There used to be a time when we'd get out of bed, eat breakfast, read the paper and go to work.  Ok, Ok, that was years ago before we figured out the state disability scam - but the point is, life to used be pretty simple.  That of course was before what pretty much everyone now calls, "Stacy Days," and today was another one of those days!  We finally left our friends Guy & Cary in Neenah, Wisconsin (it was Cary's #*!%th birthday today!) and headed south to Milwaukee.  Why you ask? TOURS OF COURSE!

First stop was the Harley Davidson Powertrain Operations headquarters.  We ride a Harley (100th annaversary Heritage Softail) so this was like going to the temple.  What an AWESOME plant (no wonder the bike cost so much) and the tour was great!  You can literally wander around the floor of the factory (with a guide ), but you are right where the action is, and at the end of the tour they let you sit on the latest models of bikes.  That's when the trouble started.  Stacy was sitting on a Buell racing bike when someone walked by with an ice cream cone.  She took her hands off the bars, yelled, "where'd you get that?" and 500 pounds of machinery came tumbling down.  Even though we're Harley owners, they weren't very nice when they escorted us off the premises.

The next stop was Miller Valley!  This is where they make the beer that made Milwaukee famous!  Another great tour and another great time - plus you get free beer at the end - at least that what we heard.  We didn't get to the end of the tour because in the brewhouse Stacy thought the open lauter tubs were wishing wells and began throwing pennies into them.  It's a shame that Miller Brewing had to throw out all 590 barrels that one of those tubs holds just because of a few stray pennies.  You know, getting escorted off of corporate properties is becoming so common to us it's not even embarrassing anymore.  We split Milwaukee late in the day and are staying in Madison, Wisconsin (first place in the U.S. where someone burned a Draft Card - 1963!)tonight, but tomorrow we'll be on the road riding all the way to...

    
Harley Powertrain Operations - MECCA BABY!                      500lbs, $30,000 - Can't believe they made us leave!

    
The Champagne of Bottled Beer!                                              Stacy hit 4 out of 5 open doors in the penny toss!