Hilton Garden Inn 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

... 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!!!

... goodness. We were encouraged by the nature preserve staff to taste every tree (and we did) and I was surprised to find the sap wasn't sticky at all but just like water with a hint of sweetness. Abby was proud to carry her bucket full of sap but Brenna was more interested in the witche's brew of syrup that was being cooked over a massive fire. After we'd emptied our buckets it was over to the fire to see how the sap was converted into syrup. The sap is cooked ...

... laborers 2/14 - Jaipur to Cochin, Kerala - fly south and do touristy stuff 2/15 - Alleppey to Varkala - train further south and more touristy stuff 2/16 - Varkala - relax 2/17 - Varkala to Nagercoil - visit family and school on southernmost tip of India 2/18 - Nagercoil - hang out with family friends and visit ...

Today Paul helped his aunt load a bunch of random *stuff * into a wheelbarrow and get it all out of her basement. She is hoping to put her house on the market soon and Paul had asked to be put to work to assist in this endeavor. Our iPod completely wigged out on us on the trip up-leaving us with a grand total of 3 CDs to listen to ...