- In this episode, we'll
spend the whole day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We'll taste some local beer, visit its famous public market, and we happen to be here during
the Third Ward Art Festival in the historic Third Ward neighborhood. We'll go for a stroll along the river and Lakeshore State Park and the local pub next to the RV park. Then we'll drive up to the Door Peninsula, sample some cheese near Sturgeon Bay, and a brewery in Green
Bay, and eventually, we'll end up on the shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
as I try and sample something in each state, filling out
the map on my way back east and eventually home. ♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪ ♪ Wherever I want to be ♪ ♪ Because I'm free in my RV, yeah ♪ - Well good morning once again. Let's go see Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and since we did Anheuser
Busch in Saint Louis, it's only fair that we do
Miller in Milwaukee, right? (upbeat techno music) I don't always get to
do it, but sometimes, I like driving through
these residential streets and compare the different
architectural styles you encounter in different
parts of the country. Milwaukee so far looks pretty cool. (upbeat techno music) Here we are, Miller Brewing
Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and there's hardly anybody here. Here to greet us is the Miller
Cruiser which is apparently a bus that toured the
country in 1953 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brewery, and it is eerily deserted. I mean, it is around noon on
a Sunday, Labor Day weekend. Something is off. You would think this
place would be busier. I'm not necessarily a Miller
fan, but when in Rome, right? (upbeat techno music) - Well my timing, impeccable as ever. I came on a Sunday which is the one day where they don't offer the tours. Yeah, it was a somewhat
disappointing experience from a customer service standpoint, too. I understand not having tours on Sunday, but the skeleton crew they had, you could tell they did
not want to be there working on Labor Day weekend. - [Woman] In 1,000 feet, your destination will be on the right. - Here we are, downtown Milwaukee. They do have a different mobile app to pay for parking here,
but I figured it out. Hunkmobile.com or hunkmobileusa.com, and it's like eight bucks for four hours. It's fine, it's not bad
for a downtown actually. This whole neighborhood
is called the Third Ward. What used to be warehouses and factories are now condos, shops, restaurants, and here's the public
market, and here on Broadway in this area formerly
known as Commission Row, this weekend they are celebrating the Third Ward Art Festival, and everybody is out
and about, and why not? It was cloudy in the morning, but it is turning out to
be a beautiful afternoon. The winters here, by the
way, are incredibly crude. This is actually the country's
second coldest major city, so naturally, this time of the year, everybody wants to be outdoors. Let's just wander around
the festival a little bit, and then, I'm gonna get something to eat. (upbeat techno music) That's a cool map with
all the license plates of the different states,
vintage license plates, too. (upbeat techno music) (people chatting)
(upbeat techno music) (pleasant guitar music)
(people chatting) This whole area, a perfect example of gentrification at its best. Bloody Mary, Weekend Brunch. Hmm, I like that! All right, let's go into the market. It's a bar out of the back of an old Ford. (people chatting) The Milwaukee public
market here is fairly new. It opened its doors in 2005 inspired by Pike Place Market in
Seattle and envisioned as a space that would
support the local businesses. I'll admit it, it's a little
too crowded for my taste. I'm more of a social distance kind of guy, but sometimes, it is good to
experience places like this, if anything, for the
sheer sensory overload and getting out of your comfort zone. And they have all kinds of food from local sausages and cheeses. You know we're in cheese
country here, right? (people chatting) All kinds of foods and
smells, even fresh produce. (people chatting) A little bit of everything. Here we have some cakes and a wine bar we might be coming back to.
