I have been off vacation for almost a week now, and finally have rested up enough to give some highlights on my vacation, and what a vacation it was.
I went over to Grand Fork on the 3rd so that we could load up the camper and head to the Soo Pass Ranch on the 4th, and set up camp for the WEfest. WEfest is a great camping and country music festival that takes place in Detroit Lakes Minnesota and has been around since 1983, a lot of fun.
I got t GF around 8:30 and met up with Kev and Emmy at their place so that we could figure out what needed to be done, Kev is one of my best friends and Emmy is his pretty awesome girlfriend. Kev and I had a couple beers and then went to where he works so that we could get a couple projectors and clean the screen, you see we roll hard to the WEfest and bring the Wii for bowling tourneys at the camp site. Luckily there is beer in the fridge there so that we could clean properly, while we bullshited and caught up. Go all that done and took the shit back to Kev's house, then we went out since it was around 11 or so. We tried going to the Tavern because I wanted to see the girs with the plaid skirts and button down short sleeved shirts with ties, man tha's a good look. We walked in and they were closing so we decided to go to the bar we used to work at, actually where I met him back in 2000. We closed her down and apparently went out for breakfast, I wound up puking, and completely don't remember going out for breakfast at all, start of a good week I guess.
Tuesday-
A little rough, but we had to go get the camper and get all the shit in it so that we could head out, the hangover slowed me down, but we wound up getting it done and hitting the road. The Soo Pass Ranch is pretty great, and we rooled in around 7:30ish and started looking for a place to set up, and once we had that we butted heads with security like we do every year because they always have ideas of how you should set up, and we go differently, but it worked out well and we actually got a huge site. We set up two campers and staked out space for the other camper and tents that were showing up the next day or so. Had a few beers and called her a day.
Wednesday--
Beer tasted way to good this day and flowed like wine, which was fine until a couple from Fargo that were camping with us an he, Porter, brought out the Morgan. The first one he poured for me was good, the second was bout 80% Morgan, and the third I don't remember, but apparently I held my cup under the spigot, you see he had put two 1.75 liter bottles of Morgan into 5 gallon water jug since you aren't supposed to have glass, and he told me to say when, but I kinda didn't. After that I was a functional yet blacked out Matt. Apparently I liked picking up Emmy and putting her places, one time I even picked her up, walked her over to Nicole's camper, set her in the door of it and walked away without saying a single word, also apparently I almost got hit in the had by the screen when we were putting it up. It's just weird how that day went because all of a sudden it was like the lights turned on and I was fully aware of the world around me again, I was stepping out of the camper and I was surprised to see people were Wii bowling and that it was dark out. Hmmm, continuation of a good week?
Thursday-
First day of concerts, and started out a little slow but not to shabby for the amount of alcohol consumed the day before, thank you Gatorade and railroad water. We hung out at the campsite all day and wound up at the Saloon that night, it is the bar at the top of the hill overlooking the concert bowl. Got back on the Morgan with Porter, but was happy to see Kev's mom and aunt, two great ladies that always stay at Gale's (the aunt) lake house and shuttle into the concerts. Got lit up again and wound up making out with one of Kev's sisters friends that was camping with us, don't quite know how that worked out since she was making out with another guy just a little bit before that, oh well, it's the WEfest. Kinda remember hearingToby Keith playing, and maybe seeing him on the big screen, but I lost my friends in the crowd, so I went over and bought a bunch of drink tickets and food tickets so that I would be set up, couldn't find em so I went back to the campsite to hang out around the camp fire. Thats right we get a sweet ass firering and go into the patch of trees in the middle of the camp site and get the chainsaw revved up and supply ourselves with wood for the night.
Friday-
Weather decided to be shitty, but wouldn't you know it, we can drink in the rain just as good as the sun, you just huddle up a bit more. I told myself that I would stick to the beer this day, and I held true to that, not that I stayed any more sober than the other days. Wound up back at the saloon in between seeing Taylor Swift and Brooks and Dunn. We were all just relaxing and having fun with it, well those of us that braved the weather and went down to the concert area, it is about a mile from where we camp, but we are tough, lol.
Well the girl from the night befor was miling about and the guys were givig me shit about just sayng NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO since she was kinda free with her affections the day before, but when she told me we were going to have sex I pretty much figured I was going to. Gotta love a sure thing when you are on a dryspell. After a while we wound up back at the campground and hugn out a bit before retiring to her camper, after a while of the fun stuff but before finishing the owner of the camper, Julie, got back to the campsite and decided to kick us out so she could get in there. This is the same girl who said the first day that she didn't like camping or country music, to which I asked her why the fuck she was there. Basically she is an evil complainer that almost brought my WEfest down, but oh well we left the camper and went to sleep in the one I was staying in.
