Golf at Olde Highlander 8:AM Friday - the Don Chute Memorial

Karaoke Contest at Olympia Resort - Friday
(Club Indigo, 9 pm)
On Saturday night Club Indigo features a DJ or Comedy acts.
www.olympiaresort.com/karaoke.swf 

Lake Michigan charter fishing and free shore picnic - Sunday, July 31st.

Museums
Click here for a list

Outlet mall shopping
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Cheese shops
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Short track stock car racing
Saturday and Sunday nights - click here for info

EAA AirVenture - July 25 - July 31
(Oshkosh - 60 miles north of the Picnic)
www.airventure.org
The annual Experimental Aircraft Association Convention is the world's largest fly-in. For one week every year, Oshkosh becomes the world's busiest airport. This annual event is the world’s most impressive showcase of attractions representing innovation, history, technological advancement, and current and future trends in aviation.
Air Shows, ground displays, exhibits, camping, kid's activities and an extensive aviation museum.

Harley-Davidson Museum
www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/HD_Museum/Museum.jsp
There's no better place than the Harley-Davidson Museum. 20 acre complex on the river in downtown Milwaukee is home to a riverwalk, restaurant, Harley store and of course the Harley museum with over 450 classic bikes.
Every Thursday night is Bike Night.
Harley-Davidson Museum
400 Canal Street
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Wisconsin Dells Area
(App. 90 miles northwest)
www.wisconsin-dells.net
World's largest concentration of water parks and family oriented tourist attractions.
Noah's Ark Waterpark - the world's largest - is located here - some hotels now feature huge indoor water parks that rock rain or shine.
Scenic boat tours, museums, entertainment - and fudge shops ;-).
You could book your family for a Dells vacation and drive to Oconomowoc for the Picnic.

Oconomowoc Area Chamber of Commerce
www.oconomowoc.org/
A guide to local dining and area attractions - including a city map.

Milwaukee Area
(32 miles east)
www.milwaukee.org
Milwaukee is cooler than you think.
Check at the Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitors Bureau site.

Wisconsin Department of Tourism
Official site for travel, tourism, accommodations recreation, attractions and a trip planner
www.travelwisconsin.com

Short track racing  

Jefferson Speedway
Jefferson, WI
www.jeffersonspeedway.com
Short track - racing starts at 7 Saturday

Slinger Super Speedway
Slinger, WI
www.slingersuperspeedway.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ADyqh66l_M
Short track races start at 6:30 pm Sunday

Outlet mall shopping 

Johnson Creek
www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=53

Oshkosh
www.theoutletshoppesatoshkosh.com

Pleasant Prairie
http://www.primeoutlets.com/locations/pleasant-prairie.aspx

Gurnee Mills, IL
http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?ID=1251

Cheese Shops

Brennan's Market
1 mile from Olympia
1670 Old School House Road
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
(262) 569-0067
www.brennansmarket.com

Widmer's Cheese
Theresa, WI
www.widmerscheese.com

Old Wisconsin Cheese Mart
Milwaukee WI
www.wisconsincheesemart.com

Mars Cheese Castle
Kenosha, WI
www.marscheese.com

Museums  

EAA AirVenture Museum
Air show starts Monday after Picnic - but museum is open year round.
www.airventure.org

Milwaukee Public Museum
www.mpm.edu

Milwaukee Art Museum
www.mam.org

Discovery World Museum
www.discoveryworld.org

Harley-Davidson Museum
www.harley-davidson.com
 
Milwaukee County Zoo
www.milwaukeezoo.org
A world class zoo with 2500 animals representing 300 species on 200 acres. (BTW - does your local zoo have beer on tap?)

Mitchell Park Conservatory (The Domes)
www.county.milwaukee.gov/MitchellParkConserva10116.htm
Consists of 3 85' tall, 140' wide greenhouse domes.
One dome is a desert, one is tropical, and the other is a temperate floral show dome. The current theme in the show dome is "Summer in Provence: A View of the French Countryside". They've got some huge stuff growing in there - like 40 year old cacti, trees, bananas and coconuts.

Honey Acres Museum
Ashippun, WI
www.honeyacres.com/honey_of_a_museum.html

Ten Chimneys
www.tenchimneys.org
The Wisconsin estate of theatre legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, is open to the public as a world-class museum.

Old World Wisconsin
http://oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org/
Old World Wisconsin — a vivid re-creation of the working farmsteads and settlements established by European immigrants in America's heartland.
See 1870s craftsmen at work, working historic farms. artisan handicrafts, traditional food preparation. a one room schoolhouse, historic breeds of animals, and historically accurate heirloom gardens.

Circus World Museum
(Baraboo - app. 90 miles northwest)
www.wisconsinhistory.org/circusworld
The historic former winter quarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus - now features daily big top circus acts and an awesome circus museum - artifacts, wagons and trains. Plus a chance to ride circus animals, a real carousel or the Kid's Circus Train.
Well worth the drive - or a nice side trip if you're visiting nearby Wisconsin Dells.

International Crane Foundation
(App.90 miles northwest)
www.savingcranes.org
The International Crane Foundation (ICF) has become the world's center for the study and preservation of cranes.
ICF maintains a collection of these beautiful birds for breeding and reintroduction into the wild. Every species of crane is represented in a very interesting guided tour.
Another nice side trip if you're visiting nearby Wisconsin Dells.