Green Bay to Chicago
A Private Tour of the Harley-Davidson Plant in Milwaukee
Day 40 — a Corvette driver gets a private tour of the Harley-Davidson factory. America.
Day 40 produced one of the great unexpected moments of the entire trip.
Ray stopped at the Harley-Davidson plant in Milwaukee — the home of the most famous motorcycle brand in the world, just 115 miles south of Green Bay. He was hoping to see the factory. What he got was better.
Don, the Vice President of Manufacturing at Harley-Davidson, happened to be there. He gave Ray an impromptu private tour of the plant — the assembly lines, the engines, the whole operation. A man driving a Corvette to all 50 states gets a private tour of the Harley factory from the VP of Manufacturing. That's the kind of thing that happens on a road trip like this.
Thanks, Don.
From Milwaukee, south on I-94 to Chicago — the third-largest city in America, on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Photos from the Day
The Day's Route
Harley-Davidson Plant — Milwaukee, WI
The Harley-Davidson Menomonee Falls plant in Milwaukee — where Harley-Davidson motorcycles are assembled. Ray got an impromptu private tour from Don, the VP of Manufacturing. The Harley-Davidson Museum, which opened in 2008, is also in Milwaukee.
Chicago, IL
Chicago — the Windy City, the City of Big Shoulders. The third-largest city in America, on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. Tomorrow: Wrigley Field, Soldier Field, and the road south to Memphis.