As I had said in a previous posting, someone from "The James" at The Ohio State University told me about the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum being just down the road from them (about 15 miles) and for those that know me nowadays, I could not pass this up. This was worth all the rain that I have already run into. I am a member of the American Motorcycle Association which, is in the same parking lot at the museum but they were closed of course because it was Saturday.
Well that is enough about the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum. So it was probably 10:30/11:00am by the time I pulled out of there and I head west by northwest towards Chicago. Now, I should tell you that my plan to stop in Chicago at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center (Northwestern University) was cancelled only because of a scheduling conflict and since I didn't make it to Chicago until Saturday it really was not fun at all. That day that would have been tough for them since it was Saturday. It did save me from having to travel into the city since I did arrive in the outskirts (Interstate 90) of Chicago during rush hour.Let me tell you how much fun that was. No, never mind it wasn't fun at all!
So, I decided that since I wanted to visit the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the first place, I drove north towards Milwaukee. I must also say that Milwaukee really was a nice city and it has Lake Michigan next to it and a really nice downtown area. For those that do not know, they have the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, Milwaukee Bucks basketball team, and of course the original home of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle factory or shed as it was originally. I have to make a confession here in front of all of you. I was not really that much into Harley-Davidson motorcycles but I do love motorcycles anyway and they do make some
So, I have bored those of you who don't get into motorcycles yet? I'll get back to more of that upon explaining my visit to the H-D Museum. After a very stressful ride through Chicago, I made it to Milwaukee and after finding a hotel in town around 8:00pm, I called my wife and she reminded me that my next appointment is in Rochester, Minnesota at the Mayo Cancer Clinic which I knew but I did not realize that it is not until this coming Wednesday so I decided to stay in Milwaukee one extra day (Sunday) and do some sight seeing. As many of you probably don't know, doing this ride and making sure I make it to each cancer center visit, as well as doing e-mail and telephone follow-ups with others, and finally updating the blog site here, I get very tired and no time to really see things along the way and these two sightseeing trips were well overdue for me and a chance to rest up as well.
So, the visit to the Harley-Davidson Museum was very impressive and any motorcycle
This evening I'll be busy posting as much as possible for all of you and getting my bags packed for tomorrow's journey to Rochester, Minnesota. "Keep the rubber on the road" and don't forget, i need your help with this fundraiser, if you have not already donated.
Pete West
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