KICKSTANDS UP: 9:00am 
ROAD CAPTAIN: Bob W / John S
DEPARTURE: Lake Shore parking lot
DESTINATION: Hog Capital of the World – Kewanna, IL
LEVEL: 2
MILEAGE: 175+

You’d probably consider Milwaukee, WI – the home of Harley-Davidson – to be the “hog” capital of the world, but the folks of Kewanee, IL beg to differ. After all, the city was officially designated as the “Hog Capital of the World” by the Illinois state legislature in 1949, right after Kewanee was named the nation’s leading hog producer by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Each year on Labor Day weekend, the city sponsors Kewanee Hog Days, a festival that celebrates the savory swine, where you can chow down at “the world’s largest outdoor pork barbecue.”