Perfect motoring day which the RA really appreciated. They actually zipped along at 5 knots. Their goal was to get to Racine, about 50 miles away. Over 20 navigational controls and devices – Bob believes in redundancy! We’ve come a long way from a compass and a watch on Valkyr as kids. Easy cruising today with flat seas, no wind and Otto (the auto-helm). Headed in to the massive McKinley Marina in MilwaukeeThe Denis Sullivan is a replica of a 19th century Great Lakes Schooner, which of course takes tourists out on a daily basis in the summer. Art Museum is to the left. This is an Erickson 39 – sister ship of the “Chiquita” a boat Bob and mainly his brother Ray used to race on Lake Ontario. Brought back fond memories for Bob. Took our dinghy into the confluence of the rivers going through Milwaukee.Lots of condos that looked like converted ware houses. Nice use of old buildings. Oh hooray- the Harley Davidson Museum!The Museum had a dock for tying up so we were able to look around.Milwaukee’s finest posing with a tourist. Replica of the original shed where the company was born. Can’t make this up, Rhett Rotten and his sidekick put on a dare devil show. This is Rhett. What’s hard to appreciate is that the motorcycle is actually running at a high speed on rollers. Then the show went inside to see Rhett climb the Wall of Death. Crazy!Wall of Death Diorama. Leaving the docking area for further exploration of Milwaukee (neither of us have ever been to Milwaukee).An old facade. Went under a closed railroad bridge – must be a tradition to leave a bottle or can if you pass under it. There was a series of about 10 lift bridges for the tour boats to go under. Fun 3-D Mural.One of 4 girl’s rowing teams…and one of the boy’s rowing teams. Went by Schlitz Park and Brewery. Also noted the clever wall mural to disguise the water outlets. It was very cool to be in the middle of a big city. We’ll have to look up what the Historic Third Ward is all about. Headed back to our marina. About an hour later the weather completely changed from sunny and beautiful to nasty rain, thunder and lightning. Once again, looks like we’ll be weathered in for a few days.
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