MONDAY, AUGUST 1
We met Kevin and Kelly at Oak Park Lounge on Pistakee Lake where they were celebrating owner Tom Fuch's 46th year of owning the place. That's a real long time to run a bar, especially considering that even though he grew up in the Johnsburg area, he had never gone there before buying it. Talk about your on-the-job learning.
And, Oak Park Lounge is a Chain O' Lakes original, built in the 1890s and looking pretty much the same since then. We had some drinks with Tom.
Afterwards, we went to Sunnyside Tavern for a couple or three more brews.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2
A history day for me, and I love history. I drove out to Marengo, Illinois, and had lunch at The Spot, home of the 3/4 pound cheeseburger for $7.99. What a deal and what a meal.
Then, I went to the McHenry County History Museum in Union and met with Bob and Ellen, who are busy working on a book about McHenry County's Harley Wayne, a captain in the 15th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War who was killed at the Battle of Shiloh.
They let me peruse some primary source materials about him and I even put in a couple suggestions for the book. Later, Bob and I took a walk by Harley Wayne's mansion which is just a couple blocks from the museum.
Congratulations Tom. --RoadDog
POINTS TO PONDER: If you can make amends, can you just make one amend?
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