We'll call this one the big thaw.
The big thaw.
At least we weren't a little north and west of here.
Yes. Yeah. Yeah.
I mean, it is April, right?
It is, but I don't remember icing like this in a while.
No, it's funny.
I was watching the brewers have a, um, it's called just a bit outside.
It's a documentary film about the 1982 season and that, that opening game got
or opening weekend, it got all, well, it was like a foot of snow.
Oh, jeez.
I'd rather have snow though, I think.
Yeah. Yeah.
But, uh, man, we had, I saw some stations off the air because of icing.
What happens is if ice gets on your antennas, yeah, it's kind of like
kinking a garden hose.
Oh, okay.
So the power can't escape.
Sure.
We're fortunate to have radomes, which are like plastic covers on them.
Yeah.
On, uh, the lower power FM's on the bug.
We had power foldback, but like maybe 200 watts, which at 6,000 doesn't
really make a difference, but it's interesting watching all of that happen.
And, yeah, we'll get there.
We'll get there.
We'll get to stay positive.
How, that's why we have my box.
That's right.
Yeah, that's on tap.
No.
Yeah.
Uh, and you guys took a little vacay.
We did.
Yeah.
We were, uh, we were spring breaking it as they say.
Yeah.
We were, we went down to Kentucky and, uh, we went to the ARC experience.
Have you heard of this?
Is that the one where you see like the, the giant ARC on TV and stuff?
Yeah.
Well, they, they, they built Noah's Ark essentially.
Yeah, I think I've seen from the, from the, from the Bible.
And it's the world's largest wooden structure.
Really?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It was, it was really cool.
Um, and they did a ton of research.
Like, they even figured out like how they might have watered them and fed
them like they had, they had all the stuff inside and like just like getting rid of the animal
waves.
Did you wear your captains hat?
I didn't wear my captains hat.
No, no.
No.
Did you have one?
I didn't have one.
No, they don't have rum on that.
No, no, no rum on Noah's neck.
Yeah.
I mean, they probably did on the real one.
But you need one of everything in that bar.
Exactly.
So how long did this take to go through the internet?
Uh, it was probably a half a day.
I mean, it was pretty.
No kidding.
Yeah.
I mean, it's, it's impressive.
I mean, the size of the ship.
I don't know what the size of the ship was.
Yeah, I think it's five over 500 yards and it's, it was three stories tall, but I
mean, big story.
Like, I mean, it's, yeah.
Is it kind of out in the middle of nowhere?
Like a wall drug?
Yes.
Yeah.
It's just out.
It's kind of in the Cincinnati area just across the border and Kentucky.
But it is kind of out in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah.
So not too far, really.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sanibel Island, Florida.
I hadn't been there since the hurricane.
Oh.
And our friends had a place down there.
So we went and visited them there.
They were on Captiva, which was a lot of fun.
So I know a couple of people in that area.
You probably were two ships passing in the night.
Sure.
Yeah.
Did you, uh, do they have any kind of, you know, micro brews and stuff down there?
Like we have, um, they, it was a pretty sparse.
It, well, we didn't go to any.
I did, like in the Cincinnati and Kentucky area, I went to a couple breweries.
That was pretty cool.
Well, yeah.
But yeah, not so much.
I didn't see me on Sanibel or I, I know four Myers has a brewery, but I think we didn't
go.
Yeah.
Not like around.
I don't think it's like around here.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll tell you the traffic was just like driving down to Alabama is fine.
Driving down to Southwest Florida or South Southeast, Southwest Florida is, uh, south
in general.
And it's just, I mean, there's a lot of cars.
There are.
Wayne was saying because he just got back from Arizona on the last weekend, but he's
on the air Monday.
But he said there's like seven lanes of traffic going one direction in that Maryvale area
where they stay and, uh, they're going to add like three more lanes.
I guess.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
It's, it's just nuts.
But I guess he wouldn't want micro brews, micro brews and that kind of area.
No.
Yeah.
You're driving.
I mean, it's not, yeah.
It's not as many ditches over.
Yeah.
That's true.
That's true.
Did you have good weather?
We did.
Yeah.
Weather was great.
80 and sunny.
Yeah.
Nice.
But it's good to be home.
You know, um, I always say like living and ripping in this area.
It's the greatest place on earth.
It is.
We put up with, you know, like, whether we had yesterday and stuff, but I mean, that's
really it.
Oh, it doesn't happen too much.
We got it.
Pretty good.
And you know, um, a customer of mine, he said, it's a good thing that we have weather like
this because it keeps the tourists away.
That's true.
Like from like we want them to come, but, but they don't live here.
Oh, yeah.
You know, I don't have to put up with it all the time.
It's like being the fun uncle.
Right.
Exactly.
Yeah.
The kids get to go home.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Back to Illinois.
Yeah.
So anything on the horizon at Knuth Brewing?
Yeah.
We got, um, Mark Wayne, um, is the steel guitar country, country player.
Yeah.
Um, he's tomorrow night, five to eight, which he's fantastic.
Have you never seen him?
Said he's a real name or stage name?
I, you know, I've always called him Mark Wayne.
I, you know, so, um, it's a good question.
I'll ask him tomorrow.
Yeah.
Uh, so he's playing tomorrow night.
And then we got next Saturday, Andy Brown, the one man band five to eight, but we also
have, um, so I, I don't, you're not a huge golf guy, but the master's tournament is coming
up next weekend.
So we have the brew master's.
Follow Tiger Woods right now.
Oh, yeah.
That guy just, what, what is the deal?
Like if you have that much, like, don't, can't you just hire somebody?
I guess he didn't want to hire the driver or something.
I don't know that guy.
He's not 100 grand a year or something.
You know, yeah.
I'm not a pop for that.
By the time you're through all the tip and the cars over as well.
Well, then what is he losing an endorsement?
I love.
I digress.
Right.
But anyways, but anyway, um, so we have, uh, so we have the brew masters at, at the
brewery, which is our, we started it last year.
It was a Saturday event.
Now it's going to be a Friday and Saturday event on the putting green.
So it's open registration, um, probably start around noon on Saturday, but Friday
night will be, we'll have like a hole in one contest and practice rounds.
You got to polish up the, well, and you can come meet the players.
You get autographs, you know, you can walk the course with them.
Kind of like they do, you know, that's like, that's what they do down in Augusta.
You know, like I don't mess Monday, Tuesday Wednesday.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, dollar hot dogs.
Sure.
I love it.
So, so that's going on next week and follow our, our Facebook for that.
But that, it's, we had a blast last year and I'm really looking forward to it this
year.
Honey, I'm going to be gone all day.
We got to get this all figured out.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We got to get the, the roller out and, um, you know, like the Zamboni.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But, uh, yeah, we got that and then, um, we've been busy.
Uh, I got to give a shout out, um, Finn and Feather and Winnecony.
I saw that.
Is, is, is, uh, Red House ail on tap and they have a big Easter brunch thing going on.
They do.
Um, you can get, uh, Red House ail at the Finn and Feather.
We're at Parker John's now.
We're at, uh, the nut house, nut house in, uh, Kana or Kimberly.
Sorry.
Okay.
And then, um, we picked up a few places in Beaver Dam and Green Bay.
So, very cool.
Now this summer, you have an excuse to hop on the boat and we shoot up river.
Yeah.
I'm in.
I'm in.
I bet the Finn for one.
Yeah.
You drive, I'm in.
We could get a discount, I think.
I would think so.
Yeah.
Contact info, Dave.
Uh, 74851888.
Happy Easter, everybody.
We can have one next week.