5th Year Vacation Part 1

Rachel and I are closing in on our 5th year wedding anniversary, and we figured this was good as a time as any to take a much needed vacation. With the new clinic in transition, and my work being quite stable, we figured we should do it now before we get our puppy in September. We were going to make a trip from Clark, to the Twin Cities, to The Wisconsin Dells, back down to Rachel's parents, to Denison for a baby shower, up to Cherokee to hang with Poindexter and Lisa, and finally back to Clark. It seemed like a lot, but the spacing made it so we were never driving more than 4 or 5 hours in one hit, which REALLY helped to break up the drive.


We started our trip by driving to the Twin Cities to stay with Dave and Laura. This would save us some lodging costs, as well as give us the opportunity to see them while on vacation. We were treated to a night on the town, or more specifically, the city, where the four of us went brewery hopping in a rather hipstery district of Minneapolis. Rachel played along quite well for not being a beer lover, but were still able to find some thing she liked. One of the places I nursed something called a peanut butter porter. It tasted like PB in a glass; weird but good! We finished out evening out at a The Anchor Fish and Chips. It was another hipster joint with guys cooking up battered cod right in front of you. Again, we enjoyed beer, or cider, and some great pub food. Fish and chips that I shall return for!
This whole part of the vacation was not even planned, as our intention was to just hang out at the house, but it felt good to get out and do something again!!!
After returning home, the ladies went to bed, while Dave and I had an evening nightcap and cigar.
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15 year old scotch and a spectacular Cuban cigar. What a way to finish an evening, and we hadn't even started our vacation yet!


Stay Tuned: much more to come