Saturday-
Woke up because I had to pee so damn bad, then I stayed up and cleaned the campsite a bit, in the midst of that I saw her leave my camper and go back to hers, and didn't see her again that morning until I was headed to Gale's for a much needed shower. I had to avoid her after that because she stuck to Julie's side and I was not going to allow that girl to piss me off or bring me down at the WEfest, I kinda felt bad about that because she was a nice girl and she probably thought it had to do with the sex and not with the shrew, but I guess that is how it goes. We got back to the campground after cleaning up and talkng to Kev's relatives, and got ready for the day that was drinking. Went to the concert bowl for Kellie Pickler, holy shit is she hot, and after her headed to our friend Boener's campsite to check in with him. Spent an hour or so there, took some pictures, passed around a bottle of Boone's Farm wine, and had a couple Morgan's, oops. Still plenty of time left after that, so we headed back to the concert site and killed time at the Saloon until Big and Rich came on and then Tim McGraw closed down the fest. I hung out with Kev's mom and aunt, had a Gyro (fantasticness in pita encased form) and hung out a bit before going back to the campsite. Here I tried to get a fire going but didn't have anything to burn, I spent about a half hour trying to bust up one of those electrical spools we had used as a table, until finally we went and found what loose wood we could for a fire. Luckily I couldn't find Ref's, our Canadian friend, keys to get in his trunk and get the chainsaw, that could have been a disaster. Hung out by the fire for a while and then went to sleep.
Sunday-
Started cleaning up the campsite and putting everything away, it was kinda weird though because we finally had sun after two days of rain, but that's the WEfest. Found out that day that I was going to be going to next year's, not like that was a question or anything. We got back to Grand Forks and unloaded the camper, showered, and went to GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra. Kev was excited since he had all those toys growing up, I was more a Masters of the Universe kind of guy. It was good explodey fun and the ladies looked amazing in those tight black outfits. After that it was nice to sleep in a good bed.
Monday-
We cleaned up the camper after vegging out for a while watching random tv shows. That kinda sucked, but oh well we were slightly recovered, so it wasn't so bad. After that we vegged some more until we had to take the camper back, Emmy was meeting some of the girls out for drinks since a friend of ours had lost a friend to cancer the Friday before. She wanted to go to Crosstowns since that is the last place she had drank with him, that didn't go very well since she was already emotional and then drunk on top of it. In the cab back she was pretty out of it and kind of a bitch between saying how sad she was and all. At the bar a couple of the girls had met up with a guy they knew that said he was in a production of Hair and that we should go to that the next day, which sounded fun. Funny note is that Emmy got a ride home and then I followe in the cab, so when I got there I proceded to the bathroom, where I hear a quiet knock that I respond to which put Kev at ease. I talked to Kev and Emmy after that and apparently he thought it was an intruder or something, which I thought was funny since he was real polite about wondering who it was. I stayed up a bit and watched Doctor Who and ST Tng while eating a sandwich.
Tuesday-
Kev had to go out of town for work so that sucked. I went and turned in some film for devloping, hit the mall for an outfit for the musical that night, and then got some BK and went to Harry Potter since I needed to see that one in a good theater,and going to movies alone in the afternoon is kind of my new fun thing to do when I get to Grand Forks. After the movie I headed back to Kev and Emmy's to see what was going down with the night. Turns out the two girls that were going to go with us were hungover from the night before so we didn't get to go to Hair, which I was kin of looking forward to since I can't do shit like that back here in Glendive. Emmy and me just vegged out and watched TV, I finished reading a book I had brought with, and then went to sleep.
Wednesday-
The dreaded day of leaving, Emmy and I watched a little TV then I showered and packed up all my shit. Said goodbye to Emmy and her tiny dog and headed to the Red Pepper. Red Pepper is one of the greatest restaraunts ever, and exists only in the greater Grand Forks area. Then I went and picked up my pictures, got some treats for the dogs, and gassed up for the ride back. 6 hours on the road alone leads to some deep thoughts and some conversations with yourself,introspection can be fun. I ahte leaving that place but always have such an amazing time that it is hard to get sad since I know the next time I get back there will be epic in nature.
So that was my week, some things have been left out as it is long as hell, and if you have read this far thanks for that. I will have a picture album of this event soon, so keep the eyes peeled. As for now I am helping dad rip the siding off the house so we can put some steel siding up, then build a deck, and stain some cement.
Bonding is fun, actually.
