Around Minnesota the kickoff of the brewery colletibles show season is Springfest. We were all
geared up to go and suddenly a spring snowstorm was forecast. So being the quick thinkers that
they are Judy and Colleen decided we should stay at Bullocks Friday night and beat the storm to
the Cities. So after a long day at an appraisal class I drove home from Des Moines, picked up
Judy and our luggage and we headed for Watertown. We arrived
around 10:30 and me and Big Bird started quaffing cold Grain Belts
in the Cable Table Tavern. It was a good primer for the show on
Saturday. Saturday
morning we got up early
and hit R & B s in
Watertown for a good
breakfast. If you ve
never had breakfast here
you don t know what
you re missing! We
arrived at Evert McClay
around 9:15 and found a
place to park after some
diligent searching. Once
inside I started walking the floor. And like always ran
into to many friends and had to stop and chat. As the
day went on I finally was able to cover the entire trade floor. There were some nice things, but
nothing had me reaching for my wallet. Stevan Miner scored a really cool Hamm s pre-pro TOC
sign. Big Bird got some nice small pieces for the Cable Table
Tavern. All we got was a wooden Schell s salt shaker and a
Grain Belt mug
I had not
previously
seen. But lots
of fun was had.
After the show
we headed
back to
Watertown for
the evening at
Cable Table Tavern. Mike Mullaly and Jay and
Teri Martin came out too. We rocked to the
music on the stereo while soaking in the glow of
the beer lights. Around midnight we called it
quits and got a good night s sleep. Sunday
morning was breakfast again at R & B s. While
we didn t find much we had a great time. And there will be more coming next newsletter about
what I did find 2 weeks later in Minnesota. It takes patience and persistance in this hobby and
good things will come. Tom #28855
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