We just make it to the Farmer's Market in Savage after getting lost a couple of times. The GPS didn't help. We have lunch at a little bakery.
Corinne buys an outfit from a boutique called "Giggles" at 50% off. We stop at Walgreens and get flu shots. We'll be fighting with MVP to get reimbursed for them.
We drive around Burnsville and are disappointed by "The Heart of the City". The only thing of interest is the Theater Center.
Bob's daughter Beth and her husband Nate are visiting in Minneapolis for a Homeschooling Convention at which they will be marketing the educational games they sell.
We drive to Minneapolis a little early to explore. When we get there, we are tired and there is nothing we really have time to see. There is a nice city park near their house. We park our car, put the seats back, and take a much-needed nap.
In the evening we enjoy a nice dinner with Nate's cousin Rhonda and her husband Darwin in Golden Valley, MN, near Minneapolis. They have a daughter Mary Jo who is the same age as Nate's daughter Kezi. We have a lovely time on their patio eating BBQ while being warmed by their chiminea.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Day 98 - Friday, 9/25/09, ON THE ROAD
Tom and Gina have to get up at 5:30. They are leaving for KS to help their daughter with her house. We say goodbye and then at 6:00 go back to sleep in the RV for a few hours.
It rains, for the first time in 6 weeks in Minnesota. After breakfast at Perkins, we drive to our next RV park, 20 minutes outside of Minneapolis. It is a good day to stay inside, work on the blog, and finish the thank-you notes for our wedding gifts.
There are malls as far as the eye can see on both sides of Highway 13 in Egan. We decide we want to go to a movie in Burnsville, but forget to set our clocks ahead. By the time we look up, it is time to go to the movie and we have not had dinner.
We treat ourselves to popcorn, M & M's and slushies for dinner. We use our Regal Gift card at last.
It rains, for the first time in 6 weeks in Minnesota. After breakfast at Perkins, we drive to our next RV park, 20 minutes outside of Minneapolis. It is a good day to stay inside, work on the blog, and finish the thank-you notes for our wedding gifts.
There are malls as far as the eye can see on both sides of Highway 13 in Egan. We decide we want to go to a movie in Burnsville, but forget to set our clocks ahead. By the time we look up, it is time to go to the movie and we have not had dinner.
We treat ourselves to popcorn, M & M's and slushies for dinner. We use our Regal Gift card at last.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Day 97- Thursday, 9/24/09, ON THE ROAD
Sumac is prevalent on the roadsides now, in cranberry and blazing red.
There are potato fields near St. Cloud, MN. A passerby stops his car and picks up stray potatoes that the machine turning over the field leaves behind. This reminds me of the biblical verse about leaving gleanings for the poor in the fields.
Two hours before Cottage Grove, we are in suburban sprawl. There are malls, stores, car dealers, corporate offices, and more malls. We so much prefer travelling through farm country.
We see the first taxi we have seen since Seattle.
ROADKILL: Raccoon
We are on the Mississippi River. Somehow that doesn't compute with Minnesota, but then Corinne has never had much of a sense of geography.
Our destination is Bob's friends Tom and Gina McCauley. We haven't seen them in a couple of years. They treat us to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays, where Bob is very happy to get an excellent steak.
Just before sunset, we play bocce ball in their bumpy, downhill sloping front yard. Before the mosquitoes get us, the men manage to slaughter the women.
We plug the RV into an outlet in their garage overnight so the refrigerator can keep working. It's so nice to be able to stay in a real bed again!
There are potato fields near St. Cloud, MN. A passerby stops his car and picks up stray potatoes that the machine turning over the field leaves behind. This reminds me of the biblical verse about leaving gleanings for the poor in the fields.
Two hours before Cottage Grove, we are in suburban sprawl. There are malls, stores, car dealers, corporate offices, and more malls. We so much prefer travelling through farm country.
We see the first taxi we have seen since Seattle.
ROADKILL: Raccoon
We are on the Mississippi River. Somehow that doesn't compute with Minnesota, but then Corinne has never had much of a sense of geography.
Our destination is Bob's friends Tom and Gina McCauley. We haven't seen them in a couple of years. They treat us to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays, where Bob is very happy to get an excellent steak.
Just before sunset, we play bocce ball in their bumpy, downhill sloping front yard. Before the mosquitoes get us, the men manage to slaughter the women.
We plug the RV into an outlet in their garage overnight so the refrigerator can keep working. It's so nice to be able to stay in a real bed again!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Day 95 - Tuesday, 9/22/09, ON THE ROAD
The rolling hills of North Dakota are lush with acres and acres of sunflowers bending in the wind. Hay bales are scattered, lined up or stacked for a few hundred miles.
There is still some corn, but there are signs that it is being used to manufacture ethanol. This is a very controversial process. Consumers worry about how much corn it takes to make a gallon of ethanol and wonder what will happen to the edible corn supply. Will it drive prices up? Will the Mexican population have enough for their tortillas?
The evergreens are mostly yews, for windbreaks, but most of the trees are deciduous. About 50% of them are turning yellow or maroon.
There are little mounds of rocks in the fields where the farmers have piled stones dug from their fields while plowing.
It's amazing how many colors of green, tan, rust, yellow, gold and brown fields one can count in a five mile strip.
When we see some white cows drinking from a stream. Corinne wonders if they are holy Brahma bulls. Bob says they are just the beef for White Castle hamburgers.
I-94 is interrupted by major road construction. Once again we see the humongous vehicles and the huge staging area from which the workers radiate for 6 miles in both directions.
There is still some corn, but there are signs that it is being used to manufacture ethanol. This is a very controversial process. Consumers worry about how much corn it takes to make a gallon of ethanol and wonder what will happen to the edible corn supply. Will it drive prices up? Will the Mexican population have enough for their tortillas?
The evergreens are mostly yews, for windbreaks, but most of the trees are deciduous. About 50% of them are turning yellow or maroon.
There are little mounds of rocks in the fields where the farmers have piled stones dug from their fields while plowing.
It's amazing how many colors of green, tan, rust, yellow, gold and brown fields one can count in a five mile strip.
When we see some white cows drinking from a stream. Corinne wonders if they are holy Brahma bulls. Bob says they are just the beef for White Castle hamburgers.
I-94 is interrupted by major road construction. Once again we see the humongous vehicles and the huge staging area from which the workers radiate for 6 miles in both directions.
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