So here's the deal. Last night, I'm sitting around my house trying to think of something to do this weekend because we don't have school Monday. My first thought was to go someplace cold and ski, because its something that I haven't done in awhile and I enjoy it. But around 11:00, my friend and co-host Justin Neff came up with a better idea. So here I am, blogging live from Green Bay Wisconsin.
We drove up this morning, leaving around 9:30. In the car was Justin, myself, our other co-host Mark Perlman-Price and friend of the show and fill in co-host Jake Smurell. After 8 hours on the road which included stops for lunch at the KFC Buffet and at an "adult" store for a bathroom break, we finally arrived in Appleton where our hotel was around 7 pm. The temperature at the time, -8 Fahrenheit with -30 degree windchill. Now at first, I didn't think the cold was going to make THAT much of a difference. After all, I had been places with negative windchill before, and as long as I bundled up heavily, it wasn't too bad. But Green Bay is different. The MINUTE you step out of the car, you're already on the brink of freezing to death, at least that what it feels like initially. What kills you really is the wind. How people live in this type of town is beyond me. You couldn't pay me enough to last through one Green Bay winter.
But the great thing about Green Bay is it's the type of town where EVERYTHING revolves around the Packers. Which is understandable considering the rich history of the team. After unpacking, we drove to Lambeau Field which is one of those places that every sports fan, if they really are a true sports fan, should see before they die. To think this is the place where great players like Favre, Reggie White, Bart Starr, and the legendary coach Vince Lombardi all stood on Sundays and competed with the best of them. Walking into a local bar across the street from the stadium, all you heard were Packer chants and cheers from the customers while the Giants-Packers matchup from Week 2 played on the big screens behind us. I have to admit, we felt a little out of place be as it we were wearing nothing Green or Yellow.
We then went back to Lambeau inside the atrium that was just added. Inside, there are a bunch of restaurants, the Pro Shop, and various other places. They even have like a little arcade for the kids where you can practice running through practice dummies and passing at targets just like Favre does in a real game. It had been a long day for us, so at that point, we decided to come back to the room and relax. A 7 hour drive had made everybody tired so everyone's asleep at this point except me. Hopefully we'll make this a trip to remember. Until next time internet world, this is the ONE and ONLY Mike Oshita signing out.
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