So we left LA on a Northwest flight Thursday the 1st. We arrived in Milwaukee around 6:30 and it took a lot longer to get our car than it would if I had used National. We rented from Hertz because I wanted a Mustang. It took close to 30 minutes for the people in front of me and then us. They are probably fine if you have their Gold club but otherwise go somewhere else.
We drove south to Kenosha on the 94. It only takes about 30 minutes. We got to the hotel and checked in and called Joce. She was out getting stuff for the wedding with Eric but we decided to meet for a late dinner when they finished. She told me she wanted to go to this new place close to the hotel. I thought it was a steakhouse but it ended up being a noodle place. Joce is a vegitarian and likes the noodles and veggies. The rest of us ordered meat on the meal. Decent food but I would rather have a steak.
The next morning we got up and decided to go on the Jelly Belly tour. It’s only a distribution place but they have billions of jelly beans in the warehouse. They drive you around in a little train on wheels and tell you the Jelly Belly story. Because they have food you have to wear the hat. That’s what I’m wearing in the picture. It’s kind of interesting and they give you a bag of beans at the end. One funny thing we learned is the beans that don’t come out right are called “belly flops”. You can buy 2 – 2lb bags for $8. We didn’t and I wish we had.
That evening we went to the rehersal and then back to the lodge to finish decorating. We were done about 12pm but that was only 10 to Betty and I. We went back to the hotel and went to bed.
Saturday morning we got up and actually had time to eat the modified continental breakfast. They also had a waffle maker, sausage, and biscuits and gravy. The waffles were very good. The other stuff not so much.
Then we headed to the wedding. Not a lot to say about that except the ring bearer was a tad too young to know what he needed to do. You can see him being carried by Gary in a few pictures. The weather was great and the ceremony only lasted about 15 minutes. That’s the right length as far as I’m concerned.
After the wedding we went to the reception. Again nothing more to say that you can’t see in the pictures. We left about 9pm right after Joce and Eric. Not much reason for us to stay since neither of us drink and the only people we knew were Judi’s family. I like them all but I’d already spent enough time with them.
The next day we had breakfast at the hotel again and headed off for the plane. I stopped to get gas so we wouldn’t be charged $6/gallon. I found out if you try to top off a Mustang it will overflow and make your shoe smell really bad. Just what I needed before getting on a cramped plane for 4 hours. We had an hour layover in Las Vegas where we not only changed planes but airlines as well. Predictably we didn’t have Betty’s bag when we got to LA. They found it and brought it to us last night.
It was a really great weekend and I was very happy to see Jocelyn. She’s grown up a lot. She works at United States Bank in Kenosha. Eric is planning on finding a better job than the YMCA where he’s working now.
All in all a fun time.