trout-a-rama
i need to feel your warm body on me...
So this last weekend was trout-a-rama. Now many dont know what this is, actually im pretty sure no one that reads this does. But its this big ole carnival, michigan style up in baldwin, MI. I had only been one other time, and sadly i missed it last year, but this year i had been planning on going for weeks. I try to explain it to people but i just cant do it justice. My favorite part of the entire thing is that there is the BIGGEST BEER TENT that i have EVER seen. With a huge stage for a band....tons of tables...etc. I have been to a lot of beer tents but this one is the best. They also sell glass pitchers of beer w/ the logo of that year. You can get it refilled for 4 tokens. What a steal. Ok so anyways heres the highlights of my trip....
Friday - We had to wait to leave until 5 when all the boys got out of work;) Sadly there was 5 of us and we had to take 3 cars b/c we all had to leave the weekend at different times. Carrie and I rode up together, we had a blast. However, right before we got up to baldwin, fucking kyle calls (hes in front of us) and hes like i sold your beer to my bro for $20. I was fucking pissed and refused to pull over and let him get it. Fuck that, we had just put it on ice and we didnt have to pay for it bc it was left over from the weekend before. So kyle was pissed at me..but he got over it when we took a vote and decided that i was right. Alex brought up horseshoes, so we all drank and played them. Carrie and I suprised Brent and Alex w/ how well we could actually play. I was kinda sucking it up when Alex was my partner, i think its b/c he was such a distraction, sigh. But then I ringed one when i switched teams...haha i rock. After lots of beer drinking, we headed into town. At the beer tent Brent and I both got pitchers, i was soo bummed though bc the only draft beer they had was "amberbock" YUCK. I hate dark beer. So Alex drank mine while I drank his budwieser. We hung out, sang country music, i saw a bunch of people from college and who live by bobo. It was fun. Then Alex decided that we needed to dance, so we did. While getting food, i ate the last corndog, carrie was NOT AMUSED. haha. Then TO THE BAR. I dont really remember much of the bar..i dont think we stayed long. After the bar we headed back to kyles, everyone passed out but me and alex. We stayed up all night and crashed in the tent. Gosh, hes soo adorable...sigh again.
Sat ~ We were awoken very early by brent. Who insisted we went to Main stream for breakfast at 8 am. I walked up to my car and was like WTF happened. Then it all came rushing back to me, on the way home kyle puked out the window and my entire car was covered in it, except for this place that had a handprint. Yea I guess when i was getting out of the car afterwards I put my hand in it. At least kyle had the decency to tell us to close the window before he did.
After eating...we layed around. Alex and I crashed on the couch b/c we were exhausted. Alex took me on a quad ride, but i couldnt remember where the path was, so it kinda sucked:( Eventually Alex had to leave bc he had to work :( We went into town for the parade and the clown band. It was so fucking hott out and all we were doing was drinking beer, so i about passed out at one point. Not good. After that we went to a rope swing to go swimming. It was a blast. My arms still hurt though. back to the beer tent for another fab night. This time I got carrie drunk and we danced all night. It was awesome. When we got back to the cabin, brent made a kick ass bonfire. We had been trying all weekend but the wood was too wet. Eventually it was just brent and i. I made him go to bed with me bc i was scared to sleep in the tent alone. PLus he kept telling me that there was a man walking around the fire. I didnt think that was cool.
Sun~ we were awoken to rain on the tent and loud as fuck thunder. It was soo scary. I thought we were going to die. We, and by we i mean, I ran into the cabin. After the storm passed and the tv caught on fire, we went to breakfast at this kick ass place. Then I passed out on the couch again....and sadly back to lansing.
All in all it was a great weekend. I didnt want it to end. Sigh. A huge part of me wishes i was moving back to GR. Sigh what can i do now.
So this last weekend was trout-a-rama. Now many dont know what this is, actually im pretty sure no one that reads this does. But its this big ole carnival, michigan style up in baldwin, MI. I had only been one other time, and sadly i missed it last year, but this year i had been planning on going for weeks. I try to explain it to people but i just cant do it justice. My favorite part of the entire thing is that there is the BIGGEST BEER TENT that i have EVER seen. With a huge stage for a band....tons of tables...etc. I have been to a lot of beer tents but this one is the best. They also sell glass pitchers of beer w/ the logo of that year. You can get it refilled for 4 tokens. What a steal. Ok so anyways heres the highlights of my trip....
Friday - We had to wait to leave until 5 when all the boys got out of work;) Sadly there was 5 of us and we had to take 3 cars b/c we all had to leave the weekend at different times. Carrie and I rode up together, we had a blast. However, right before we got up to baldwin, fucking kyle calls (hes in front of us) and hes like i sold your beer to my bro for $20. I was fucking pissed and refused to pull over and let him get it. Fuck that, we had just put it on ice and we didnt have to pay for it bc it was left over from the weekend before. So kyle was pissed at me..but he got over it when we took a vote and decided that i was right. Alex brought up horseshoes, so we all drank and played them. Carrie and I suprised Brent and Alex w/ how well we could actually play. I was kinda sucking it up when Alex was my partner, i think its b/c he was such a distraction, sigh. But then I ringed one when i switched teams...haha i rock. After lots of beer drinking, we headed into town. At the beer tent Brent and I both got pitchers, i was soo bummed though bc the only draft beer they had was "amberbock" YUCK. I hate dark beer. So Alex drank mine while I drank his budwieser. We hung out, sang country music, i saw a bunch of people from college and who live by bobo. It was fun. Then Alex decided that we needed to dance, so we did. While getting food, i ate the last corndog, carrie was NOT AMUSED. haha. Then TO THE BAR. I dont really remember much of the bar..i dont think we stayed long. After the bar we headed back to kyles, everyone passed out but me and alex. We stayed up all night and crashed in the tent. Gosh, hes soo adorable...sigh again.
Sat ~ We were awoken very early by brent. Who insisted we went to Main stream for breakfast at 8 am. I walked up to my car and was like WTF happened. Then it all came rushing back to me, on the way home kyle puked out the window and my entire car was covered in it, except for this place that had a handprint. Yea I guess when i was getting out of the car afterwards I put my hand in it. At least kyle had the decency to tell us to close the window before he did.
After eating...we layed around. Alex and I crashed on the couch b/c we were exhausted. Alex took me on a quad ride, but i couldnt remember where the path was, so it kinda sucked:( Eventually Alex had to leave bc he had to work :( We went into town for the parade and the clown band. It was so fucking hott out and all we were doing was drinking beer, so i about passed out at one point. Not good. After that we went to a rope swing to go swimming. It was a blast. My arms still hurt though. back to the beer tent for another fab night. This time I got carrie drunk and we danced all night. It was awesome. When we got back to the cabin, brent made a kick ass bonfire. We had been trying all weekend but the wood was too wet. Eventually it was just brent and i. I made him go to bed with me bc i was scared to sleep in the tent alone. PLus he kept telling me that there was a man walking around the fire. I didnt think that was cool.
Sun~ we were awoken to rain on the tent and loud as fuck thunder. It was soo scary. I thought we were going to die. We, and by we i mean, I ran into the cabin. After the storm passed and the tv caught on fire, we went to breakfast at this kick ass place. Then I passed out on the couch again....and sadly back to lansing.
All in all it was a great weekend. I didnt want it to end. Sigh. A huge part of me wishes i was moving back to GR. Sigh what can i do now.