Up Early

We rolled out of the bunk early as repair men were to arrive at 7 a.m. to replace the shower door that I had so cavalierly decided to separate itself from the enclosure three days ago. And BTW, since our guest cabin was empty, we’d been using that shower, and it’s very roomy and nice (for those of you who are on the fence about joining us for a leg of the trip)

We walked a mile or so from the harbor through the Spring Bluff Forest Preserve in Winthrop Harbor to breakfast at Linda’s Family Cafe, on to West Marine and a couple other stops to get supplies (beer), then back to the boat 12 packs in hand.

We arrived in Milwaukee after a lovely 3 hour cruise under sunny skies with manageable 2 foot swells. Upon reaching the marina, we had to dock and tie up three times: (wrong slip, power cord didn’t quite reach, success). Then we hurried to get to the Milwaukee Art Museum with as much time as possible before it closed. The Milwaukee waterfront is gorgeous and the architecture of the building which is on the waterfront is spectacular.

The museum has giant retractable “wings” and looks like a white ship as well as a little like the Sidney Opera House.

We arrived an hour and a half before it closed, just enough time to give the art a bit of a glance. The collection is excellent for an American museum. Afterwards we

walked to Brady street for dinner. Brady street is cool – it’s a kind of hippy chic row of restaurants and stores. John spotted a charming local hardware store and was pulled in for some hardware shopping, which is fun to see him so happy bopping around thinking about what to do with this or that.

We enjoyed dinner at Cempazuchi, a Mexican restaurant from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. They specialize in tequilas and since it was hot we had some yummy anejo margaritas and then some food!. John stayed up ‘til midnight working on office stuff and emails, while I slept.