Badger Weekend

This past weekend we were lucky enough to have the most beautiful end-of-summer weather!  It was in the 80s on both Saturday and Sunday with temps staying in the 60s in the evening until pretty late.  That was especially nice because we spent the weekend in Madison.

Mike, Debbie and Ben flew in from Salt Lake City on Friday afternoon and we went to The Old-Fashioned in downtown Madison right by the capitol.  The place was absolutely packed and we had to wait for over an hour just to be seated.  But we had some great cheese curds and the guys tried interesting beers while we waited.  Then, we went back to our hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites) for some drinks and snacks in our room.

On Saturday, Peg, Len, Tim and Tracy and Scott, Maggie, and Scott all drove down and we had a really fun day hitting various hot spots near Camp Randall, and generally getting in the mood for a Badger game.  Debbie met a 'real' Badger fan, and the Utah State fans got some generally good-natured ribbing from the Badger fans.






Alex was decked out in his Badger shirt, plus his soccer gear because he had played soccer that morning before coming down to Madison (and he scored 4 goals in a row).  As we were walking around the area near Camp Randall before the game, Alex was thrilled to meet the real Bucky Badger and show him the smaller version that Alex had brought along.

 My favorite part of the evening was the Wisconsin Band, which entertained at half-time and during the fifth quarter.  Earlier in the day, though, while we were enjoying the afternoon at one of the pre-game party areas, the Drum Corps came through and entertained the crowd.  (Note:  while we were in that party area, Alex also caught some beads that were thrown out into the crowd from the stage so he was pretty excited).

On Sunday, we headed back downtown to the State Street area just to enjoy the beautiful Sunday morning weather, and we found a Mexican restaurant that also had big screen TVs everywhere, which was the best part for the guys who were dying to see what was happening with their Fantasy teams.

All-in-all, a really fun weekend with beautiful weather and a pretty exciting end to the Badger game (which they ended up winning when Utah State missed the field goal with seconds to go).