Minneapolis, MN

Well well well...day 4. We woke up bright and early again this morning. I've been enjoying the time change. I always like heading West, because I feel like I'm gaining time. Uncle Joe made us scrambled eggs for breakfast (he loves making omeletts!). We spent a little more time with Pepere while he was eating his breakfast and then said good bye. Uncle Joe then gave us a personalized tour of Kenosha. We went to see Lake Michigan, went to the Kenosha Public Museum (to see a Woolly Mammoth), and then we toured my Aunt's horse farm. I saw a coffee shop called Mo's in downtown Kenosha (I took a picture of it for you Momo!). Before we left town and headed towards MN, we stopped at Target and I picked up a $10 headlamp (I know mom, the head lamp....you have no idea how sad I was!) to use the next few days and a neck pillow to make the car a little more comfortable.

After Target we got onto 94 and were on our way around noon. The drive through Wisconsin was pretty boring. There was a lot of corn and flat land. However, I've really been enjoying watching the white fluffy clouds as we drive. Once we started getting closer to Minnesota the scenery became a lot nicer. The only interesting thing to report from the road today is a license plate that read, "STRBUCKS." I'm hoping that they own a Starbucks or something and don't just love the coffee. We arrived in St. Paul and Minneapolis around 6:30ish. I really enjoyed driving in Minneapolis traffic this evening. I've missed driving on Storrow Drive in Boston every day and it was fun to drive in city traffic again. I already know that's weird.

Ilona's friend, Eric, showed us around Minneapolis. I wasn't sure if I liked it at first, but it quickly grew on me. I think that it's another place I would consider living if it didn't get so darn cold. We got to see a lot of the downtown and then went to visit The Spoon Bridge. I guess it's a famous piece of sculpture. It was cool because it's a giant silver spoon with a cherry at the end, and the Minneapolis skyline is in the backround. After taking funny pictures with the spoon we headed to dinner. We ate at a Blues and BBQ place. Who would have thought BBQ in Minnesota? I certainly would have never put the two together. It was good and the I enjoyed listening to the live music.

I've been pretty bad at posting pictures, but Ilona has been keeping up. You can find her pictures in a link from her blog (there's a link on the side of this page to her blog).

Tomorrow morning we're heading to IKEA for the $.99 breakfast and then stopping by the Mall of America. What US Road trip would be complete without a trip there? I feel like by the end of this trip I'm going to need a caffeine IV!