Woke up to fog but it cleared nicely and turned out to be a lovely day – around 50 or so. We got up, had breakfast and coffee, and left around 10:00 AM. Destination today was Milwaukee, about a two hour drive.
We drove by the Milwaukee Brewers Stadium. Looks impressive from the outside.
Our first stop in Milwaukee was the Harley Davidson Museum. During the off season, they have $10.00 Tuesdays, which worked for us. The normal price is $17.00 for adult and $14.00 for senior. The Harley Davidson Museum was very nice if you’re into motorcycles. It gave the history and showed the many uses over the years – post office, military, delivery, etc. Very interesting. At the end they have some motorcycles you can sit on and have a picture emailed to you.
It is a nice sized museum in an industrial area.Those are them, 3 Davidson’s and 1 Harley.We got a deal. Ten Buck Tuesday. Love it when that happens.1958 HD. First one you see.I think they have a sample of almost everything they ever made.And a sample of special purpose HD’s as well.We could use this in a lot of places today. How handy for a delivery truck.
This is impressive, especially with the gun.A rugged looking beastie.Navy version.Great graphics.
Mural on the elevator.Bikes everywhere.I liked the old floor.
I could ride a Harley.Signed by all employees.
Dragster.Rhinestone HDFaithful replica from “Easy Rider”I like the green one for a two day ride in the desert.Pretty woman thinking about going for a ride.Yep, Grumpy on a hog.
We left and headed for the Milwaukee Art Museum. We had been told it was a very unique building and quite beautiful. They were right. It’s almost like the Sydney, Australia opera building that is so iconic. Just beautiful. We parked in the parking garage (first fifteen minutes are free and after that it was $7.00 per hour). We walked up the stairs to get the admission tickets. We were told the exhibits were all being reworked, except for one. We were also told we could walk all over the white marble area for free, which we opted to do. Lovely. The building itself was worth seeing. Anyway, we were able to get back to our car and the nice lady in the parking booth let us out for free, even though we were late. Works for me.
The Art Museum.Walking on marble again!I am so glad men like women and sculpt and paint them, they are all so lovely.Glass sculpture, huge, about 10 feet high.The permanent collection was closed, we were disappointed.Gift store, much of the same items that we saw in Bentonville.All nice things.The building is dramatic and fun.Great ceiling inside the Art Museum.
Next stop – Cheesecake Factory restaurant. Saw some of Milwaukee on the way.
Across the way, for kids.
Greeks.Corinthian.Art Museum from a side street.Cast Iron facade on the first and second floors.We are really liking ornate buildings after discovering Gaudi in Barcelona.
Got to mark that CF off my list of Cheesecake Factory restaurants we’ve visited. Don’t think I’ll ever get to eat at all of them but I’ll keep trying. There are two in the Milwaukee area, this one was in the Mayfair Mall area. As usual it was very beautiful – copper and Egyptian looking artwork. The food was a little bit of a disappointment (the bread was stale, and the onion rings were cold). Michael got a BBQ chicken salad, and I got the shepherd’s pie. I also got a carrot cake cheesecake to go. I try to change it up one day (but not right now).
Pretty woman on a mission.Satan, get thee behind me.Always lovely inside.
Makes me think of that fabulous Egyptian obelisk at the Hippodrome next to the Blue Mosque, over 4,000 years old and looked new.Edie’s shepherd pie, a ground sirloin stew with peas and carrots covered with mashed potatoes..My new comfort food, BBQ Ranch Chicken salad.
By this time it was around 3:30 PM and we headed towards Madison, Wisconsin. We were hoping to get to go inside the Frank Loyd Wright building, and also inside the Capitol building. Madison is a very cute town with lots of old looking schools and churches. We got to see the Frank Loyd Wright place, but the building looked closed. We then drove to the Capitol, parked, and went inside. Such a beautiful building. So glad we stopped and got to see it. Michael and I talked and we both decided Madison, as cute as it is, doesn’t call to us to come back.
Funny, “If you can read this flip me back over.”Nice church.Gassed up.
Thought it was an Islamic building of some sort.Oops, a high school.I like their street signs. No puny little signs buried in traffic lights and walk signals on the side. Big and bold, nice.Capitol looms large.Here we go with the Greeks and Romans again. We turned here to see the Frank Loyd Wright place.Wright’s building, swings out over the water.Still ice.Nice building.Beauty seems contagious. Nearby building is very stylish with curves and rectangles.We like it.Edie loved this.Is it just me? In the massive vase I see two eyes, a big mustache and an open mouth with a tongue sticking out.Heading inside, Corinthian.Nice touch.It is beautiful inside.Floors, gorgeous.Interior dome modeled after the Pantheon in Rome.Justice, scales carefully weighing one cause against another. This is one of four glass mosaics.Liberty, she guards the ballot box with her right hand and points upward with her left.Government, a leading staff in his right hand and a great sword in his left.Legislation, old, wise, sphinx symbol. Over 100,000 pieces of colored glass in each of the works.Four wings off the rotunda.Men sculptors….women….yeah.Nice brass works.
Heading out and heading home.
We got home around 6:00 PM, tired. That was our day. Hope yours was great!
