Extended Stay America Minneapolis - Maple Grove

... room and a kichenette. After check-in we went to the mall and had a great time.

The next morning we went to IKEA by the mall and then to the local casinos. No luck on winning but it was fun. After the casinos we started to head back to Milwaukee.

Today we woke up late again, but headed out to Minnesota after eating lunch. It was a late start at about noon. The 7 hour drive was frightening as there was snow falling down when we drove through Iowa. At several stretches, we drove only 20 mph because of all the snow. The interesting part was that it came in spots even though we were constantly driving north. The drive took longer because it was all stop and go ...

I'm frantically trying to work through my 3 page list of things to do before I go. Setting up a travel blog was one of the things on my list. Hopefully this will work as a great way to share stories and photos will all our friends and family back home. This seems pretty easy so far. My next task is a little more complicated...buying another swim suit. Why did I wait until 48 hours before departure to tackle this monumental task?

Off to MOA!

Mary

Here are links to over 800 photos I took on the trip. They are in chronological order.

1st set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743654&id=13903381&l =6484cf32ac

2nd set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743677&id=13903381&l =21fa01c9dc

3rd set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743705&id=13903381&l =8604f37db0

4th set

http://www.facebook.com/albu m.php?aid=2743712&id=13903381&l =1612875889

Leaving on my trip to Las Vegas tomorrow. I found some cheap motels through this website, extended stay motels that were very affordable. I didn't read the reviews though, so I hope they are not too sleazy. But ...

... aol.com

Thanks for reading, it was fun.

Haley

Photo album of Tanzania:

http://www.facebook.co m/album.php?aid=2009449&l=ebde3& ;id=1232460204

Photos of the rest of Africa:

http://www.facebook.com/ album.php?aid=2009455&l=f980b&i d=123246

That is what greeted me as I entered the gate area, where everyone was preparing for the first non-stop flight to Paris on Northwest Airlines. I admired the ice replica, and noticed that they had every facet and detail chiseled into the ice perfectly. Northwest airlines went all out for this one. All the news channel were there to cover the ribbon ...

... Nature Center where we saw other adults and children running to the door, excited for the maple syrup experience. We started by letting the children romp through a maze of taxidermy and terrariums shouting about snakes, turtles, bugs and various stuffed...er, ah...stuff and then headed into a room for our lesson in trees and sap. The kids were totally into it and I must admit, so was I. I found myself wanting to holler out the answers to the questions I knew ...

... up with new friends who run a school near the southernmost tip of India (Slater's service project). Itinerary 2/2 - Chicago to New Delhi - 14+ hour flight (whew!) 2/3 - New Delhi - hang out and do touristy stuff 2/4 - New Delhi - same 2/5 - New Delhi - same 2/6 - New Delhi - same 2/7 - New Delhi to Jaisalmer ...

Wanted to let everyone know that I am back from my Boundary Water canoe trip and had a great time. An absolutely amazing place and which I highly recommend. I stayed at a relatives house last night who lives near the Minneapolis airport. I'm flying to Boston in a few hours to see a Red Sox game tomorrow and then to New York for a Yankee game on Saturday. I'll do a full update on the boundary waters soon when I can do it some justice and the baseball too of course. Brian