Elkhart Lake
Leaving Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago we picked up US 45, taking a path West of Milwaukee and country roads to Elkhart Lake. This link will show the details of our route. Unseasonably cold weather made for frequent stops to warm up. The parking lot at Siebkens Resort had a fabulous collection of sport and sport touring motorcycles with a nice showing of Ducati, BMW, Aprilla, and their Japanese kin. Before checking into our room we just made the closing hour for the dining room at the Resort.
The next morning after coffee in the lobby, we headed to the rolling and green track that is Road America. Following directions to park anywhere on the grass we found our spot.
Plentiful food concessions offered a nice choice of late breakfast and lunch options. We opted for hamburgers and bbq. The home-made German potato salad would make any meal great.
The skies remained overcast and the temperatures brisk. Landing at Corner 5, we watched the first event of MotoAmerica the Junior Cup race won by Alex Dumas on a KTM.
We then walked up the hill to watch from the opposite side of Corner 5. From this point we could see Supersport Race 1, won by Valentin Debise on the ECSTAR Suzuki.
Returning to our first viewing spot of Corner 5, we caught the exciting finish of the First Race of Super Bike. Cameron Beaubier slipped around leading Josh Herrin and barely missing the favored Toni Elias' crash.
This ended our first day of MotoAmerica and prompted a return to the Resort. After a little freshening up, we took a walk over to the Elkhart Inn for some tasty Wiener schnitzel and Goulash.
Milwaukee
Following a good night of sleep. with the lullaby of a continuous rain, we arose to a excellent breakfast of coffee, baked oatmeal, and pecan coffee cake from Off the Rail. After checking out we took a moment to contemplate the resort surroundings before heading off to Milwaukee and the Brewtown Rumble,
The weather had become much more pleasant for our route to Fuel Cafe in Milwaukee. We really did not know what to expect of this event, and were very surprised at the number of visitors and espicially the number of bikes!
Since it was lunch time our thoughts turned immediately to food and found satisfaction with tacos and sandwiches at La Fuente on 5th Street.
After lunch we checked out the huge variety of bikes, but in particular, this 1910 beauty caught our eye .
It was also nice to meet some folks from the British Biker Cooperative that we had previously only known online.
With a couple of hours remaining for our return to Chicago, it seemed to be a good time to close the door on this experience, but we will return next year.
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