My son and I had a terrific time this past weekend on our first trip to Lambeau.
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I'll skip the parts that you guys wouldn't care about and just try and hit the high points.
We stayed at the Bay Motel, about 1 mile from the Stadium (easy walking distance, plus there's a free bus that stops right outside the motel that runs every 30 mins). Rooms are on the small side, the motel is older, but it is very clean. Packer fans gather in the parking lot each night and quietly party. I would highly recommend them and would stay there again.
We toured the Packers Hall of Fame and took the Stadium Tour, both which I would highly recommend.
Here's some photos (I'll hide them under a spoiler alert so they don't take up so much room, and you can re-hide them):
Horsing around in the Hall of Fame
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My son said the bike was extremely uncomfortable
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Bunny ears for Bart
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They have a full-sized wall in the Hall that you can 'Leap' on. My son is only 5-2, and surprised me by being able to do the Lambeau Leap...
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His Fail Mary imitation...
During the Stadium Tour they take you up to the roof of the South End zone, the highest point in the stadium (besides the electronic signs)...
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And they take you out through the Players' tunnel to the field. They don't let you go out on the field itself, but you're right down there next to the field.
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It was raining steadily before the game. We were going to walk to the stadium but ended up taking the bus. Fortunately, it cleared up around game time, and we were able to dry out. We hadn't brought waterproof rain gear, and would have been miserable if it hadn't.
And needless to say, we enjoyed the game. At 31-0 and 38-7, it met my definition of a good game--the complete and utter humiliation of the opposing team. We live in Redskin country, and the newspapers back here were talking how the Redskins were embarrassed.
Some photos from the game:
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Opening Kickoff...
First points on the board (Crosby's FG)
My son and I went up to the roof during the game
Starks' TD run (he's about to get the handoff from AR, just above the official on the left).
On the way back to the motel after the game (and after walking around the parking lot with the tailgaters), we passed a house a good distance from the stadium that had 3 little girls with Pom Poms out front, doing cartwheels, etc. They looked to be about 5 or 6. One had an Aaron Rodgers jersey on and was standing on a picnic table. As we walked by, she put her hands on her hips and said "Discount Double Check". We just had to laugh.
For the most part, our meals ended up being burgers of one sort or another. We ate at Kroll's (Butter burger); Fuzzy's 63 (Fuzzy's special burger--one beef patty, one brat patty--this was GOOD!!!) and the Titletown Brewery (where I had a spicy Elk burger (with some variation from their menu) and my son had a Bison burger). Their Johnny Blood Red ale was delicious, too.
Titletown has the old receiver statue that used to be in front of the Packers Hall of Fame. The street in front of Titletown was renamed this summer to Donald Driver Way, and the statue was repainted to represent DD.
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Clowning around in front of Titletown
And we hit the Shopko right across from the Corporate HQs, which has a huge Packers section (and just happened to have everything 25% off--woo hoo!).
On the flight from Milwaukee, one of the flight attendants was wearing a Bears lanyard. I have some Packers music on my iPod (I have it under the Religious genre). One of the songs is "The Bears still suck" Polka, so I started that playing and as the flight attendant passed our seats I held it up so she could read the title of the song. She was a good sport, and razzed with all of the Packers fans on the flight. As we were landing, she ended up her last announcement with "Go Bears". The booing was quite loud.
All in all a successful trip.
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