Gophers and Cheese

Nope, this post has nothing to do with college basketball... the blog turns SIXTEEN years old today.  The blog is old enough to drive by itself now.  It could have gotten its learner's permit last year.  Crazy.  It's grown up so fast.

Here's my last batch of photos from the 2026 Mama Tried Motorcycle Show  at the Rave / Eagles Club in Milwaukee:

Here are lots more photos from Mama Tried 2026 in Milwaukee, WI...

I headed to Milwaukee just over a week ago for the Mama Tried Motorcycle Show .  It was my 7th time attending.  This year, I skipped a lot of the "official" events including Flat Out Friday and checked out different things.  Don't get me wrong, the official events and Flat Out Friday are great, but I wanted to explore and see more of Milwaukee.  I also love stopping in Madison for some quality time at  Aftershock Retrogames on the drive out.  While in Milwaukee, I went to Lilliput Records , checked out some punk rock bands at X-Ray Arcade (while scoring over 600K on Galaga), played even more arcade games at Up/Down , and went to 2 tiki bars ( Wauwatiki and Foundation ).  It was a really fun whirlwind of a weekend.

Shortly after buying my first motorcycle, the first local motorcycle event I started regularly attending was the Progressive International Motorcycle Show and I went for 14 years straight.  I took all the photos I posted from that show over the years and put each year into a photo slideshow and uploaded them all to YouTube.  Together, the 14 slideshows total about 90 minutes of run time.  Go relive one year or all the years over on my YouTube channel .  Look for the Progressive International Motorcycle Show playlist to find them all grouped together.