It is Day 8 of our vacation and we are finding new ways to be late leaving the house. Today it is Marissa being unable to find her toothbrush. That one will be tough to beat! Yesterday almost by accident,…
2017.07.29 Donuts, Science, and the Rehearsal Dinner
When Allison and Paul visited us on Wednesday, they told us that Minneapolis truly supports their mom & pop donut shops. Places like Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme have a hard time making it. So this morning, we paid a…
2016.07.28 Mill City
When doing research on things to do in the Twin Cities area, we came up with quite a punch list of attractions. Today we attacked that list. The day started with a drive through the University of Minnesota campus. Back…
2016.07.27 Mall of America
We had been in Minnesota for nearly 48 hours without visiting the Mall of America. We fixed that oversight today. Steph, Miles, Marissa and I arrived at the mall at 10:30, while KK & PK would join us later. Marissa…
2016.07.26 Touring St. Paul
Today’s activities focused on exploring St. Paul. Our day began at the Landmark Center, which was originally a Post Office and Federal Courts Building, but is now a visitor center and office building. The Federal Courtrooms in the building became…
2016.07.25 SPAM Museum
Since we don’t get to see Stephanie’s Aunt Mary that often, Stephanie and I, and the kids, paid her a visit while KK and PK slept in and took it easy. Mary has only lived in Iowa for a few…
2016.07.24 American Gothic
KK & PK got up before 7am and went for a walk at the Centerville square. They flagged down a local and asked a few more questions about the RAGBRAI bicycle event. There are going to be 20,000 people in…
2016.07.23 Dancing Our Way to Iowa
In 2007, we planned a vacation around the wedding of my brother, Scott, and Erin, in Orlando. This week, we do it again. My cousin, Allison, is getting married in Minneapolis on the 30th, so this seemed like a pretty…