Blogs from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America - page 7

OK, got the blog thing figured out and here are my pictures from the adventure so far! I started my Wisconsin visit with Jessica and her 4 maniac kids! That's GOOD maniac, not bad. :) I'm glad we got them to sit still for 0.3 seconds to take a picture! Next you see me and Alyssa loving the Game of Life. I won with a 2.8million dollar net worth - see it pays to go to college! Then we followed my Mason to his barefoot water skiing contest on Peshtigo Lake, and on to the shack where I had to pump the water for my family! What year is this anyways? Last, but not least, see me and Tammy being the harder, better, faster, stronger Packer fans at Lambeau! Yay football!... read more

Milwaukee is famous for a number of things. It’s the home of Harley Davidson, it’s an historic brewing town and it's the centre of America's main dairy region. Obviously the brewery connection was of most interest to me - until I have my midlife crisis and decide to get a Harley Davidson - so our friends and I went on a free tour of the Miller brewery, whilst my wife took the kids to the Children’s museum. At the start of the tour we saw a video about the history of Miller and the brewing process. The video and tour was heavily pushing the "Miller time" message and the worrying thing was that after a while we started to believe it. At the end of the tour we got some free samples of Miller Highlife (the ... read more

So now we enter into a more relaxing side of our trip with a stop in Milwaukee to visit one of Jimmy's mates Paul from the 18th to the 28th April. We flew into Chicago and caught a bus to Milwaukee to arrive in 4 degrees celcius weather to a bus stop at the Amtrak Station...which was undergoing renovations and so it was basically in the middle of nowhere!! Paul picked us up from the station and we went to one of the local pubs in the area for a couple of beers before turning in for the night. Want to say another huge thank you to Paul who put up with having Jimmy and me stay with him for 10 days in his studio apartment!! (See pic) Milwaukee is on Lake Michigan...and that thing ... read more

Greetings! Have you ever felt the chains of bondage breaking? My traveling has officially has begun! I've left my home and job and friends in Ohio and have space and time in front of me to explore the world a bit. Most of my possessions went to Goodwill or other people. It was bittersweet to leave 'my' acreage, but sometimes you just have to start over. That has been quite liberating. I've never felt so free in my life. My first stop was Milwaukee for the Midwest Social Forum (http://www.mwsocialforum.org/). I am so glad I went because it was amazing. In a nutshell the forum is a meeting of progressive movements and groups addressing issues ranging from human rights, social justice, racism, privatization of public resources, environmentalism, to media problems, political corruption, and abuse of corporate ... read more

well i'm all packed and ready to go...except for a few things I have to get done in the morning...i've been stressing out all day as I waited to do all my shopping and packing until today...but nevertheless, its done. thank goodness. i am praying and knocking on wood that my trip goes as well as ive been imagining it in my head. I'm also praying and knocking on wood that nothing to terrible happens...Im kinda sad to leave everyone, well, not really sorry. Im pretty dang excitied. I hope that I am able to blog alot while im gone, mainly so i don't have to tell the same story over and over again to people, because as many of you know I tend to forget who I have told what story to...to end. i want ... read more