On Sunday my brother-in-law Dan called and said that the whole famdamily was going out to the lake for some fun in the sun. I thought to myself, "Bierwoman, you better get your ass outside and get some rays!" So I bid my fond friend Michelle Skaley adieu and took off for Lake Moses. I was driving along listening to Dane Cook's new comedy cd Retaliation (check it out, it's funny) when all of a sudden... WHAMMO! All cars are stopped. Lucky for me I was able to react in time and not rear-end anyone. We creeped along for about 20 min before we started moving again. In the end it looked like there was a terrible accident, but I heard later that luckily no one was hurt. Ok so I start cruising along again and get to Fergus Falls to fill gas.... (remember that it will tie into my story later) I get off the exit go around a curve and WHAMMO dead stop again. This time I think I was sitting there for around an hour. This time it was a bottleneck to get into a construction zone. I think the first jam may have caused the second... All those cars travelling together for such a long time. SUCK. Anyway we start moving again and I see a sign that says Evansville exit closed as of Aug 3rd. Of course the Evansville exit is the one I was supposed to take. I don't know my way around the back roads of western MN that well so I took the nearest exit and called my brother-in-law. He guided me to the lake and FINALLY I arrived at the lake. What was supposed to be a trip just over an hour ended up being a 3 hour drive! All I have to say is thank you Dane Cook you saved my sanity for the first two hours of my trip there... Without that comedy I am sure I would have torn all my hair out! I bet you think this story is over don't you, well not so fast... I hung out at the lake for a few hours, did some family bonding and whatnot. I went to my car and got ready to leave when I noticed a weird spill on the side of my car. I forgot to replace my gas cap and close the door over the gas cap so I had been leaking gas for at least half of my trip. OH JOY. What a damn day....
