Crazy weekend

Sorry I have been gone for a few days but with the holiday weekend things were a little nuts. It started on Friday with the 4th. After I got home from work, we packed up the dogs and headed to the lake (Wisconsin). We cooked out with the family and went out on the boat and then anchored the boat to watch fireworks. It was really fun.

We spent the night on Friday up there and then headed back home on Saturday but only for a little while as we were headed to Summerfest in Milwaukee. We left home about 2pm for Milwaukee and by 4pm were had parked the car and were heading in. Our goal was to enjoy some music, food and beer. We also wanted to catch Cheap Trick who was scheduled to go on at 10pm. So we ate lots of yummy food. I had Cajun food and Dave went for Greek and then we split some Chinese food. And of course we sampled lots of local beers. By 8pm we headed to the stage to catch Cheap Trick and boy are we glad we did. It was packed! We wound up sitting with some really nice people from Texas that were around our age. They had a couple of spaces at the end of their table and were gracious enough to allow us to join them.

We have seen Cheap Trick 5 times now and every time they have been amazing. It was fun to be with other fans singing and dancing. In order for little old me to see anything I along with a lot of others wound up standing on the table.

We thought for sure we were going to get stuck in the parking lot for hours as we have in the past. We didn't though we got right out and were on our way until.... we got to Johnson Creek area. Then we came to a complete stop. I mean we turned off the car stopped along with the miles of other cars. There was a car accident ahead that was pretty terrible. There were 2 Med Flight helicopters that arrived at the scene. It was pretty scary. We couldn't really see anything but we were totally stuck there. We hoped and prayed that the parties involved would be ok and thankfully it appears that they will be. I slept in the car but made the mistake of rolling the window down a little and now I have a mosquito bite and I really had to use the bathroom. So I "practiced" my technique for when we travel to Hossana. Not my finest moment but a necessity all the same. Well we left Milwaukee at about 11:30pm and we arrived home about 2:30am and it should have only taken us about an hour. Long night for sure.

Then today, we headed back to Milwaukee to watch the Brewers sweep the Pittsburgh Pirates. I watched my favorite Brewer, JJ Hardy hit 2 home runs and I got a little sun burned but it was a fun game all the same. I am thoroughly exhausted and I have to work tomorrow and then we leave Tuesday for vacation!