(people chatting) Such variety. Here, they have a shop that sells spices, and every couple of feet, it
feels like you're teleporting to a different place,
whole different decor. Hmm, I could go for Middle Eastern food, but it is too crowded, and nowhere to sit. Mmm, chocolates. Yes, there's room at the wine bar. That's where I'm going to eat, or at least nibble on something. Here we've got some Spanish Manchego, and the rest are from Wisconsin, some cheddar, havarti, and asiago. I came to the second floor
after my cheese plate to get a better view, and let me tell you, this place is amazing. This is also where the bathroom is. It appears Milwaukee is happening today, and this wine place,
pretty cool 'cause you can buy food anywhere in the whole market, and you can bring it here
and have your glass of wine with whatever food you
bought around the place. Very cool, very cool place,
the Milwaukee market here, and yeah. Before we continue, I wanna
show you my new Ridge wallet, and if you recall, we spoke
about the Ridge wallet back in, woo, we were in
Texas, episode five or six. It comes very nicely
packaged as you can see. It even comes with a screwdriver
and some extra screws just in case, and this is it. This is how slick it looks. It's just two metal plates, a money clip, and an elastic band, and
that's it, and inside, you put your cards, and
then you clip your money. You don't have the temptation, you know, like when you have a bifold
or a trifold leather wallet to put all kinds of stuff in
there, and before you know it, it's like a big thing like this. This is it. Let me put all my stuff in it and show you and show you how it looks. By the way, this is beautiful color. It's this blue aluminum,
that's their team favorite. That's why I got this one. (fingers snapping) And this is it. This is all I really need in between these two metal plates
which are, by the way, RFID-blocking. You can put up to 15 cards in here, and that's it, that's it. It would make a great
Father's Day gift, by the way. Father's Day's coming up, don't forget. If you go to ridge.com/myrv
and you put promo code myrv, at checkout, you get
10% off, and of course, I thank them for sponsoring this episode. I think I'm just gonna
walk around a little bit. Check out the bridge. I decided to come down
here to the river walk, and it is such a lively
river, the Milwaukee. Yes, all kinds of vessels here, and we are very near the confluence of the Menomonee and the
Milwaukee at this point. (train rumbling) Hmm, they have a light rail system. There it is, a little bit
downstream, the confluence. Let's walk on the other side of the river. Let's go back into the
historic Third Ward again. Mmm, ale house. I wish I could, but there's only so much
you can drink, right? I wish they would invent
synthehol already. You know, that stuff they use in Star Trek that you can drink, but
not get drunk, yeah. This area here was originally
inhabited by Native Americans way back when. Interesting historic
fact since the confluence effectively divides the city in three. When the European settlers arrived, they built three separate settlements, and they didn't get along too well, so the streets didn't match. You know, they weren't
aligned, which accounts for the many diagonal bridges
still in existence here in the city. Oh cool, it is one of those pedaling bars, but it's a river boat. (upbeat techno music) (metal screeching)
(upbeat techno music) That's a cute little
vintage trailer there. (calming violin music) Music, live music, nothing like it. Have I mentioned? Yes, of course I have.
(pleasant music) (people applauding) (pleasant guitar music)
(people chatting) Yeah, I had to come back for this one, and I really like the guitar
and violin combination. Sounds really good. I don't know why I get
the feeling that Milwaukee might be a party town. I just get that impression. I know, odd. Tell you what, I want
to see Lake Michigan, so let's go to Lakeshore Park. Summerfest here holds
the Guinness world record as the world's largest music festival, and what are these things? (pipes chiming) There's Discovery World,
a museum and aquarium, but today I just wanna
walk along the lakefront. The smokestack belongs to Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility,
and this here is the inlet, and obviously today, we're
just going to be exploring a very small fraction of
this city, but so far, I really liked the little I've seen. (upbeat techno music) Hmm, wedding photo shoot.
(upbeat techno music) There's the historic
Milwaukee breakwater light built in 1926 marking the
entrance to the harbor. (upbeat techno music) Wouldn't it be nice to go
sailing on Lake Michigan? I'll take a pontoon as well. Oh yeah, Lakeshore State
Park here, very nice. Right on the shore of Lake Michigan. Great views of the downtown skyline, and very nice, very nice that
is has this loop trail here. It goes all the way to
that lighthouse over there, I think, so I'm just gonna
walk the whole thing. Very, very pleasant. Beautiful day here it's turning out to be. Sun came out, it's probably in the 70s. Beautiful day here at the
end of summer in Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Who woulda thunk it, huh? (geese honking)
Check 'em out, geese. No pelicans here. Lots of seagull and geese and no pelicans. Should I say fly, goose, fly! (laughs) Here's an even older lighthouse, the Milwaukee Pierhead
Light, established in 1872, and I'm gonna start heading back. (upbeat techno music) Well hello there.
