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I have a Bears hitch cover, but it won't be installed , since ill be dragging the trailer. I always make sure to wear my bears hat when in cheese land!!
I've been down there during Summerfest before. You can get pretty close but there are definitely some restricted areas that are usually accessible by boat. You can actually pull up in any of the unreserved slips at Lake Front State Park, across the lagoon from the Summerfest grounds. I was told that they charge for them, but nobody works there on the weekend. So I'll go ahead and pull in one that doesn't have someone's name on it and sit on the swim deck and listen to some music.
Are we thinking about doing a two day/whole weekend thing? In my experience, one day is plenty of time to experience the Milwaukee river system/Big lake. So, we could do that on a Saturday, then maybe on Sunday do a Shelbyville style raft up on one of our slightly more inland lakes. (20 minutes west of Milwaukee.) It is definitely a dream of mine to get a big group of JBN'ers together on one of my home waters. Let's shoot for the weekend of August 25th-26th since I'm not on call for work that week.(I'm on call every third week for a week at a time) if the weekend before that works better for the bulk of the group, I'm sure I can get one of my guys to cover for me.(I'm already doing that for Shelbyville!)
I am quite sure no anchoring is allowed to the south of the grounds (toward bottom of picture) as that is the channel into the rivers. I believe I have seen boats anchored to the east (right) of the main amphitheater (with Summerfest smiley logo) during Summerfest, but i am not 100% sure. Sound would likely be ok from that amphitheater, but the hill would block any view into the stage area.
P.S. I enjoy adding pictures to this thread!
Yes, I should have been more specific. I know for sure no mooring in the river mouth south of the amphitheater, but maybe due east of there would be ok.
I was thinking 2 maybe 3 days, lol.View attachment 76542 Are we thinking about doing a two day/whole weekend thing? In my experience, one day is plenty of time to experience the Milwaukee river system/Big lake. So, we could do that on a Saturday, then maybe on Sunday do a Shelbyville style raft up on one of our slightly more inland lakes. (20 minutes west of Milwaukee.) It is definitely a dream of mine to get a big group of JBN'ers together on one of my home waters. Let's shoot for the weekend of August 25th-26th since I'm not on call for work that week.(I'm on call every third week for a week at a time
@sstegh and @GTBRMC we'll make sure to get you out with us if you're available.
If it ends up being the 25th I’d be game for riding as I now have a bachelor party the 25th in Milwaukee.
