Park Inn And Suites Shakopee

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

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 ...

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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

... Sallyjawea gleaned two particularly interesting bits of information from their conversation. (Tam said Mom got a picture before they left so hopefully we can post it tonight) 1. Mdewakanto means Mystic Lake 2. Shakopee means Little Six Sounded like she was going to do a little research on that. Dad called a little later to get the blog started. He is stepping into character referring to ...

... 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 ...

... to offer in such a short time for us. I felt it was a big compromise to go to Texas or that region, and I had thought we might do it. But that was the first thing crossed off. I asked Randy about pros and cons about SW vs. SE. I was kinda leaning toward SE at that point, mainly because I had already written off Vegas so early on due to the CES convention. But I realized that going SE would not have been as fun for me - being an east coast person. Also I've been there before and I've ...

... Paul with its 175-foot dome and central rose window. The terraced city has 30 lakes within a 30-minute drive, and 90 parks. Cruise on a Mississippi River sternwheeler; at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus (39,315 students) take the animal barn tours. St Paul's Winter Carnival is one of the leading winter festivals in America with ice and snow carving, parades, parties and pageants. St Paul, Minnesota Population 284,037 Elevation 874 Central time zone