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Biking to Discovery World

If there's one ride Clara has loved more than any other, it's the haul along the lakefront down to Discovery World. The route from the North Shore connects through the Oak Leaf Trail, dropping you right at the lakefront with views of the marina, the Hoan Bridge, and Lake Michigan opening up in front of you.

• Discovery World is at 500 N Harbor Dr, right next to the Milwaukee Art Museum

• Bike racks are plentiful at the lakefront, and the museum itself is incredibly bike-friendly

• Reward yourself with the freshwater aquarium, the giant sturgeon tank, and the rooftop views of the harbor

For younger kids, the bike trailer years go faster than you think. For older kids, this is the kind of ride that turns into a whole-day memory.

Hiking in Door County

The second Clara classic: hiking in Door County. Two and a half hours up the highway and you're in a different world — bluffs, harbors, cherry orchards, and some of the best state park hiking in Wisconsin. Her go-to trails:

• Peninsula State Park (Fish Creek) — the Eagle Trail along the bluffs, with views over Green Bay, plus the Eagle Tower observation deck

• Newport State Park (Ellison Bay) — Wisconsin's only designated wilderness state park and a certified Dark Sky park, perfect if you stay overnight

• Whitefish Dunes State Park (Sturgeon Bay) — sand dunes on Lake Michigan, with a trail that loops down to the beach

• Cave Point County Park — right next to Whitefish Dunes, free, with the most dramatic limestone cliffs and wave-carved caves on the lake

Make a weekend of it: hike in the morning, Wild Tomato for dinner, and get photos at Sunset Beach!

Hanging Out at a Family Beer Garden

Milwaukee has built one of the best public beer garden cultures in the country, and most of them are absolutely kid-friendly with picnic tables, big lawns, open green space, and somebody always running a soccer ball around. A few of our family-favorites across the metro area:

• Estabrook Park Beer Garden — the original public beer garden, right along the Milwaukee River, with shade trees and a playground nearby

• Hubbard Park Lodge Beer Garden in Shorewood — smaller, cozier, and tucked into the woods along the river

• South Shore Terrace in Bay View — the views of downtown across the lake at sunset are hard to beat

• The Traveling Beer Gardens put on by Milwaukee County Parks — they rotate through parks all summer long, so you can hit a different one every weekend, including in Fox Point.

Pro tip: bring a frisbee, a deck of cards, and snacks. Kids find their own fun, parents get a slow afternoon, everyone wins.

More adventures!

Favorite Moments Over the Years

16 years of family adventures stack up fast. Here are just a few favorite adventurous memories of her childhood, so far.

• Biking to Bastille Days 

• Brewers games at American Family Field

• Mini golf in Door County

• Catching the sunset over Armory Park

• School field trips at Schlitz Audubon Center

• Running through the splash pad at Hart Park

• Studying at Stone Creek Coffee

• Walking our beagles to Big Bay Park

• Feeding crickets to our bearded dragon, Nacho

• Her first concert at Summerfest

• Singing the bongos to sleep at the zoo

• Volunteering at Feeding America

• Sledding down the hill at Kletzsch Park 

• And last but certainly not least, the dance life at Fresh Coast Dance!

Happy Birthday, Clara!

Thanks for being our adventure partner. Here's to the next chapter, the next bike ride, the next trail, and all the bucket list items. We love you.

See you out there,
North Shore Family Adventures

P.S. Forward this to anyone still asking, “What should we do this summer??”