(upbeat techno music) Well I didn't show you, but I rode back on one of them scooters. It turns out it is a two-handed operation, and I forgot to bring my chest mount. Let me tell you, those
things are kind of scary and fun at the same time. There's the Milwaukee Arts Museum and the Quadracci Pavilion by Spanish
architect Santiago Calatrava, and as you can see, there's
quite a bit of street art here in this area, Wisconsin Avenue. (upbeat techno music) Here to the left is
called the Hot Dog Vendor. (upbeat techno music) And what have we got here? It looks like a classic
sculpture with some watermelons. It is actually called Hera,
and then half in parentheses. (upbeat techno music) The grand looking building is Northwestern Mutual headquarters. Of course, it had to be
an insurance company. The classic art deco tower
is the Gas Light building, and here, we have another
piece of street art called Large Boxing Hare on
Anvil by the same sculptor who did the one we saw in Minneapolis. Very nice architecture
in this area in general. The Pfister which includes
this 1893 Romanesque structure and the 1962 13-story tower behind. (upbeat techno music) (bell ringing) Now crossing the Milwaukee
River once again. (upbeat techno music) Oh wow, look at that! Are we in Paris? Well, not too far off. This is the 1876 Mitchell Building, considered an outstanding
example of what is called second empire architecture
which was inspired by the re-development of Paris under Napoleon III's second empire. Very popular style during the second half of the 19th century.
(upbeat techno music) We've come full-circle
back where we started a couple of hours ago
by the public market. Hmm, Draft and Vessel, it's called. (upbeat techno music)
(people chatting) Time's up. I think we've seen
enough here for one day, and I think I got a good overview of what the city is all
about, and I like it. Seems to be my kind of town,
at least this time of the year. I wanted to hit a brewery, but I don't wanna drink and drive, and I was gonna stop by
the Harley Davidson Museum, but here's the thing. It is kind of late for
that, and not only that, this weekend, they are
celebrating the Harley Davidson rally here, so it is kind of crowded. I'm going back.
(upbeat techno music) There's a small pub within
walking distance to the RV park, and that's where we're gonna go. Here we are, it is a gorgeous
afternoon in Milwaukee here at the fairgrounds RV park, and I wanna go check out, I
don't know if you can see it, Liquid Johnny's. It is walking distance. Oh yeah, this is exactly what I needed. Well I forgot to take a picture, but I ordered the beef tenderloin sandwich with mushrooms and cheddar
cheese and fried onions. It was delicious. So Liquid Johnny's here,
thumbs up, fully recommend it. Of course, I got the rowdy,
drunk guy next to me at the bar. Otherwise, I probably would
have had a second beer. They had the one Lakefront
IPA, really good too. Oh, the sun at this time of the day. I'm just gonna go back to the RV and edit some video, relax, and tomorrow, we go up to Green Bay, and maybe we'll make it
to the UP, we'll see. (funky pop music) Good morning. Well, we're going up to Michigan, but before we do that, let's pay a quick visit
to the dump station. (funky pop music) Some of you new to the series might ask why leaving so soon? I really wish I could linger, but you see, I have to be in Pennsylvania
in exactly one week, and I still want to see
a little bit of Michigan and Ohio along the way. I-94, not the most scenic
of drives, but sometimes, you just have to put in the miles. Here, we're going to take State Route 310 towards Two Rivers.
(funky pop music) It is called Tow Rivers
because there are actually two rivers here, the east
and west Twin Rivers. (funky pop music) We continue north towards Door County. I want to taste some cheese.
(funky pop music) It's Lake Michigan!
(funky pop music) Let's take a break. Oh, taking a quick break
here on the side of the road and on the shores of Lake Michigan. It's called the Crescent Beach Boardwalk. (wind rumbling) I'm just gonna walk around a little bit, stretch my legs, and there
is a pretty nice beach here. I have never swum on a
freshwater beach before, but one of these days, I will, and they have a lighthouse,
the Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse. It seems like a pretty cool
town here called Algoma, I think it is called, and
this nice little beach here. (upbeat pop music) And that was Algoma. Seems like a nice town actually. I wanted to see Sturgeon Bay originally, but I don't think we're gonna
make it all the way up there. Just gonna go to this cheese factory, and then back down to Green
Bay, and up to the UP. That's all we really have time for today, but I'm not complaining.
(upbeat pop music) Hmm, you think it might rain?
