When Rod comes up during Fair Week, we have started a tradition of getting with my brother Jeff to do something. Jeff takes a week off during the Boone County Fair and since we don't get to spend much time with him, it's nice to get away and do something fun.
On the agenda this time, Rod had in mind seeking out a Tiki Bar that he had read about on Jimmy Buffet's fan site--a place called Hemingway's. So we printed out a map, and headed out. But first we had to run the folks car into Clinton to be serviced, so we did a little side trip to the Clinton Cafe, a place renowned for their pie.
Since we got to the dealership's service department at lunch time, we headed into town to find the pie place. We made it in before a large group of Japanese "tourists" who we hypothesized were in town to check out buying the whole town. Honestly, maybe they just heard about the pie because a couple of them wanted their pictures taken in front of the Clinton Cafe sign outside! Maybe there is a new pie franchise coming our way?!
The lunch was nice and the pie we sampled was incredible. If you are ever there and the Dutch Apple is offered--get it--warmed with vanilla ice cream. I am sure the Blueberry Jeff got was good too, but, after the other one I just couldn't taste it. The dealership was ready for us after lunch and we were in and out of there pretty quick. Then just a short drive into Lake Geneva where we parked near the Library.
The day was bright and sunny with lots of activity going on at the beach. We did a slow walk through the shade trees on the waterfront, the guys hoping to scope out some thong clad women at the beach before coming around the tour boats and heading back to the car. We were gonna do a drive by the Lake, and in after thought we should have. By then we were hot and ready for a cold beverage, so we headed to Hemingway's instead.
When we found it, there was one car in the parking lot and honestly it looked like it might have been there over the winter months. A quick look at the sign in the door told us we were too early for drinks in the Tiki Bar. Maybe when I come back for the Venetian Art Festival in a couple weeks I can have a drink there and send a postcard to Rod!
So Plan B was a return trip back to Rockford. I told the guys we could have a drink at Rascals and maybe catch the Cubs on one of the TVs. They of course were still hot and thirsty so we high tailed it back to town. On the way I sent Roger a text hoping he could join us. He ended up bringing Richele along with and we all had a couple beers, shot some pool and then headed back to the folks house for dinner. It was a nice day even though it didn't totally go by our original plans!
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