It's that time again!

Not to be predictable or anything, but I think Nick and I can ink in plans for the last weekend of the rest of our Septembers. We first went to Minocqua, Wisconsin together in 2007. We were going solely for the purpose of hitting the bike trails…but the weekend we scheduled just happened to be this local festival: Beef-A-Rama.

The festival weekend kicks off with a Rump Roast Run. The top three finishers actually win a rump roast. This is funny to me on a lot of levels, but mainly because I'm not fond of beef…so it's as good of a reason as any why I won't ever place in the run. That's right, folks: I throw the run because I don't know what the heck I would do with an 18 pound roast.

Anyway, that first trip during Beef-A-Rama was a fluke, but it started a tradition.

Don't get me wrong: we would still have a nice time without the festival. I think Bearskin must be my favorite biking trail…and Wisconsin's north woods in autumn are breathtaking:



But somehow the weekend feels much more special with all the merrymaking. People are in the streets…happy, friendly, and in the mood to celebrate with perfect strangers. It's a beef festival and all, but they're really not celebrating beef (perish the thought). They're celebrating a day of lightness, a day to feel good for no reason at all.

I can't wait!