Zumiez Trip: Day 5.

After three epic days of Mike appearing and signing autographs at select Zumiez stores, we switched gears up a bit today. With nowhere to officially be until this Friday we began our drive East. Lots of time spent driving in the car today but we did make a stop in Black River Falls, WI for a skate session. Here’s a bit of a run down on today’s adventures…


We checked out of the hotel in downtown Minneapolis and had Joey Esposito bring our car around.


“I’ve never ate at an A&W before, have you?” “Of course, I’m an American.”


After lunch and getting some miles accomplished on the road we stopped at the Black River Falls Skatepark.


Overview of the park.


Overview from the other side.


Mike autographed this month’s issue of Trucker Monthly for a local skater.


Phone calls and text messages spread the news of Mike’s arrival. When we arrived at the park, only one other skater was there and slowly more people started showing up. One guy even walked a half hour by himself to get there and meet Mike.


Mike V… frontside air over the hip.


One last pic with Team Monkee Graphix on the way out. Thanks for hangin’ guys!


Back on the road, putting miles down. E Street Radio and Neverlost guiding us eastbound.


After posting up at a Cracker Barrel it was back on down the highway. Mission: get to Madison, WI and skate at the 4 Season Skatepark.


Young Mark crashed out in the back. No Reese’s Pieces this time.


We arrived at the 4 Season Skatepark around 7 PM and it was already closed. Their webite said they were open until 10 PM. Epic Fail. Nothing to do now except keep on truckin’. Looks like we’ll be heading south tomorrow towards Chicago. Stay tuned…

You can still catch Mike this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Zumiez at the following locations:
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