The Marshfield Leg of The Journey

After my maiden voyage with the Focus, I had finally made it to Marshfield. I came during the middle of the day, so my parents were still at work, but Jordy was there to greet me,

Black and white Shih Tzu dog looking up at camera while sitting on beige carpet

When my dad got home, he brought some fresh cheese curds.

Clear plastic bag filled with fresh white cheese curds

The next day, Jake and I went to China Chef. Before that, we had dropped off his car to get a new valve cover gasket. After eating, we were able to see them work on it a bit. I dropped Jake back off, and then we I went to the Lava Carwash with my buddy Bob after loading his snowmobile up.

Person's hand working on exposed car engine showing camshaft and cylinder head components

Later that night, I went with my parents and we walked down a few backroads with Jordy.

Long straight rural highway stretching to horizon flanked by bare birch trees and grass fields with photographer's shadow visible Open field with dried grass in foreground and dense tree line under partly cloudy blue sky Misty rural road at dawn or dusk with fog-shrouded trees creating atmospheric silhouettes on both sides Two people hitchhiking on rural road at sunset, both giving thumbs up gesture with sun flare in background

You could definitely tell we were down some back roads when a tractor decided to drive by.

Yellow farm tractor or road equipment on rural highway with birch trees and fields on both sides

The next day I took it easy. Jake and I went to one of his friend’s places for a fire. I got to bed halfway early so I could make my impulsive trip to Thunder Bay. After getting back from Thunder Bay, I helped put together a bed at my grandma’s, and then the next day my mom and I went to Sam’s Club in Wausau. We had a little pit stop at Fazoli’s. It was wet and rainy that day, but at least the spaghetti was good.

Silver Dodge Intrepid parked in rainy parking lot with Fazoli's restaurant visible through fog in background White bowl of spaghetti topped with meatballs and red marinara sauce with breadstick on side

Later that night, I dropped by Nick aka, “Rufie.” He had put an air horn on the vehicle we went plowing with.

White SUV with roof-mounted off-road lights parked in residential neighborhood driveway

A little later in the week, I met up with Jake and a few other friends and we hit up Five-O-One Sports Bar and Jack’s. I didn’t drink that night because I was driving, but on Friday night I did.

Friday night I first ate at Lindsey Bar and then arranged it with Nick to be the DD so a few of us could go out and hit up Marshfield. You can definitely tell you’re drinking in Wisconsin when they sell 10 30 packs for $100.

Wooden sign advertising Hamm's Beer with pricing "$11 each or 10/$100" and "30 pk cans" details

I stayed at Nutz Deep the whole night and didn’t get many pictures overall. I’ll eventually write a blog entry about them. When Nick was driving us around, I saw another quirk of his vehicle. The gas gauge was going nuts!

The next night, I decided to take it easy, and also since I was driving, I didn’t drink. I did meet up with some other friends. We ended up at Rose Bowl and then the Brew Pub (which are two other places I’ll eventually blog about). I noticed they had a lot of Austin-made vodka at the Brew Pub.

Dimly lit promotional sign for Blue Heron Brew Pub featuring Tito's American Mules for $7.00 with football imagery Bottle of Dripping Springs vodka photographed in low lighting conditions

After that, I went out to a fire at another friend’s house.

Large bonfire burning intensely at night in open outdoor area Campfire with burning logs and glowing red embers in fire ring at night Large bonfire with tall flames consuming wooden pallets at night

The next day was my grandma’s 90th birthday party. I helped set up, and the party went great. I noticed outside the park, there was someone way more daring than me with their classic car. With the snow in the area, I didn’t take my chances, but I guess this guy did.

Suburban intersection with orange traffic cones and vehicles including orange Dodge Charger in background Orange Dodge Charger styled like General Lee from Dukes of Hazzard parked near building with "01" on door

Overall, it was a good trip to Wisconsin. I got to see a lot of people and also do a lot of things. It was interesting still seeing snow, and it kind of sucked not being able to bring my Cougar out. I did get my fair share of cheese curds, and I do look forward to being back up again!

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