Draft Day Vikings Party. MGD & a Victory Voyage

I went to my first ever Vikings Draft Party sponsored by Miller Lite at Winter Park yesterday. I don't think it will be my last.

The highlight of the day was meeting and reuniting with all the great tailgaters, and Vikings fans. Saueey and I started the day out looking for bars that opened before 11 a.m. Unsuccessful, we headed over to the Vikings Training facility and waited in line for 30 minutes in the freezing, wind-whipping cold air of a Minnesota spring day in late April.

"Global Warming my ass!!," commented one disgruntled fan in the line ahead of us, "Open the gates and let us in already!"

Once inside, Saueey and signed up at the KFAN booth to win a really neat Vikings kids bike for our sons.

"Geez, I can't write my name, my hands are still frozen solid," commented Saueey.

We headed over to the Party Zone, and started to enjoy our beverages. The music was loud, festive and inspirational. Then I saw my former co-worker and current Vikings cheerleader Brita walking with her teammates. She came over to say hi, and we chatted about the good old days. It's always nice to know that one of your friends is a Vikings cheerleader.
It was great meeting the gang from the Vikings Victory Voyage, a community on the Wearevikings.com site. Kevin "Pure Purple" from Arizona is the real deal, a diehard Vikes fan. Darin from South Carolina promised to meet us in Tennessee for the Vikings road trip. My hats off to Janelle for her help organizing the event, and Skolt for being such a presence on the wearevikings.com social world of cyber purple. Everyone who we met today was great.

Jared Allen showed up to the draft party wearing his sh*tkickers and cowboy hat, and jeans. The modern day Marlboro Man is now our defensive end. He wooed the crowd with his personality, sold tons of #69 jersey. It made Zygi look comfortable for spending 71 million dollars.

The Vikings provided a great environment with plenty of food options, prizes and affordable $5.00 beers. I would say that the draft party at Winter Park is a great way to spend a few hours.