Day 4 Michigan City, Indiana to Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Going into this entire trip I promised my self I wouldn't ride at dawn, dusk, or at night.. too dangerous... Well I have found myself riding at dusk and at night too much... Everything takes longer on a bike... Every time I stop everything has to come of my bike unless I will be really quick or can keep an eye on my stuff... I've gotten better and quicker - I park near shopping carts in parking lots and put my stuff in... Went to return the external hard drive I bought becasue I forgot to look for whether it was compatable with a Mac..  It wasn't so....

to see where I am now click here

The weather took a turn for the worse so I stopped in McDonalds to let the storm pass and met a lady who gave me some pointers for going through Chicago. Skyway Highway and Lake Shore Drive here I come (after driving though South Side Chicago)

Chicago is Boston on steroids the skyline is just the first row of really tall buildings behind them there are more!! In addition Lake Shore Drive is similar to Storrow Drive but instead of 2/3 lanes it is 4/5 lanes (in each direction) and rather than looking at the Charles River, Lake Shore Drive overlooks Lake Michigan (which looks more like an ocean)








Unfortunately since I was not able to take all of the videos off  my video camera the night before the cameras memory filled up... So the next 2 1/2 hours were spent downloading the video onto my NEW external hard drive... 2 coffees / 3 waters and a sandwich later I was leaving Chicago and just made into Milwaukee Wisconsin by night fall.
In between the two cities I didn't have to look at as much corn fields and other crops.. but there were still  some... I did however pass an outlet mall and since I'm running out of clean clothes already I decided to stop and find my favorite store........

notice the Puma store in the background :)

Then it was off to Milwaukee... just made it into town by nightfall but I'm having some motorcycle issues. My chain is expanding so much that it is rubbing and ripping up the side of my rear tire.... Gotta find a shop tomorrow!

I met a lot of amazing people in Milwaukee between Patrick Reggie and Kelly its been a real awesome trip and I'm loving Wisconsin so far.










I'll add more later ( I know I am behind)

 As of writing this I am broken down at the base of the Rocky Mountains but my parts got overnighted (1 day shipping) from Texas to Sheridan WY so they should be arriving any minute now!!