Woke up to what in my groggy state of mind at 4 am thought was Harleys cranking up but turned out to be thunder. A strong noisy and bright batch of thunderstorms roared through the area and I am afraid that our friends heading back to Memphis had to leave in the rain at 5 am. By 6 am the rain had stopped but we could see on the radar that another batch was not far behind so we decided to hightail it out of Dodge while the gettin' was good and we left about 7 am headed north which turned out to be a good thing because even though we skirtted rain all day we never got more than a few drops and some wet roads where it had rained shortly before. Motto for the day: "Ride North and Stay Dry!" All in all we were very lucky today.
Our first stop just outside Milwaukee was to get a photo of the Harley Pilgrim Road Facility and then about 180 miles north of that the facility in Tomakawk, WI. We asked about where to eat there and were recommended to Billy Bob's a few miles north on one of the lakes. Well there was a 'little' road construction with dirt and gravel road so we decided not to keep going but ate at the first place we came to, the Junction Restaurant.
Then on through the lake country to our destination for the day, Eagle River, WI, and the Derby Inn BestWestern. We learned that the 'derby' is the World Championship Snowmobile Races held here each winter literally across the field from the motel at the race track built for this race back in 1963. Man they take this stuff seriously up here. Here are a few shots of just a very small part of the trophies on display in the lobby area.
Mileage today - right at 300, all in Wisconsin.
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