Eagle River

I've been keeping a little "journal" if you will, so I can write down the events of the day then transfer them to my blog. I started last night at 11:20 p.m. til now...

11:20 p.m. - Waiting to board the plane. Doc is laying on the floor listening to music, DP is reading the paper & Scott is playing Texas Hold Em' on his phone. We made it through airport security without a hitch. The only problem we face now is... no bars are open. Apparently airport bars close at 10 p.m. So it ended up being a bowl of Ivars chowder & a bottled water. Going to try & get some shut eye before they let us on the plane. Flight leaves at 12:30 a.m.

3:30 a.m. Pacific Time ( 5:30 a.m. in Minneapolis ) We just landed in Minnesota. It was impossible to sleep on that plane. After trying to situate myself into a "comfortable" position, I almost gave up. I had moments where I was out, then my head would move & I was searching for that next "comfortable" position ( Which never stayed the same!! ). I finally lowered my tray table & crossed my arms & laid my head down. I haven't done this since high, wait... middle school. But it worked, just like it did then.
Once we landed the group ( both Monkeys & Icelagers - 14 of us total ) headed over to Chilis Too for some breakfast We were the first customers of the day. We had 3 hours to waste. Off to the next gate to try to get more shut eye... or I thought. Rob & I ended up playing with the T-Pain app & it was pretty damn funny. I ended up crashing on the floor.

7:00 p.m. Wisconsin time...
We got to the lodge, played some serious parking lot hockey & then did some grocery shopping. We checked out the rinks, 24 in all. They had just finished flooding them so they were a little wet. It's expected to drop to minus 2 degrees tonight to help freeze that water. We were the first team to check in & register, first team to sport the new USA replica jerseys we got from USA Hockey & Labatt Blue. Once we got back home, I was finally able to catch up on at least a hour & a half of sleep. I was finally woken up by DP to let me know Doc had made a killer dinner. So that brings me to now... I walked in the cold to come to the office to write this & upload a few pics. I did some video, but my editing skills is taking too long. I SUCK!! So pics will have to do for now. I'll post it in a different post... GO MONKEYS!!