March 4, 2022 @ derek.broox.com

March 4, 2022

I slept 4.7 hours, checked in to 12 places, took 31 photos, wrote 4 microblogs, and walked 4.2 miles. I was in Des Moines, Albert Lea, New Ulm, and Hanlontown.

	4:16 am	woke up after sleeping 4.7 hours
	6:41 am	Feels like Christmas morning
	7:58 am	checked in at QuikTrip, Des Moines, Iowa
	8:03 am	First time doing this
	8:26 am	Kari's ass: smacked. Cold pizza: snacked. Jeep: packed. Dewski: cracked. Heading north. 3 comments
	9:35 am	I can’t think of a place that I’d rather be
	9:59 am	checked in at Trail's Travel Center, Albert Lea, Minnesota
	11:25 am	checked in at Best Western Plus New Ulm, New Ulm, Minnesota
	11:36 am	checked in at Lamplighter Bar & Grill, New Ulm, Minnesota
	11:46 am	checked in at Veigel's Kaiserhoff, New Ulm, Minnesota
	11:58 am	These dudes have been meeting up to get lunch here for years. This is my first time making it.
	12:12 pm	Lunch at the Kaiserhoff. The Sauerkraut was ridic.
	12:27 pm	Jukebox time
	12:38 pm	Hauey
	12:40 pm	Who drinks a brandy old fashioned at lunch? Us, apparently.
	12:43 pm	Veigel's Kaiserhoff Old Fashioned
	12:49 pm	Chuck is feelin it
	1:36 pm	Chuck orders a Grasshopper
	2:02 pm	Being "helpful"
	2:03 pm	Chuck lays it on Jill
	2:18 pm	checked in at Hyvee, New Ulm, Minnesota
	2:33 pm	checked in at Best Western Plus New Ulm, New Ulm, Minnesota
	2:46 pm	Josh and I are doing water taste tests between the hotel taps and nalgenes of water that we brought from our home towns. 2 comments
	4:10 pm	These folks came to the hot tub prepared, haha
	4:42 pm	Friday afternoon hot tubbin
	4:52 pm	“What the fuck is wrong you guys?” - the person next to me and Josh in the hot tub 1 comment
	5:39 pm	checked in at Smiley's Bar, New Ulm, Minnesota
	5:53 pm	A selfie with Bock Fest friends
	6:39 pm	Blake and I destroyed shirts vs skins foosball
	6:39 pm	Team Shirts
	6:41 pm	Blake moves to team skins
	6:46 pm	What's this?
	7:21 pm	checked in at Best Western Plus New Ulm, New Ulm, Minnesota
	7:46 pm	Cuddle buds
	7:50 pm	Hey Chuck
	8:10 pm	Josh lays down the law
	8:10 pm	Jeff has a response
	8:10 pm	The rebuttal
	9:06 pm	In which Josh inserts his arms into the bottom side of a napping man's pants.
	9:19 pm	Party on the goat!
	9:19 pm	Lamplighter dance party
	9:21 pm	checked in at Lamplighter Bar & Grill, New Ulm, Minnesota
	9:24 pm	The GTO party accessory
	9:33 pm	checked in at Mowans Bar, New Ulm, Minnesota
	10:05 pm	checked in at Rodney's Tavern, New Ulm, Minnesota
	10:30 pm	Come on up, buddy
	10:33 pm	Upstairs
	11:29 pm	These balloons turned everyone into playful children. It was kind of awesome.