(upbeat pop music) Found parking back there. Let's check it out, it's Renard's Cheese. If I was a mouse, this
would be cheese heaven. (people chatting) Mmm, beef sticks. Yes, free samples. Let's try some cheese curds. They have a small cafeteria, and this is their signature
grilled cheese sandwich. A little crowded in there. It's a popular place obviously. I had the signature
grilled cheese sandwich which has bacon and pesto sauce and spinach, was really good. Now we continue towards
Green Bay 'cause why not? As we inch our way towards Michigan. (upbeat pop music) Here we are, Green Bay, and we're only gonna do one thing here. Titletown Brewing
Company, and the brew pup is actually located in
a historic train depot. (upbeat pop music) Here we are. Uh oh, road closed. You know what, when there's a
will, there's usually a way, even towing a trailer.
(upbeat pop music) There we go. I've been getting real
lucky with parking lately. I guess you don't really
have to be in the mood for a good IPA. That's a cool-looking brewery
with this smokestack up there. Well it was too good to
be true, they're closed. They're closed on Monday.
(wind rumbling) And I was even getting
in the mood for that IPA. Oh well. I like it, I like this
type of brewery here, the smokestack. Let's see what this is. Seems to be a restaurant. Well this is actually the
brew pub of the brewery. Green 19 IPA. Hmm, salud. I'm gonna have to take a break after this. Let's go check out the
football player sculpture. Got a football player,
and where's the train? There's no train. Oh I see, I get it, this
used to be a train station, and there's a train back there. That's pretty cool. And there's the train. Now let me tell you something. That was one good IPA. Sometimes, they're too fruity. Sometimes, they are too hoppy, but this one had like the
right balance of bitterness, and I still have a fly in here. I have flies, I have two flies in here. I have to get rid of them
at some point, but there. As I was saying, good IPA. (water gurgling)
(pump humming) And at some point, I wanna spend more time here in Green Bay. And as you can see, we're
just passing through, but this whole section of the trip is just a big passing through. (plastic thudding) I'm gonna make me some coffee. As I said, we're still three hours away from Lake Superior coast, and there's a casino. They have five sites
with hookups apparently, and the rest is dry camping. I don't mind dry camping for
one night if it's not hot, which is good.
(metal tapping) But if I can find a nice
campground by the ocean, I was gonna say. Well Lake Superior is like an ocean. I do believe it is the
largest freshwater lake in the world, isn't it? If memory serves from grammar school, I think that's what I learned. And then tomorrow, we're gonna see the Pictured Rocks Lakeshore,
and we're going to, not quite to Mackinac Island,
but right to the place where we take the ferry, Saint
Ignace, I think it's called. (plastic clattering) And this fly is really
getting in my nerves. They're so quick, too. This fly is really getting on my nerves. (liquid gurgling) (metal scraping) And if you wanna learn how to
make Cuban coffee properly, I have a video of that. I'll put a link somewhere in here. (metal scraping) You basically, if you don't
know yet, you get the, it has to be white sugar. Get the white sugar with a bit of like that first coffee that comes out, the really dark, concentrated
one that is almost like a, it has the consistency
of almost like a cream, and then do this until it looks here like a homogenous paste kind of texture, and then we pour the rest
of the coffee in here, it's gonna rise to the
top and create that crema. (metal scraping) But If you've been watching
my channel for a while, (metal scraping) you're familiar with this stuff already. If you're new to the channel, welcome. (Robert vocalizing) (water gushing)
(pump humming) Well, admit it. I'm sure you listened to some crappy music in your youth as well. So (laughs) any case, here we go. This was an unexpectedly
nice break to be honest, and now, it's about three
hours almost nonstop. Oh, I see what the deal is. I think we're going into Eastern time. Yep, we're losing one hour,
but on a positive note, I'm gonna be in the
same time zone as home. (upbeat pop music) That is some fata morgana there. (upbeat pop music) Could fall be coming? Oh no, I certainly see a few precocious trees here and there. ♪ My RV ♪
(upbeat pop music) (rails scraping)
(train horn blaring) (upbeat pop music) - [Woman] Welcome to Michigan. - [Robert] Well, thank you. Well, on the next episode,
we reach the shore of Lake Superior, and we
begin exploring Pure Michigan starting with the Upper
Peninsula, Mackinac Island, and then, we're gonna
start working our way through the mitten. Until then, thank you
so much for watching, and see you on the road. (upbeat pop music) ♪ I'm riding ♪ ♪ Riding in my RV ♪
