Back at the house, it took 5 of us to get a chain saw working and then used it to cut 1 log. Martia said the problem was that we had a crew of Jews trying to fix it. She may have been on to something. Anyway, I did want to go out skiing one more time. Jake went out for a quick run and when he came back I noticed he had one foot in the ski and one foot out of the ski. He decided to do some single foot barefoot skiing, ridiculous. I went for it again, and today I was even better than yesterday. I was carving all over the place and really attacking the wake getting some air (and by air I mean 3-5 inches.) The water was so calm that it really felt like snow skiing once I got outside the wake. After a solid run, it was time to turn in. I took a shower and found weeds all over my body since the lake was infested with them this time of year.
I said my goodbyes to the whole crew and headed off to see my boy Josh in Green Bay. This past January, my good friend Kane got married to his lovely bride, Jess. Jess is from Green Bay and they decided to have the wedding there. Yes, they had their wedding in Green Bay, WI in January. And it turned out to be the same day as the NFC championship game. So it was an interesting experience for all of us in many different ways. Jess' brother, Josh, came to Philly for Kane's bachelor party in November. That was everyone's first exposure to Josh and we all were best friends immediately. The wedding definitely reinforced our friendship, so I was really looking forward to this stop.
I actually ended up meeting Josh within a mile of where our hotel was during the wedding. This was my second time to Green Bay and I was still within the same square mile as last time. We actually decided to just get a hotel room in downtown that night so we could walk to the bars and not have to worry about driving. A very responsible decision, I might say. We found a room and actually upgraded since we found $20 on the street. That is a good start to the night. We went to the Tilted Kilt, which I prefer to call the Twisted Kilt for whatever reason. It is basically a Hooter's type of establishment, but girls dress in Kilts instead of Hooter's outfits. I actually had my best burger of the entire trip at this place. I will assume that it was our smooth-talking to the waitress that made my burger that good. After dinner, we picked up Josh's friend Tiffany, who was just finishing up at the gym. She just got back from working on trails in National Parks out west and decided to crash our boy's night. I was OK with this, so we all went back to the room and got ready to go out.
The night was actually a lot of fun, even though it was Sunday night in Green Bay. We did a mini-bar crawl, but I learned a lot about the mid-West. First of all, it is very cheap to drink there. Secondly, they have games that you can challenge the bartender and get free drinks if you win. We played a game called "beer dice," which I eventually picked up and got to be good at (even though it is mostly luck.) Basically, you try to roll a high score and if you beat the bartender, they buy your group a shot. We won a couple times, so that was cool. I tried to have them recreate the Hand Grenade from Seattle, and the effort was there, but the execution wasn't. I don't think it was their fault, the shot glasses just weren't the right shape. We still took it anyway, and it pretty much had the same effect.
Josh and I were studs on the pool table all night. We must have won at least 3 games against pretty good opponents. I started off very rusty, but then picked it up towards the end. Josh was solid throughout the night, and that's why I love him; with Josh you know exactly what your going to get. I can't wait for him to come out to Philly again. We enjoyed the rest of the night with buy one, get one free drinks and by the time we got back to the room, it was time to pass out. Sunday night in Green Bay = great success. ULTRA day 36/39: COMPLETE
JM
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