I went over to Grand Fork on the 3rd so that we could load up the camper and head to the Soo Pass Ranch on the 4th, and set up camp for the WEfest. WEfest is a great camping and country music festival that takes place in Detroit Lakes Minnesota and has been around since 1983, a lot of fun.
I got t GF around 8:30 and met up with Kev and Emmy at their place so that we could figure out what needed to be done, Kev is one of my best friends and Emmy is his pretty awesome girlfriend. Kev and I had a couple beers and then went to where he works so that we could get a couple projectors and clean the screen, you see we roll hard to the WEfest and bring the Wii for bowling tourneys at the camp site. Luckily there is beer in the fridge there so that we could clean properly, while we bullshited and caught up. Go all that done and took the shit back to Kev's house, then we went out since it was around 11 or so. We tried going to the Tavern because I wanted to see the girs with the plaid skirts and button down short sleeved shirts with ties, man tha's a good look. We walked in and they were closing so we decided to go to the bar we used to work at, actually where I met him back in 2000. We closed her down and apparently went out for breakfast, I wound up puking, and completely don't remember going out for breakfast at all, start of a good week I guess.
Tuesday-
A little rough, but we had to go get the camper and get all the shit in it so that we could head out, the hangover slowed me down, but we wound up getting it done and hitting the road. The Soo Pass Ranch is pretty great, and we rooled in around 7:30ish and started looking for a place to set up, and once we had that we butted heads with security like we do every year because they always have ideas of how you should set up, and we go differently, but it worked out well and we actually got a huge site. We set up two campers and staked out space for the other camper and tents that were showing up the next day or so. Had a few beers and called her a day.
Wednesday--
Beer tasted way to good this day and flowed like wine, which was fine until a couple from Fargo that were camping with us an he, Porter, brought out the Morgan. The first one he poured for me was good, the second was bout 80% Morgan, and the third I don't remember, but apparently I held my cup under the spigot, you see he had put two 1.75 liter bottles of Morgan into 5 gallon water jug since you aren't supposed to have glass, and he told me to say when, but I kinda didn't. After that I was a functional yet blacked out Matt. Apparently I liked picking up Emmy and putting her places, one time I even picked her up, walked her over to Nicole's camper, set her in the door of it and walked away without saying a single word, also apparently I almost got hit in the had by the screen when we were putting it up. It's just weird how that day went because all of a sudden it was like the lights turned on and I was fully aware of the world around me again, I was stepping out of the camper and I was surprised to see people were Wii bowling and that it was dark out. Hmmm, continuation of a good week?
Thursday-
First day of concerts, and started out a little slow but not to shabby for the amount of alcohol consumed the day before, thank you Gatorade and railroad water. We hung out at the campsite all day and wound up at the Saloon that night, it is the bar at the top of the hill overlooking the concert bowl. Got back on the Morgan with Porter, but was happy to see Kev's mom and aunt, two great ladies that always stay at Gale's (the aunt) lake house and shuttle into the concerts. Got lit up again and wound up making out with one of Kev's sisters friends that was camping with us, don't quite know how that worked out since she was making out with another guy just a little bit before that, oh well, it's the WEfest. Kinda remember hearingToby Keith playing, and maybe seeing him on the big screen, but I lost my friends in the crowd, so I went over and bought a bunch of drink tickets and food tickets so that I would be set up, couldn't find em so I went back to the campsite to hang out around the camp fire. Thats right we get a sweet ass firering and go into the patch of trees in the middle of the camp site and get the chainsaw revved up and supply ourselves with wood for the night.
Friday-
Weather decided to be shitty, but wouldn't you know it, we can drink in the rain just as good as the sun, you just huddle up a bit more. I told myself that I would stick to the beer this day, and I held true to that, not that I stayed any more sober than the other days. Wound up back at the saloon in between seeing Taylor Swift and Brooks and Dunn. We were all just relaxing and having fun with it, well those of us that braved the weather and went down to the concert area, it is about a mile from where we camp, but we are tough, lol.
Well the girl from the night befor was miling about and the guys were givig me shit about just sayng NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO since she was kinda free with her affections the day before, but when she told me we were going to have sex I pretty much figured I was going to. Gotta love a sure thing when you are on a dryspell. After a while we wound up back at the campground and hugn out a bit before retiring to her camper, after a while of the fun stuff but before finishing the owner of the camper, Julie, got back to the campsite and decided to kick us out so she could get in there. This is the same girl who said the first day that she didn't like camping or country music, to which I asked her why the fuck she was there. Basically she is an evil complainer that almost brought my WEfest down, but oh well we left the camper and went to sleep in the one I was staying in.
