Hampton Inn Minneapolis/Minnetonka

We arrived mid afternoon in Bloomington. We passed the Mall to go register at our hotel. We stayed at Staybridge Suites just west of the Mall. It is a super nice place and they offer a full breakfast in the morning. Also every room is a suite with a ...

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

... It is Las Vegas after all. Going to be staying for 7 nights and I am bringing a good friend of mine. We hope to gamble the nights away and take in some of those girly shows. Sounds like fun! Wish me luck

... I t*ld him that f*r the h*stel if they didn't all*w me *n the trip they w*uld get my 200 d*llars dep*sit, s* it was all win win. It did disapp*int me initially, h*wev** I refused t* get d*wn and c*ntinued with my plan *f acti*n f*r the day. I was g*ing *n this adventure by h**k *r by cr**k. And s* the m*rning arrived when the West**n R*ad Runn** turned up t* pick up its m*tley crew *f urchins, h**b**ts, waifs and strays and *th** ass*rted repr*bates f*r this ...

Hello, all, I'm sorry that I haven't written in a terrible amount of
time, nor did I post the photos I promised I would.

BUT,
now I have gotten it together and made two albums. It's hard to try and
distill 1245 photos into 120, but I think I did ok, if you have any
questions or want to see a different photo, email me at ...

... Vikings walking around in a purple suit and looking like he had consumed one to many glasses of wine. Funny thing is, I later found out when I got back to the States, that Carl Eller had got stopped by the police on the way back from the inauguration party and was taken downtown. Noone still knows why he was there in the first place. LOL!!!

... a great time together makes us all look forward to other trips with her. I will also look forward to seeing what Layl creates with her whacked out mind. She has an uncanny way of turning serious artwork into fanciful silly sculptures that amuse and amaze everyone. As for me I am looking forward to seeing what kind of forms, thoughts and ideas influence my own art work. So caio and I will see you on our next trip. Josh

... visit some Maya ruins, eat some seafood (and rice and beans), snorkel. Next you hear from us we'll be shooting the breeze in Belize. A few things about Belize: - Located in Central America south of the Yucatan peninsula. - Population of approximately 282,000. - Roughly the size of Massachussetts. - $1 US = $2 BZ - Bordered to the east by the 2nd largest reef in the world (after the Great Barrier Reef in ...