tentative plans..........

I am likely coming up on Thursday evening.  We were originally going to stay at the Clarion, but it looks like we are going to cancel our room to save cash.  A friend of mine and his wife live just off the bike course by the BP in Verona, so I will likely be staying there Friday and Saturday night and stay at my brother's place on Thursday and Sunday which is about 5 blocks south of Camp Randall.  I would rather do lunch than dinner on Saturday.

Any time works for me! I have a volunteer meeting saturday morning, so I will be in the immediate area to meet for lunch.

  Well, if it "Best" Western, then they are stating that there are at least three Westerns, so, then of the 3, the one you will be at is the "Best" Western, so one of the other two has to be the "Worst" and not "worse".

  Sat. morn I'll be with my kidlets for the kids' race, for sure.  Are you signing up for that?

  Do we want to restrict it to Donkai only or include other BT'ers, too?

We are staying with friends on the near west side.  Coming in Saturday afternoon sometime.  Boys have a football game that morning.  Let us know if you end up doing din din.

well if there were three it could be best, the worse, and then worser....................it makes sense dambit!!!!

and no, pullilng out of the kids race as i guess i cant use the training wheels since you need them for the big race on sunday..........

We're doing the kids race on Saturday morning, for sure.

If any of you donkai need a place to crash still, I have a blow up mattress and a living room floor. Or a basement, if you don't mind unfinished basements. Or a futon on a front porch. Or a futon moved to the basement. Or the top bunk above a 6 year old. You get the idea.

I could probably be talked into hosting a cookout or late brunch on Saturday, as well.

Not doing the race, but volunteering for three shifts - I would love to meet up with some of you beforehand.  Also, if needed we have extra room in the basement - near Madison in Fitchburg (unless KimK takes me up on the previous offer!)

Picking up Bob Stocks from the airport at noon Thurs....checking into the Clarion with Mr. Bullhorn himself on Friday...would love to get together whenever.  We have our room until Monday morning. 

It's only a run, so no training wheels needed since no bike, however, you do need some new shoes, so, here ya go -

http://tinyurl.com/n9vekz

I'm up for lunch, dinner, whatever on Saturday.  We'd had U2 concert tickets in Chicago that night, but we've sold them off.  We also have room at our place if any Donks need a place to stay (please read the label warnings).

RELAXATION WARNING: THREE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 6 MAY CAUSE EXTREME STRESS OR LACK OF SLEEP.

I went by time more than by street. I wanted to get my volunteer gig done early so I could go yell my fool head off wherever I wanted for the rest of the day.

bscharff - 2009-08-25 9:47 AM

schmize - 2009-08-25 9:34 AM We are headed up friday afternoon, so no Gatorade swim that morning for me.  We will be staying at the Clarion, as well.  I would offer to hi-jack the bull horn, but I LOVE the bull horn, so that won't happen.

We will be there until Monday morning.

I am up for anything on Saturday.  Hell, screw the race, lets all go to the Kollege Klub and tear that place down

now this is the type of pre-race festivities i could get into...!!!

i'm thinking for saturday... we start with the badger game... bloody marys and beers before hand down at the regent street bars...  then after the game go to the memorial union...  hang out on the lake and have a few 60 ounce beers... hit up the kollege klub (i used to live there back in school)...  make our way down to state street brats... then bar hop our way down state street until we end up at the essen haus...  there we can do boots of beer until the race starts... i may have a slight hangover for volunteering that next day... but i'm willing to suck it up... 

come on ironpeople...!!!  watcha got...?!? 

that all sounds like a blast.  I'd volunteer for those travel plans for sure