Monday - it's 'Miller Time'!!!

Seeing as yesterday was my choice of activity, it was only fair that today was David's choice. We arrived at the Miller-Coors brewery in Milwaukee to do their 10.30am tour. David likes to drink Coors and Coors Lite and I like Miller Chill, which we can buy in Australia!

The Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company owned by the United Kingdom-based SABMiller. Its regional headquarters are located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia; Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin; Eden, North Carolina; Fort Worth, Texas; Irwindale, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Trenton, Ohio.

Miller Brewing Company was founded in 1855 by Frederick Miller when he purchased the small Plank-Road Brewery. The brewery's location in the Menomonee Valley provided easy access to raw materials produced on nearby farms.

Our group was small so we were able to move easily around the 1 hour tour. I was very surprised at one stairwell to see the sign about it being a tornado shelter. We saw them at various points through the tour - something that you won't see too often in Australia! The threat is ever present, here on the plains of the prairie.

At the end of the tour, we were invited to enjoy three free samples. David has decided that he likes Miller High Life and will try it again, soon!

We sat in the Inn and were joined by two fellow travellers who had come to Milwaukee from Denver - so we were able to ask them lots of questions about where we're going! Good to get the 'local' knowledge!

We had some lunch at a nearby Mexican (of course) restaurant before heading across the river to visit the 'Harley-Davidson Museum'.

The Harley-Davidson Museum is a North American museum near downtown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin celebrating the more than 100 year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

The 12,000 m2 three building complex on 81,000 m2 along the Menomonee River bank contains more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Harley-Davidson Motor Company's 106 year history. The museum attracts an estimated 300,000 visitors annually.

Along the east side of the upstairs galleries, a series of interconnected galleries exhibit the Harley-Davidson's chronological history. The galleries relate the company's history from its origins in a 10x15-foot wooden shack to its current status as the top U.S. motorcycle manufacturer, producing more than 330,000 bikes each year. The centerpiece of the gallery is "Serial Number One", the oldest known Harley-Davidson in existence, which is encased in glass.

We thoroughly enjoyed our two tours and had a bit of fun at the end of the HD tour with a poster on the wall! David enjoyed seeing the rare and restored motorcyles. A company with a long history, very interesting!

A quiet evening tonight with plans for an early departure tomorrow morning!