Northland Inn And Executive Conference Center Brooklyn Park

... 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 ...

... MI (Detroit area) at the CourtYard of Marriott. Not the newest place, but I tell you hands down this is the place to stay. I have never stayed in a place where the majority of the staff went out of their way to just be nice and help. I stayed at a Hilton Garden Inn, brand new. Beautiful surrounds, but no substance in the stay. I had staff walk in on me sleeping, saying oops and slamming the door. It was bad. The Farmington Courtyard was the ...

... in Tanzania, there was no doubt in my mind that I was going. He met Happiness while she was a student at St. Olaf College and the two of them spend time both in the US and in Tanzania. They both care deeply for the people and land of Tanzania and have started a non-profit called Hearts of Hope to support vulnerable and homeless kid as well as advocate for children's rights with the government. In Tanzania, weddings and wedding gifts are a really big ...

... 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

... ceremony and inauguration party. I went over to a table that was adorned with lots of French flair and decorations, and a hostess offered me a glass of champagne. It was so good! I then made my way over to another table full of Parisian o'dourves and appetizers. In between eating and people watching, I looked up and noticed Carl Eller from the ...

Finally, after two days spent dozing aboard Greyhound buses, or smoking at several of the company's boring stations in such places as Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Kansas City (in Missouri), and Des Moines, I arrive, triumphally, to Minneapolis, MN on a warm, sunny, end-of-July day. The journey wasn't actually that boring, nor particularly tiring, just extremely long - 41 hours in total. It also gave me the opportunity to meet some cool people, and ...