That Was a Pretty Good Weekend Too-- Part Two

Continuing...

AUGUST 2nd- Saturday-- Went boating over to McDonald's for breakfast. How many folks can say they "boated" to McDonald's? Definitely a lot more crowded than it is during the week, when we usually go. We normally don't go boating on the weekends, leaving It to the folks we call weekend warriors. We've always been lucky and had the opportunity to use the Chain during the week since we were teachers and off during the summer. Now, of course, we are retired, so can even do it during September and October.

During the afternoon, we drove to Genoa City, Wisconsin, for their Genoa City Fest, and had some great corn on the cob and watched the Salt Creek Boys. They did excellent on country and bluegrass music, but should not have attempted to cover the Beatles.

We then drove over to Donovan's in Twin Lakes and were happy to find that the old NTN was still playing so ended up staying a bit longer than we expected. Unfortunately, there were not too many places still playing the old NTN, but we dominated in first place the whole time.


AUGUST 3RD-- SUNDAY-- Bob Stroud featured the music of August 3, 1968 on his Rock and Rol Roots show this morning. So that brought back a lot of memories (see August 3 entry).

Afterwards, we drove back to Twin Lakes for those most excellent bloody marys at Main Street. Bartender Ray is the master of the bloody. Watching him make one is ALMOST as much fun as drinking it. Then, there's all the rest of the stuff he puts in, including a shrimp. All for $3!!

Then, played some more of the "Old NTN" at Donovan's and once again dominated. However, dominating twenty places isn't as much fun as dominating the 3000 that usually play. Alfons put on a lot of oldies on the jukebox and everyone had a great time singing along until Sparky put Pink Floyd on. You can't much just sing-along with those guys, like you can the oldies. Anybody know "Monday, Monday?"


Now, This Was a Pretty Good Weekend. --RoadDog