Friday, August 22, 2014

Day 2-284 still enjoying Milwaukee (in the fog)

     The fog started last evening, and it didn't started to burn off until around 10:30 am today. The Admiral set off early to the Metro Market, but when she got to the Trolley stop, she found that it did not start running for another 40 minutes at 11:00 am. Undaunted, she set off on foot and was done with her shopping by 11:10 am. She was lucky because there was a Trolley stop right in front of the market. I was lucky also since she called me to meet her at the closest Trolley stop to Lucky Us. Good thing too. She had 4 heavy cloth bags of goodies. I was also lucky again since she "allowed" me to carry the 2 heaviest bags. So much "luck" even though most of mine was bad...
     The big event for today was to go to the Mexican Fiesta at the Summerfest Grounds just across the boat basin from Lucky Us. We would not normally have gone out of our way to go to a Mexican Fiesta in Milwaukee, but since it was so close and admission was free until 3:00 pm, we decided to go have Mexican food for lunch. The picture at the right shows my lunch of chicken fajitas with corn tortillas (instead of flour), rice and beans along with a diet coke. No, that big green thing in the lower left is not a cucumber but a jalapeno pepper. I do not like really hot peppers, but I did take two small bites. The first was very mild, but the second one was a real flame thrower...
     There was live entertainment on two different pavilions. We had lunch while watching various dance groups perform on the stage at the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse (pavilion).  Yes, Milwaukee has always been the home of Harley-Davidson Motorcycles.


     After lunch, we strolled briefly around the grounds to see some of the colorful sights. I took the picture on the right because it shows some of the vendors. There were both moveable food trucks and trailers as well as permanent food concession buildings. The building had changeable signs as the different festivals obviously have different ethnic foods. The picture also shows a tower with more motorcyles and the H-D sign. In the background is what appeared to be the only permanent ride, which is a aerial tram that runs the length of the park.
     The Admiral was anxious to leave since she was going to pick up an early (by 2 days) birthday gift. It was supposed to be ready at 2:00 pm, and she was not about to be late! You may (or may not) be wondering what the gift was? Well, you will just have to stay tuned to find out...

     Tomorrow, we plan on a short trip down the coast to Racine, Wisconsin. The fog never went completely away today, and it was back with a vengeance by 6:00 pm this evening. Since it is a short trip, we plan to wait until it has hopefully burned off be about mid-morning.

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