Day Tripping

I’ve been meaning to go to the Potosi Brewery for the past couple of years now. I’ve heard many a positive review from friends, but I just never felt like driving the 18 miles or so to get there. It wasn’t, however, until I got my gig at Stonefield that I actually had to drive through Potosi almost twice a week, and with that, I’ve been forced to watch happy people constantly going in and out of the brewery with big grins on their face just letting me know that I was missing out on some good times. Well, readers, I was determined to no longer be that envious onlooker. That’s when I bribed my boyfriend Chris to, yet again, join me in a day trip to Potosi. I promised him a free ticket into the Potosi Brewery’s museum (meaning I was willing to pay his way), and that I wouldn’t take photos of him and post them on this blog…oops.

The Potosi landscape is very beautiful, when you have someone with you who hasn’t seen it as much as I have, and they remind you about this truth. Potosi just seems like the epitome of an old mining town. All of the hillsides and bluffs surrounding it made the drive to the Brewery very enjoyable for the both of us. And once we got to our destination we made a quick dash for the museum portion to see what they had to offer. The best way to sum up the brewery’s museum in one word is: memorabilia. There was a lot of beer signage, beer bottles, and beer making equipment. I couldn’t help but wonder how the American Pickers on the History Channel would react to all of Potosi’s goodies. I’m sure one of them would have to “break the ice” with the museum and somehow convince them to sell their exhibits for half of what their worth (these are the kind of things I wonder when I’m around old Americana these days). So after cruising through the museum and only getting lost once, (this is a picture of me on a floor visitors aren’t supposed to be on)
we headed to the restaurant half and stuffed our faces.

Chris will most likely kill me for posting this picture, but I think it best sums up how we ravaged our delicious foods. Chris actually enjoyed his BBQ sauced burger so much that later in the day I honestly found a glob of said sauce behind his ear. How fantastic. Then after our eating frenzy, which came with a free root beer and Potosi beer (you have to buy a ticket to the museum to reap that benefit), we headed to the boat landing just at the end of town. Here's one of the best pictures we took there.
And here's the other one...

We took the long way getting back home to Dubuque by driving down Wisconsin's Rustic Road. I did not take any pictures of that drive because that's when I discovered Chris's BBQ'd ear, so I was understandably busy laughing at that the whole way back. Anyhoo, I just wanted to share this awesome day with you all. We both highly recommend you do it sometime too.