September 24, 2022
Today is a very unusual day. A friend of ours and his wife are in town for the Buffalo Roundup. They are a week early so they will miss the Roundup this year. However, Nancy and I will spend the evening with Steve and Lisa. Steve was one of the first people I met when we moved to Indianapolis in 1975. Steve and I both worked for Precision Fire and Safety and then we both got on Carmel Fire on the same day. It has been several years since we’ve seen them. They came to our place around 3:00 PM and we sat and talked for a while. We then ventured to Hill City to dine at the Alpine Inn. As we had an hour or so to wait, we ventured over to The Twisted Pine for drinks and a meat and cheese board. We eventually go into The Alpine Inn. Dinner was fabulous as usual.
The night was still young so we opted to try a new place in Custer, The Old Pine Social Club. It is a bar that has axe throwing. And we found out they had Bocci Ball and Hammerschlagen. We spent a couple of hours there. We started by playing Hammerschlagen. It is a game of hammering a 16d nail into a block of wood with the point end of a rock pick hammer. You take turns and only get one strike per turn. It is a lot of fun. Then we turned our attention to axe throwing. The owners went over the safety rules and how to properly throw the axe. The biggest safety rule is that you must wear closed toe shoes. Steve and Nancy didn’t have any. So the owners let them borrow Crocs. Still closed toe and they met the insurance requirements. They gave us each 5 practice throws. It took a while to get the hang of it. but it was a lot of fun. Steve got a couple of bullseyes, as well as I. Nancy had one also. Lisa was having a hard time with the game but she was having fun. It was a great evening. We had the chance to talk to the owners also. Great people. I hope their business thrives.
