We made it home and had a great time.
Friday we got out of town early and arrive at T&K place around 6:30-ish where there was pasta and Leinie's waiting for us. We dropped Kris's mom off at T&K's for some genealogy fact finding. After supper we headed to the hotel across from the Mall of America (MOA). We got hooked up with Dawn and Christi who had been at the US Women's Open, all day Friday.
Saturday it was up to have breakfast and head to REI even though we had some hail going on. Nothing real big but a bit of hail it was. REI, what a wonderful store. I could spend LOTS of money there! We picked up mirrors, 4 boxes of Gu, and some chamois butter. REI was crawling with people since they had a sale going on and of course NONE of the items we purchased were on sale but at least it all adds to the dividend rebate at the end of the year! We then headed to the MOA. Christi had scoped out the places of interest on her computer before we left the hotel so we kind of knew where we were going. Lots of stores. Lots of people. Lots of everything but what we really wanted so we headed back to the hotel to prepare for our departure to downtown Mpls. Clothes were changed and cameras loaded up and off we head. The shuttle guy at the hotel took us over to a pick up spot on the light rail. We purchased the all day pass for $6.00 each and waited for our vehicle to arrive and head downtown. Arrangements were made to meet Gabe (Kris's nephew) at Grumpy's just a few blocks from the Metrodome. It was a cool place and if you love tator tots this is the place to go! They have a HUGE basket of them for appetizers. We of course had to wash them down with some beverages. Since we were going to a Twins game, I felt obligated to give my favorite team, Chicago Cubs, some recognition even thought they have been loosing lately, so I had to have a couple Old Styles in their honor. They also had some fun beer glasses there. The one on the left is actually a Newcastle pour and the one on the right, well, simply, I have no idea what it was and yes, the one in the middle is my 16 oz can of Cubbie love!
After having artery clogging hamburgers and chips it was off to the dome for the game. We walked around the "plaza" area but then it started to sprinkle so we headed inside. Once inside we found our seats. Eight rows up from the left field fence! They were good seats but I have to tell you, it was a bit scary being there for hitting practice and no glove! Dawn ended up with a ball hit by J.J. Hardy from the Brewers during practice hitting. We watched Prince Fielder smoke A LOT OF BALLS into the UPPER DECK in RIGHT FIELD. That boy can crush the ball. The game was not all that exciting until a wood tick was found crawling on Kris's arm, then on my arm and then I asked Christi to hold out her hand and I placed the tick on her palm and she about came unglued! The tick was placed in between two nestled beer glasses. We checked on the guy later and it was either dead or passed out with legs in the air! Still it made us think about where it come from. We had not been any place for the critter to hitch a ride on, so we decided it came from those Brewer fans! We did get a laugh out of these chicks a couple rows in front of us that kept waving at Ryan Braun, the Brewers left fielder, every time he turned around and looked at the scoreboard. That was funny.
It would seem that would have been the highlight of the night but NOOOOOO....we walked to Kieran's Irish Pub.
They pour a GREAT Guinness. We sat on the patio and watch all the DRAMA of the evening unfold. WOW! Let's see, we had a couple of VERY drunk girls staggering around. Then we had a guy that had been with a group of people and his girlfriend, get into it. The guy, we will call him Barney, decided to head over to this strip joint across the street from the bar. Let's just say this didn't look like a strip club at all more like a bank and I am really sure I do not want to know what was deposited in there! Anyway about 30 min later, Barney, heads back to the bar to hook up with his friends when he is confronted by his girlfriend who we will call Betty. Obviously Betty was not happy with Barney hitting the strip club so things were said and Betty left, or so we thought. All of a sudden she come cruising back around the patio and heads into the bar while the group of friends and Barney continue to drink. Meanwhile a group of three Brewers fans were watching these two ladies and asked to by them drinks. We were trying to figure out who would be the odd person out when two other guys walk up and peak the interest of the girls and they start talking. The look on the faces of those three guys was priceless, after all they bought them drinks and got them chairs to sit on. Then enter Barney and Betty standing in front of the door to the pub. Words again were said and Barney pointed fingers and then Betty slapped him across the face. Meanwhile the two drunk girls had been sitting down in the same area as Betty and Barney's slap fest. The one girl got up and left and the other was left and looked to be close to passing out. Next thing you now, pass out girl was gone, Barney and Betty were hugging a bit and smootching and to tell you the truth I lost track of what happened with the 3-Brewer fans and the two girls...UGH. To top it all off we watched the traffic coming and going from the strip club. Massive limos and whipped up cars had all made stops there. Dawn was playing the P.I., with binoculars, who had been hired by a guys wife to spy on said ladies husband entering the strip joint....now that was funny but WOW, you just do not get all that much excitement in Sioux Falls, SD on a Saturday night! Amazing. Well, the rest of the night was uneventful except for one more detail. Gabe lives a few blocks away from Kieran's. On his way home he found Barney and Betty having another slap fest. We of course were headed to the light rail and so he called us with the news. WOW.....
Ok, so the reason for this last picture. It sums up Saturday. A nice glass of Guinness, Finnegans Irish Amber, the free mini-Cuddyer wind up doll from the game and J.J. Hardy's home run ball during batting practice that Dawn snagged.
GOOD WEEKEND!
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