Surprise!

Fred turned 35 last Friday. He's done a couple really fun surprises for me, so I figured it was about time I do something to try to even the score. So, I took him to eat at Gastof's (German restaurant) in Nordeast Minneapolis with Tim and Adrea - saying that we were celebrating his birthday and Tim's recent birthday. Then at the end of the meal I said I had a surprise and that we were going on a Pedal Pub. He asked, "who are we going to pedal with?" and I replied, "they're be other people." He didn't notice that we drove by a group of his friends on the way to board the "pub". But he did happen to see someone familiar (Julie LeClaire) hiding behind a tree and then saw Alyssa and Joe walking up the sidewalk. And then Chad, Mary, Jill, Jim and Gene and Mary Ann came out and then he saw the rest of his friends wander up. He was surprised, so I considered myself successful.

We boarded the 16 person bike (only 10 people have to pedal) and made a couple stops in Nordeast Minneapolis bars. We actually had 2 pedal pubs, one for Tim and his friends, but Fred is so popular that his pedallers spilled over to Tim's pub. It was a fun outting, we did sweat a bit pedalling around and by the last bar, we just stayed on the pub in the parking lot, because it was fun to be on.

Fred's family and friends on the Pedal Pub.

The whold gang - 2 pedal pubs full of fun!

Alyssa and I.

Back at Gastof's after the pedalling - Fred drinking from a boot.

Fred and I at Gastof's.

Jason, Fred and Pete - yes, this is the best photo I could get of these goofballs.

Fred with Gene, Chad, Mary, Mary Ann and Jill.

Fred may have had a little too much fun that night - he had a rough ride home and spent most of the night sleeping on the bathroom floor. He recovered pretty well the next day and learned a valuable lesson about drinking like you are 21 when you're 35.