Good Times in the Area: Going Retro, Lake Geneva, Yardwork and the Chain of Lakes

Striving to make the most of my retirement.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20TH

Busy doing yardwork in the morning when Liz told me she had an eye appointment in McHenry that I had forgotten about. She is going to have cataract surgery and can't see with the tests.


GOING RETRO

While she was at the appointment, I went to the Salvation Army (at least I understand their electronics) and found a small cassette dubbing boombox which I bought for $6.

Then, I went to Vinyl Frontier, an old mom and pop-type record store on Water Street. They sell old 45s, albums and used CDs. I bought a special 5 CDs for $10. Listened to and talked about Frank Zappa and the new band Dead Confederate. Try doing that in a Best Buy.


WISCONSIN

Afterwards, we drove to Lake Geneva where they were getting ready for a venetian Night celebration weekend. Had one of the best pizzas ever at Gino's East at the Best Western overlooking beautiful Geneva Lake.

Then, went to Donovan's Reef for happy hour ($1.50 pints) and NTN.


SATURDAY, AUGUST 21ST

Ended up staying home all day. Hey, you've got to take stay home sometimes. Enjoyed the Front Porch and did a lot of yardwork and watering. Also, fought off many, many real-determined skeeters.

Topped off the night with shrimp and left-over pizza from yesterday.


SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND

Went to Castaways on Pistakee Lake and had their buffet out on the deck overlooking the water. Then took the boat out on the busiest day we've ever seen on the Chain of Lakes. There were boats everywhere.

After we'd had our fill of rockin' and rollin', we put the boat up and drove over to Captain's Quarters on Fox Lake and spent the afternoon sitting outside and enjoying one of the best bands in the Chicagoland area, Soda, play from 3 to 7 in the afternoon.

A Great Way to Spend an Afternoon. --RoadDog