So I wake up aroudn 5:00 in the morning, I was tired of wearing the mask so I took it off. I then shortly figured out that it was only 5 in the morning, so I put the mask back on, and went back to sleep (yes I woke Shannon up). I slept for another 2 hours and got up and took a shower. Shannon took a shower after me.
That morning, Nathan made breakfast for Jenny, Taylor, Terry, Shannon and I. We had pancakes, eggs, and sausage. It was good :)
After a bit, we got all (Nathan, Jenny, Taylor, Shannon, myself, and Jenny's Mom) gussied up and headed down to Oktoberfest at the Amanas. So we loaded up in the mini-van (after a little struggle of getting the seats back into the mini-van). The drive wasn't to long and we parked by the side of the rode. and walked into the fest. We were greeted by sounds of polka and smells of Kettle corn. I am not sure if I have actually been to the Amana's before, but it pretty much looks like I expected it too. Old houses, a few people in lederhosen. lots of familys and etc wandering around.
I saw no beer tents, per se, I did see a tent, but it didn't look like it was full of those who are drinking of the beer.
We stopped in some shops and looked and some things. We stopped at the Christmas shop, cause Shannon wanted that we should buy christmas ornaments together. So we got two. One of a Santa w/ some kitties, and one that was glass squares that spells out snow. We looked around some more and we found a cake topper, or at least what we will use as a cake topper. It is bears getting married in front of a big heart with flowers. It is a Boyd's Bear item. Very cute and Shannon really seemed to love it, so I was sold.
We continued on down the road. We ocassionally lost Jenny, or her mom or Nathan. But we eventually made our way down to Millstream Brewing Company. There was some polka playing and lots of people drinking. They had choices of Root Beers and what looks to be their entire selection of Millstream beers...or at least the ones that are in season.
I tried the Dopplebock, which apprently is their 20th Anniversery brew. It was pretty good. Nathan tried it too, and it got a good review. And because Dopplebocks ripen with age (unlike other brews), Nathan thought they'd end up being very, very good after a year or two. So we'll see. Nathan ended up buying 5 bottles (bigger bottles 1 pint 6 ounces) and I bought 3 bottles. I'll be putting 'em down in my basement to keep them cool and dry.
Afterwards we headed up to the Brick Haus. It is a family style restaurant. We had to wait for a little bit, which looked a little wierd, since we had a carridge full of beer and a little Taylor running all over the place. Taylor and Nathan and I formed a little swing, which she enjoyed a whole lot.
Our number was 3, the count was at 45, but they said it'd take like 15 minutes. And it wrapped around at 50, so it really didn't take that long.
Lunch was pretty good. The table was covered with food, from fried chicken (yummy), bratwurst (which was OK, but the mustard was...well...disappointing), to corn, and kraut, and sweet kraut salad. Everything was pretty good...except the mustard, which was...just weaker then yellow mustard. And it was completed off with a dessert. I had apple pie (it was very good) and Shannon had cheesecake.
We were all full and walked our way up the street back to the car, stopping at a toy place near the top of the street.
The drive home was pleasant.
Then Nathan and Jenny prepared for the night's events. They were holding a get together for their Family. So his older sister (who used to babysit me) and her husband and kids came over, and his younger brother Zeke. Zeke again offered me his coffee table and it now sits at my parents (Thanks Zeke!). The BBQ beef was good and the surrounding stuff was nice too.
The night wore on and Terry took Zeke home and brought back the coffee table. The rest that were left sat around and talked for a while, Nathan gave me a try of the Ron del Barrilito rum that he had been raving about. It was very good, espically considering that it was $12 a bottle.
After a while, we hit the sack and went to bed. I slept pretty well.