Today Milwaukee opened their arms and welcomed the thousands of Harley riders back into their city. It was awesome! After 3 hours of putting in our volunteer duties of directing bikes to line up for the parade, Don and I hopped on his bike and rode through downtown Milwaukee, holding our chapter flag proud and high. People were lined up all along the 4.5 mile route. They cheered, smiled, waved, and gave high fives. Totally cool. Again, signs welcoming us back home by the locals were seen all over. I did see a few guys with mardi-gras beads and signs about showing your jugs or something like that but seriously guys, this is HOG not Sturgis.The rest of the day we pretty much relaxed, did some laundry at a nearby laundry mat, walked to the post office to send some items home, and relaxed some more. Our hotel has a nice roof top where we sat and watched the sunset, visited, and listened to the Bruce Springsteen concert just across the way.
Tomorrow we head out to Macomb, IL where we will meet more of Lori's family. We are hoping to stop in Chicago for lunch and have some real Chicago pizza.
We still don't have a definitive plan for our route home. We're trying to keep an eye on the weather and avoid as much of the nasty stuff as possible.
1 comment:
signs about showing your jugs?! ha ha... you should have took a photo of those guys too!
Sounds like another wonderful day and that is totally cool how welcome you all are with open arms there. How wonderful!
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