4th of July and Summerfest

        After a short work week, I was invited to spend Fourth of July driving north through Wisconsin up to Sheboygan. Wisconsin is so green and spacious! Perfect for cows and cheese. I drove with Amy K., last year's recipient of the Evan Turek Memorial Scholarship to hike around the beach at the Kohler-Andre State Park. Midwestern lake beaches are so different than Santa Cruz ocean beaches --they're littered with dead fish instead of kelp with flies.
        Amy took me to Culver's to try the classic Wisconsin ButterBurger, deep fried cheese curds, and frozen custard. It was delicious!
        Amy and I watched fireworks back in Glenview on a large golf course --it was an excellent show set to synchronize with a local symphonic band!

The Kohler-Andre state beach dunes!
Funfact: Kohler makes water fountains and sink faucets everywhere.
They call fountains "bubblers" here!

On the golf course with brews, chips, and guac!

Summerfest 2014 is an 11-day music festival in Milwaukee, WI held on the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Grounds. I was invited to attend a day of the festival by a long-time Kraft employee, Scott O. Scott lives in Wisconsin and insisted that I "see how Wisconsin fests". The festival has 11 stages and over 700 bands perform over the course of Summerfest! In 1999, Guinness World Records certified the title of the "World's Largest Music Festival" and also contains the Marcus Amphitheater, which seats 23,000. It's huge.

Scott O. and I listening to Steely Dane!
I also got to see Matisyahu, Phantogram, The Crystal Method, and Tove Lo!

Leinenkugels, the pride of Chippewa Falls, WI.
A truly delicious beer, especially if you like flavored beers.

Deep fried cookie bites with salted caramel --Yum!!

Night time at Henry Maier

Phantogram concert

        Scott O. tells me "Summerfest is so great because they have to fit a year's worth of festing into 3 months of summer. We've been waiting all winter for this and we fest hard." Check it out here for more information!