Our trip from Chicago to Milwaukee was awesome! We began our journey with a stop at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI., to meet the Cruzin' with Carthage crew - a college road crew doing a road trip similar to ours.   They took us to lunch in their central dinning room and showed us their beautiful campus. The campus is located right on Lake Michigan. It's an absolutely gorgeous view, I have to admit I'm slightly jealous. We enlightened them with some inside pointers (because Witt Nation is the original college road trip), wished them safe travels and hit the road. It really is incredible how so many colleges are adopting the Witt Nation idea. We are happy to share the Wittenberg Light, and feel honored to be able to get to meet with the crews to supply them with some road guidance. 

 

After the meeting, we continued our journey to the Rock Bottom Brewery in Milwaukee. It was a gorgeous night for the small, intimate setting on the patio alongside the river. The area really reminded me of little Italy. After the event, Kristin Michelson '95 and her co-worker Julie informed us of this restaurant/entertainment place called the Safe House. The door to get in was a secret passage-way guarded by a password. We found the door located in an alley, and we went in (shady, but trust me it was safe). We were greeted by a young lady who proceeded to ask us for the password, of course we didn't know it, but Kristin did and couldn't get this sly smirk off her face, so we knew something was going to happen. The greeter had us stand with our back against the wall where she proceeded to ask us to do our best tap dancing moves accompanied by our jazz hands for ten seconds. I have to admit, we have some really great jazz skills. A very loud noise kind of like an air horn then scared us half to death. We were then dubbed secret agents, and the wall opened up into a secret passage way. When we arrived inside, we realized there were TV monitors all around showing the entrance room. We were greeted by snickers and compliments on our skills…slightly embarrassing, but so hilarious and fun. Inside there were all sorts of little quirks and tricks. One of the bartenders was actually a magician, incredible. He had me do a card trick where he showed me a bunch of cards, and I thought of a card. After I thought I stumped him, he pulled my card out of his pants! It was insane!

 

Anyway, Milwaukee really is a beautiful hidden gem I never knew would be so great. Our alumni there are wonderful, and the entertainment was incredible! I wish we had a couple more days there. We're back on the road heading to Minneapolis, can't wait to see what's in store!

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