Thursday the Japanese kids arrive. Then we start a week of "Fun Camp". Gonna be intense. Then...
Friday, July 28- RCC show (A on map). Yamato is hosting the Western Corps Connection event. Eight bands will be performing. Immediately after the show at 11:30 pm we'll head out for Glendale, Arizona (B on map). And away we go!
Saturday, July 29- Arrive in Glendale 5:00 am. Breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, dinner, go to stadium, do a show, 11:00 pm depart for El Paso, TX (C).
Sunday, July 30- Arrive El Paso 5:00 am. Breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, dinner, pack and load, depart for Odessa TX (D).
Monday, July 31- Arrive in Odessa at 1:00 am. We don't know where we're sleeping yet. Get up at 8, breakfast, rehearsal, POOL PARTY, lunch and dinner in there somewhere, 10:00 pm depart for Frisco, TX (E).
Tuesday, August 1- Hmmm, arrival time at Frisco not on the schedule. Get up at 8:00, breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, pack and load, head for stadium, show at 7:00, dinner, depart for Van Buren AK (F) at 11:30 pm.
Wednesday, August 2- Arrive Van Buren, AK (F) at 4:00 am, University of AK Fort Smith, wake up at 8:00, breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, pack and load. head for stadium, show, dinner, depart for Jackson TN (G) at 11:00 pm.
Thursday, Aug 3- Arrive in Jackson (G) at 6:00 am. Breakfast, rehearsal, pack and load, lunch, head for stadium, show, dinner, depart for Ottawa IL (H) at 10:00 pm.
Friday, August 4- Arrive in Ottowa (H) at 6:00 am. Breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, dinner, LAUNDRY! Depart for Dubuque IA (I) at 10:00 pm
Saturday, August 5- Arrive in Dubuque (I) at 12:30 am, sleep in an elementary school. Get up at 8, breakfast, rehearsal, snack, pack and load, lunch, head for stadium, show, dinner, depart for Michigan City IN (J) at 10:00 pm.
Sunday, August 6- Arrive in Michigan City (J) 2:30 am, sleep in another elementary school. Wake up at 9, breakfast, rehearsal, pack and load, lunch, head for stadium, show, dinner, head back to elementary school at 11:00 pm.
Monday, August 7- Wake up 8:00, breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, pack and load, dinner, depart for Reedsburg WI (2nd A) at 7:00 pm, arrive at 11:00 pm. Go to bed.
Tuesday, August 8- Wake up at 7, breakfast, rehearsal, pack and load, head for stadium, lunch on bus, show, go back to housing, dinner, rehearsal, go to bed.
Wednesday, August 9- Wake up at 8, breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, head to Madison (B), competition, LAUNDRY AGAIN, pizza for dinner, go back to housing, go to bed.
Thursday, Aug 10- Wake up at 6:30, breakfast, head to stadium, Semi-Finals, lunch, Quarter Finals, dinner in there somewhere, back to housing, go to bed.
Friday, August 11- Wake up at 9, breakfast, rehearsal, lunch, rehearsal, pack and load, dinner, head to stadium, Semi Finals, dinner, Go back to housing and go to bed.
Saturday, August 12- Wake up at 8, breakfast, head to stadium, Finals, lunch, finale and awards, dinner, depart for Foxboro, MA (it says this in the schedule but it CAN'T be right; probably Foxboro Wi (C)), DCI World Championships at 6:00, go back to housing. Ok, this is screwed up.
Sunday, August 13- Yamato Banquet and free day in Milwaukee. Um, what do I reeeeally want to see in Milwaukee? Go to a beer and cheese museum? I'll be in Wisconsin, home of James Sensenbrenner and Bernie Griffin (Jim's dad's mega-bitch girlfriend). Two people who should never have been born. Just hearing that accent makes me want to crawl out of my skin.
Monday, August 14- FLY HOME!
Tuesday, August 15- Crawl into bed in my darkened bedroom (A) and sleep forever.
(Jim here; I added references to the map points on July 31. I hope they help.)
Oh Doni, I really feel for ya even more now!
ReplyDeleteYour "free day" in Milwaukee made me google for things to do in Milwaukee, and I found this list, which I guess has become a reglar tradition since its creation in 1999:
100 things to do in Milwaukee
See the Brewers in Miller Park.
