A Minnesota Memory in My Mind!!

I have not really blogged this trip in very much order.  The trip was relatively short - on Thursday we got in, on Friday we took two tours and did a lot of driving.  On Saturday we drove to Walnut Grove, and on Sunday we went to church, drove around the city and then flew home.  Bonny was our full-time driver - and did a great job!!  She's always been a great driver - and has always loved driving.  Good thing - because she had to do a lot of it this time!!

  (With a rental car, it became too complicated, owing to our various arrival times, to get anyone but Bonny and me on the car - and I'm a good driver, but not so good in a strange place - everyone knows about my spatial weaknesses - so Bonny got the job.)

I'm having a hard time keeping track of which photos I posted on which blog, Facebook or text message.  So there are duplicate postings no doubt.  At brunch on Friday in Minneapolis - don't let the plastic wrap in back fool you - the cafe was delightful - but there was some construction - I think they are expanding.  It was one of those "let's fix up an old building in a revitalized neighborhood" kind of places.  And the food was top-notch.

Here we are picking up Hannah and Eliza.  Only took a few loops around the airport before they were able to deplane - there had been some technical difficulties with the stairs off the plane.  Bonny and I got some great shots of Fort Snelling in the process though - Fort Snelling where Joe went in the war!

 

After we dropped off Hannah and Eliza on Sunday, we went to Minnehaha Park and falls - a great day for a walk.

 

At the airport on Sunday.

 

Eliza had researched and planned much of what we did - so she was a great navigator and dispenser of interesting facts - ask her about water towers some time!

 

At the Little House displays in Walnut Grove you could play the pump organ if you wanted to.

 

And you could hop on the wagon and take a pretend drive!

 

This plaque marks the spot where the Harts lived when they moved back to Minneapolis after Maud finished high school.  The house and surrounding houses were destroyed to build a park. 

Hannah took a turn on the organ too.

 

Cruisin' and snackin' in the mini-van.

 

Bonny and Phoebe posing in the "outhouse!"  They could hardly keep a straight face!!  We did a significant amount of laughing - always good for the soul!

 

Checking out the layout.

 

Taking a shot of the falls.

 

Enjoying the scenery.

 

I've said it before and will undoubtedly say it again, but I just love hanging out with my girls.  (I love my boys too, but can't quite see them wanting to do a Betsy Tacy trip!!  Which is why we have family events to include everyone - and for many years Harry did backpacking trips with the boys.)

The best thing about having children - boys and girls - is that they grow up to become your friends!