Cycling Milwaukee to Fargo: Day 0

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No riding today. We start tomorrow!

We flew out of Richmond Saturday morning and got to Milwaukee around noon.

We were hungry so we went to Kopps, a local place famous for burgers and frozen custard. We ordered a couple burgers and fries and a vanilla malt. Man, the burgers were huge! But they were good and so was the malt.

I had our bikes shipped to the hotel, so when we got there, I started assembling the bikes. They arrived in good shape so all I had to do was put them together.

When I was done, we went downtown to Lakeside brewery. We decided to walk along the "River Walk" since it was such a nice night. Down near the city center there was a bronze statue of "The Fonz" which was pretty cool. Heyyy! We walked back to the brewery and ordered some bet and FRIED CHEESE CURDS! They were pretty good, kind of tasted like fried mozzarella sticks, and the bet was pretty good too.

On Sunday we spent the day downtown. We started out at "Polish Fest" which is an annual event here. We had some kielbasa, pirogi, and Polish beer. It was delicious! There was a lot of cultural stuff to include polka bands, dancing, and traditional clothing.

We checked out the Milwaukee Art Museum which is a very interesting building. The museum is under renovation until Fall 2015, but part of the modern building was open with some activities. Pretty nice museum, in sure it will be very nice when they are done.

Next stop was a place called "The Safe House". It is a restaurant/bar with a secretive theme. When you enter you are greeted by " Moneypenny" and must know the password to get in. If you don't know the password, they have you do something to prove you are who you say you are! We had to dance around the room, complete with some spins and dips. It was a pretty cool place. I can't tell what was inside because it is classified...

We finished making the final adjustments on the bikes and settled down to rest up for tomorrow. The weather looks generally OK, but with the potential for a thunderstorm or two throughout the day. It's a good thing we have rain gear!