September 1, 2006 - Harley Davidson and Miller Brewing Tours

On Friday, Sept 1, we drove to Wauwautusa for a tour of the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Factory. There are 3 of them in the area. It wasn't a very good tour. They just lead us through the factory floor but didn't really explain very much. As tours go I'd give it abut a 4 out of 10... But it WAS neat to look at the motorcylces parked outfront that belong to both employees and visitors.

Then we went to the Miller Brewery for a tour. This was a little better, but again they really didn't explain very much. It REALLY seemed that everyone else on the tour was just waiting to get to the end so they could have the free samples of 3 kinds of beers! On interesting fact is that Mr. Miller was the "brewmaster" to a ruler somewhere in Europe and came to the US to make his fortune. He arrived in Philadelphia but then travelled down the east coast, around Florida and up the Mississippi looking for the perfect place to start a brewery. Water, crops, etc. were important. When he reached the Milwaukee area he felt that this was the proper place and started his brewery.

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