On Friday after work we headed up to Eau Claire for a fashion show that Jocelyn was going to be in and her aunt was putting on. The show was for the Make a Wish Foundation. Friday was pretty much shot because it took us a good amount of time to get up there. I think we actually arrived somewhere around ten. We stopped at Pizza Hut in Tomah to get some grub. Once we checked in to our hotel we just hit the hay. Saturday was one of the more eventful days that I’ve had in a long time. I woke up about nine and cleaned myself up a bit. Then I headed to the mall to get a haircut. One thing about Milwaukee is there is no place to get a haircut for under $20 in the downtown area, so I was forced to travel four hours to get one. I got my haircut and hung out at the mall for a bit. When I was done there I did some browsing and wishing at Best Buy and then picked up my teriyaki beef jerky and Dr. Pepper lunch from Wal-Mart. Then the day started to get fun. I cruised up to Chippewa Falls and took the Leinie Brewery tour. It was a perfect fall day and the tour goes outdoors so I could enjoy the weather. The tour was your average brewery tour, not quite as small as Lakefront’s yet not nearly as big as Miller’s. The tour also ends like all other tours too. You get a couple glasses of Leinie’s. I would’ve be pretty upset that you only get two 7 oz. glasses to sample but I had an in. It was a huge coincidence that Kirk Leinenkugel (Jake’s son) was working the Lodge’s bar. I had hung out with Kirk a couple times in college and he surprisingly remembered who I was. He was supposed to be working a group outing but they canceled on him so he was behind the bar. So we caught up with what each other was up to and I got more than two oz. Leinie’s, a big thanks to Kirk. At about two I took off from the Lodge so I could watch the Badger game. Kirk suggested a place called Boston’s in Eau Claire. Jocelyn and fam had just finished their fashion show practice so we met there to watch the Badgers and have some Oktoberfests. We stayed there until half time when we had to leave so the ladies could get ready for their fashion show. I dropped the girls off at the hotel and went to another cool place called the Northwoods. It was a small microbrew restaurant by our hotel. I bought a beer sampler and watched the second half of the game with some other Badgers fans. The second half flew by and Bucky kicked some serious behind. It’s good to see we at least have one good team in WI. After the game I flew back to the hotel to change and get to the fashion show. I was on time and looking good so I thought I would be having a good time at this show in a matter of minutes, boy was I wrong. I proceeded to get totally lost and when I stopped and asked directions the stupid lady working at the gas station gave me directions to drive the complete opposite way to the countryside. I drove for about thirty-five minutes when I decided to turn around and go back. I called Jocelyn and got the right directions and arrived technically still on time but hour later than I was planning. The fashion show was nice. There were a couple corny moments but the food was fabulous as were the martinis. When dinner was over we danced for a bit and headed home.

Sunday morning we did the long drive back to Milwaukee via Sheboygan so we could get J’s car fixed, again. The color up north was beautiful and was almost as good in Sheboygan. We went to Parnell Tower in the Kettles. Parnell is a tall tower on a hill that allows you to see for miles and miles in every direction. The tower is in the middle of nowhere and usually when you go there you are the only one on the tower. Well this last weekend there were hundreds of people there to see the fall colors. There were rangers there directing traffic and we had park a ways down from the actual park and take a trail in. The hike was worth it. The color was great and Sunday was a perfect day. The normally baron back roads in the Kettles where packed with motorists and Harley riders. When J and I were on our way out of the Kettle we got passed by a Lamborghini Diablo and we saw a couple Ferraris and nice restored cars, it was another perfect day at my favorite time of the year.