On A Four Hour Cruise

....but unlike Gilligan and the Skipper, we made our destination, Manotowak, Wisconsin.

View from the deck of The Badger. Can you find Cherif's trike?

Our passage was on Th S.S Badger, a 410 foot tri deck ferry that had a previous life as a railroad car transport before it was converted in the 1990's to an auto- passenger ferry. You drive into the lower deck and park your vehicle and spend the trip on the upper two decks that are rather nicely outfitted with everything from chafes to a bar to a theatre and a number of staterooms that you can book to sleep while you cross Lake Michigan. It is actually very comfortable and we chose to spend most of the trip lounging on the port side in some rather comfortable chairs.

After Landing, it was a 65 mile trip to our hotel and then another 11 to The Summerfest Grounds where the Harley Owners Group has all of it's activities. 

 Parking for these events is always interesting and I remembered an area under the interstate where the city actually spreads wood chips to allow for a nice parking area. 

After visiting all of the venues and listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, we called it a day and headed back to the hotel. Traffic was still brutal and poor Cherif got separated and lost for a bit. At the end of  the day he made it back safe and we turned in for the night. Tomorrow promises more events an hopefully more adventures.