Saturday-
Woke up because I had to pee so damn bad, then I stayed up and cleaned the campsite a bit, in the midst of that I saw her leave my camper and go back to hers, and didn't see her again that morning until I was headed to Gale's for a much needed shower. I had to avoid her after that because she stuck to Julie's side and I was not going to allow that girl to piss me off or bring me down at the WEfest, I kinda felt bad about that because she was a nice girl and she probably thought it had to do with the sex and not with the shrew, but I guess that is how it goes. We got back to the campground after cleaning up and talkng to Kev's relatives, and got ready for the day that was drinking. Went to the concert bowl for Kellie Pickler, holy shit is she hot, and after her headed to our friend Boener's campsite to check in with him. Spent an hour or so there, took some pictures, passed around a bottle of Boone's Farm wine, and had a couple Morgan's, oops. Still plenty of time left after that, so we headed back to the concert site and killed time at the Saloon until Big and Rich came on and then Tim McGraw closed down the fest. I hung out with Kev's mom and aunt, had a Gyro (fantasticness in pita encased form) and hung out a bit before going back to the campsite. Here I tried to get a fire going but didn't have anything to burn, I spent about a half hour trying to bust up one of those electrical spools we had used as a table, until finally we went and found what loose wood we could for a fire. Luckily I couldn't find Ref's, our Canadian friend, keys to get in his trunk and get the chainsaw, that could have been a disaster. Hung out by the fire for a while and then went to sleep.
Sunday-
Started cleaning up the campsite and putting everything away, it was kinda weird though because we finally had sun after two days of rain, but that's the WEfest. Found out that day that I was going to be going to next year's, not like that was a question or anything. We got back to Grand Forks and unloaded the camper, showered, and went to GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra. Kev was excited since he had all those toys growing up, I was more a Masters of the Universe kind of guy. It was good explodey fun and the ladies looked amazing in those tight black outfits. After that it was nice to sleep in a good bed.
Monday-
We cleaned up the camper after vegging out for a while watching random tv shows. That kinda sucked, but oh well we were slightly recovered, so it wasn't so bad. After that we vegged some more until we had to take the camper back, Emmy was meeting some of the girls out for drinks since a friend of ours had lost a friend to cancer the Friday before. She wanted to go to Crosstowns since that is the last place she had drank with him, that didn't go very well since she was already emotional and then drunk on top of it. In the cab back she was pretty out of it and kind of a bitch between saying how sad she was and all. At the bar a couple of the girls had met up with a guy they knew that said he was in a production of Hair and that we should go to that the next day, which sounded fun. Funny note is that Emmy got a ride home and then I followe in the cab, so when I got there I proceded to the bathroom, where I hear a quiet knock that I respond to which put Kev at ease. I talked to Kev and Emmy after that and apparently he thought it was an intruder or something, which I thought was funny since he was real polite about wondering who it was. I stayed up a bit and watched Doctor Who and ST Tng while eating a sandwich.
Tuesday-
Kev had to go out of town for work so that sucked. I went and turned in some film for devloping, hit the mall for an outfit for the musical that night, and then got some BK and went to Harry Potter since I needed to see that one in a good theater,and going to movies alone in the afternoon is kind of my new fun thing to do when I get to Grand Forks. After the movie I headed back to Kev and Emmy's to see what was going down with the night. Turns out the two girls that were going to go with us were hungover from the night before so we didn't get to go to Hair, which I was kin of looking forward to since I can't do shit like that back here in Glendive. Emmy and me just vegged out and watched TV, I finished reading a book I had brought with, and then went to sleep.
Wednesday-
The dreaded day of leaving, Emmy and I watched a little TV then I showered and packed up all my shit. Said goodbye to Emmy and her tiny dog and headed to the Red Pepper. Red Pepper is one of the greatest restaraunts ever, and exists only in the greater Grand Forks area. Then I went and picked up my pictures, got some treats for the dogs, and gassed up for the ride back. 6 hours on the road alone leads to some deep thoughts and some conversations with yourself,introspection can be fun. I ahte leaving that place but always have such an amazing time that it is hard to get sad since I know the next time I get back there will be epic in nature.
So that was my week, some things have been left out as it is long as hell, and if you have read this far thanks for that. I will have a picture album of this event soon, so keep the eyes peeled. As for now I am helping dad rip the siding off the house so we can put some steel siding up, then build a deck, and stain some cement.
Bonding is fun, actually.
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serial:
a batarang fight should commence...
candycrimson:
Awe, thank you! : ) So you were just in Minnesota?