Went on my first ever "Man Weekend" last weekend. Now ordinarily I would think there are many ways to interpret such a thing, but it turns out this is kind of like an extension of the Irish "Lads night out" but lasts longer. A friend has a cabin in Leavenworth and so 5 of us went up to spend some quality time drinking good whiskey/beer, eating plenty of red mead and smoking cigars. This also coincided with the Oktober fest that has been hosted in Leavenworth for the last few years (who knew!) 

It was also a great excuse to take the bike over the mountains. Something I've been meaning to do for a while but never got around to it. I left work at about 4.00 and set off on a beautiful Friday afternoon. Since I travel light on the bike, my contribution to the proceedings was the very space economical large bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey. I arrived at 6.30 (the rest of them were already there enjoying a couple of beers on the deck) and was handed a cool refreshing beer. After that Blake cooked up some incredible Rib eye steaks on the grill (this man has a serious talent). Having downed the largest piece of steak I have ever seen it was time to retreat to the fire pit, talk shite, drink good liquor and smoke cigars.

Rest of the highlights (that I am permitted to speak of) included a great afternoon/evening in Leavenworth at Oktober fest, plenty more red meat and alcohol and a very enjoyable ride home on Sunday afternoon. Today, Tuesday, my system is still recovering from consuming that much red meat and alcohol in such a short period of time. I'll post a couple of photos taken at Stevens pass on the way over just to chronicle the first crossing of the Cascades. No other pictures were permitted in order to preserve the mystic that is the 'Man Weekend"