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OKTOBERFESTSEPT22.23.2012

as much as i love New Glarus beer, and think the town is absolutely charming, we probably shouldnt return this year.  the first year, we got the farmer in trouble with the feds, the second year we got chased off the brewery grounds and started a facebook war with the proprietor as she stated how much they hate us money wielding chicagoans, how the packers are gonna kick our ass, and that we are not welcome there.

so...im thinking Michigan this year. and i will refer to my Michigan specialists for help in coordinating - the Aaron and Katie Bussey clan. New Holland Brewery? Founders Brewery? Bell's? something along the Musketawa trail? something along the kal-haven trail?

Now, these breweries dont exacty seem to have an Oktoberfest per se...but, i think we can make one. get our own band to play some fun oompa and beer drinking songs, create our own dance floor, etc etc. of course, this would be coordinated with the brewery ahead of time. lederhosen are highly encouraged.

once again, we will be using reggies bus to get out there. maybe we will have a box truck again. even better, maybe we will have or own bus!!

thoughts? suggestions? alternatives?

 

links:

camping along Kal-Haven:

http://www.vbco.org/downloads/campgrounds.pdf

http://www.vbco.org/government364491.asp

Musketawa trail:

http://www.musketawatrail.org/

http://www.trailsfromrails.com/musketawa_trail_info.htm#Coopersville for campgrounds

the breweries:

http://www.bellsbeer.com/

http://foundersbrewing.com/

http://www.newhollandbrew.com/

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Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on July 10, 2012 at 10:05am

How about Shore Line Brewery in Michigan City In.? We can bike there. Camping is close by. And, I bet they have some sort of Octoberfest... Look what I found;

http://mcsummerfest.org/index.php/summerfest-calender-of-events/eve...

Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on July 10, 2012 at 10:27am

And, I found this camp ground that claims it's large group friendly;

http://www.duneland.com/aer/campgrounds/michigan-city-campground.html

Permalink Reply by igz on July 10, 2012 at 10:56am

the mileage is a bit of concern if riding out...

Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on July 10, 2012 at 11:58am

Agreed.  And we'd have to vet the trails (3 according to Google) to see how friendly they are.

igz said:

the mileage is a bit of concern if riding out...

Permalink Reply by igz on July 10, 2012 at 12:30pm

ive taken them trails to dunes, they are decent, mostly paved. but still.

Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on July 10, 2012 at 12:32pm

Mmmmm...pavement!

igz said:

ive taken them trails to dunes, they are decent, mostly paved. but still.

Permalink Reply by KatieP on July 10, 2012 at 12:40pm

I can't wait for this! Assuming we want to camp, I know New Holland has an okay campground with awesome lakes (a small & lake michigan) near it. Founders is in the heart of Grand Rapids, so finding a campsite nearby would be more difficult. I'I'm unaware of campgrounds in K-Zoo, so I'll check that out.

Permalink Reply by KatieP on July 10, 2012 at 12:44pm
Permalink Reply by Chuck a Muck on July 10, 2012 at 1:36pm

I take the Dunes Highway/US 12. Cuts 18 miles off the trip. Takes me about 3.5 hours to get to Michigan City...

Permalink Reply by igz on July 10, 2012 at 2:18pm

thats if the zombies dont get ya in gary

Chuck a Muck said:

I take the Dunes Highway/US 12. Cuts 18 miles off the trip. Takes me about 3.5 hours to get to Michigan City...

Permalink Reply by S on July 10, 2012 at 2:19pm

I know some people that did a group ride to Chesterton and back on the 4th of July.  I can probably get a route or garmin map my ride from them.  From what I understand it was an 8 hour ride to get through 217km.  Of course, this was a training ride with mostly fairly fit cyclists going fastish in pacelines so it's more of an upper bound on how fast you could do the route.

Permalink Reply by igz on July 10, 2012 at 2:19pm

wow, indeed!  ima map these out, maybe we can do a brewery bikecrawl if some are close enough.

KatieP said:

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