Go to the Domes
Dine and explore the Safe House
Go strawberry picking in Mequon
Eat at Organ Piper Pizza
Catch a drive-in movie in Jefferson
Go antiquing in Cedarburg
Climb Holy Hill
Take a trip to Oneida
Bike in Lake Park
Sip a Brainbuster at Bryant's
Visit the library at the Milwaukee County Historical Society
Watch an IMAX movie
Buy a brat at the Usinger's store
Tour the Lakefront Brewery
See a Wave game
Pitch and putt at Noyes Park
Marvel at the Art Museum expansion
Take photos of old buildings in the Third Ward
Smell the flowers at Boerner Botanical Gardens
Ham it up with the monkeys at the Zoo
Trek up to Green Bay for the Packers Hall of Fame
Ice skate at the Pettit Center
Get a corned beef sandwich at Jake's
Shop on Brady Street
Take a leisurely drive up Highway 57 as far as you're willing
Ride the Milwaukee Loop
Visit a Farmer's Market
Fall in love all over again over a Tikki Love Bowl at At Random
Tour Miller Brewing
Go to the Halloween haunted house in Hubertus
See nature at the Schlitz Audubon Center
Make a difference at the Volunteer Center
Pet the animals at the Humane Society
Tour the Pabst Mansion
See a band at the Cactus Club
See a Bucks game
See a play at Boulevard Theatre
Bowl a few lines on America's oldest lanes at Holler House
Try a fish boil in Door County
Visit all four taverns on any given street corner
Talk to the Pepperoni Cannoli guy
Sunbathe at any beach on Lake Michigan
Swim in the Brown Deer Pond
Wander around the Bong Rec Area
Marvel at the Mars Cheese Castle
Have a bowl of Real Chili
See an Admirals game
Sled at the North Avenue Water Tower
Watch kids playing soccer at Uihlein Park
Get lost in Cudahy
See the stars from Mequon
Stroll the Streets of Old Milwaukee at the Museum
Shop the outlet malls in Kenosha
Get a tan in memory of Dick Bacon
Buy a kite at Gift of Wings
Milk cows at a farm
Take a road trip to the Cave of the Mounds
Find Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
Stay at a Bed and Breakfast in Cedarburg
See Sigmund Snopek play
Float on the Ducks at The Wisconsin Dells
Take a road trip Circus World Museum
Hop aboard the Lake Express ferry
Be cool at a monosyllabic downtown club
Go to a Friday fish fry
Rent a kayak Take a ride down the Milwaukee River
Get a night cap at Pieces of Eight
Eat a butter burger at Kopp's
Have breakfast at the Plaza
Bike the Kettle Moraine
Sail Lake Michigan
Visit America's Black Holocaust Museum
Take the ferry to Washington Island
Watch people play lawn bowling at Lake Park
Rollerblade at Veteran's Park
Ride the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla
See the statues in Doctor's Park
Bowl at Koz's Mini Bowl
Shop for a vintage LP at Flipville Records
Sing at Art Altenburg's Concertina Bar
Take an art class at Artist and Display on Burleigh Street
Tour St. Joan of Arc Chapel on Marquette's campus
Sit outside at Taylor's
See a play at The Rep
Get hot ham and rolls at the National Baking Company
Tour the city's longest street, 27th Street
Stand at the bottom and gaze up at the US Bank Building
Buy vitamins at Outpost Natural Foods
See if the security guard at the Midwest Express Center is real
Take the kids to the Betty Brinn Children's Museum
Tour Harley-Davidson
Window shop at Rubin's
Get a shake at Lixx
See Pat McCurdy play
Golf indoors at Indoor Links
Get pizza at Zaffiro's
Cruise Lake Drive
Have lunch with Bud Selig at Gilles
See the cool interior of St. Sava Church
- elaexjl - a thing to do in Milwaukee
OMG. I will so pray for you.
ReplyDeleteAnd hell, how are you going to do all 100 of those things in one day?
Momma, you's a braaaaave lady. *hug* Just don't die of roadtrip.
ReplyDeleteAnd most of the names on that list scare me! Fish boil? Eeeeeeewwwww!
Holy crap, indeed! Have you ever seen a more crazy, effed up schedule?
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the list, Jim. It's good to get this information early so I can make reservations and plan my itinerary. Let's see...
Dine and explore the Safe House- Is this for battered women?
Marvel at the Art Museum expansion- There's a good 30 seconds. I'm sure I can fit that in.
I like these three; Swim in the Brown Deer Pond- NO!!!!!! Wander around the Bong rec area- Yeah, after visiting that all you'll be fit for is wandering around. And then you'll be ready to Marvel at the Mars Cheese Castle (and then eat it).
Get a tan in memory of Dick Bacon- Oh man, this conjures so many images.
Rent a kayak and take a ride down the Milwaukee River- Now there's a phone call I want to make to a parent. "Yeah, the last time I saw your daughter she was riding sown the Milwaukee River in a kayak. Sorry..."
Eat a butter burger at Kopps- Are you kidding me?
Visit America's Black Holocaust Museum- Sure to be a bucket of laughs.
Be cool at a mono-syllabic downtown club- Um, no.
Ride the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla- Is this a brothel?
See the statues in Doctor's Park- Marvel at the 50 foot spleen.
Tour the city's longest street, 27th street- Not America's longest street, not Wisconsin's longest street, just Milwaukee's longest street.
Stand at the bottom and gaze up at the US Bank building- I hope it's on 27th street.
Tour Harley-Davidson- BINGO!!!! I am so there!!!!
D.,
ReplyDeleteI wanna sip a Brainbuster. Again.
You should set up an audioblog thingy on Blogspot and you can post audios from the road on your cell phone. It's easy as pie.
Better than Kerouac!
Have a safe trip.
That should say "from your cell phone" to your blog.
ReplyDeleteDean- Oh well. I'll still call you.
ReplyDeleteBill- Interesting. Maybe Jim will be willing to figure that one out for me. It's almost 1am and I've run out of time to figure out something new.
BYE!