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414/301-2240,
milwaukeekayak.com
,
from $25 for four hours) on the south end of the
riverwalk. It's awesome!
Paddle yourself down the Milwaukee River.
Milwaukee leads the state in charter operations and salmonoids taken. On a scintillating
summer day, the marina and harbor areas of Milwaukee appear to be discharging a bene-
volent, whitewashed D-Day flotilla.
The Convention and Visitors Bureau (414/273-7222,
www.visitmilwaukee.org
) can
provide more detailed information on specific charter operations. Investigating charter op-
erators before sailing can save quite a lot of personality friction; the boats are not that big,
and you are the one who'll have to sit out on the big lake with the skipper all day.
An apt local joke: Wisconsin's the only state where you can factor your bowling average
intoyourSATscore.Thecity's81regulationbowlingcenterscantakecareofyourbowling
jones,butevenbetter,acoupleofneighborhoodjointshaveold-styleduckpinbowling.The
