Blogs from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, North America - page 2

After a slow morning, we got up and moving on a mission: to see some artsy stuff, and check out the biggest mall in the country. We started at Mall of America. It's about a 20 minute drive outside the city, but good lord is it immense. You walk in, and the central courtyard has a full amusement park. It's not just one roller coaster, it's three. And two dozen other rides. Of course, there's a couple hundred stores and cafes, an arcade, a kids area, and about 11 parking lots. And a hotel. I literally can't even explain it. We just wandered around, played some in the arcade, window shopped, did a little actual shopping, and then just laughed about there being an actual amusement park in a mall. When we got back to the ... read more

Several weeks before I arrived in Rockford IL, I had had a malfunction of the toilet in the Pilgrim. Normally, on that particular brand of toilet, the flushing mechanism operates via a foot lever that returns to a neutral position after flushing. Suddenly, it stopped returning to neutral. That was not a big deal, as all that was necessary was to lift the lever with my toe to return the lever to neutral. When I had the Pilgrim in the shop for maintenance, the toilet was one item on the repair list. As I noted in my previous blog, after retrieving the trusty old gal from the dealership I had taken her to a friend’s place (my sister-in-law’s brother) for storage for five days before I departed Rockford on a Wednesday. On the first weekend following ... read more

Well the trip has come to a end we went to 5 states Massachusetts, Rhode Island,New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. we were out exploring about 7 hours a day and most of it was walking. We had so much fun a learned a lot. Below everyone shared what their favorite food was we ate and what they learned and what was their favorite thing we did. WE THANK YOU LISA for taking us on this amazing trip. Dakota,the thing that I learned was that bunker hill monument had 294 steps , the thing I had most fun was going to time square and six flags. My favorite thing to eat was philly cheese steak. Anna, one of the things that I learned was that caption Malcolm has bulltes in his grave, i LikEd most was ... read more

Asia Adventure Hey everyone! This is my new travel blog to keep you updated while I'm tromping around Asia this spring. The first map shows which countries I'll be visiting while the second map is an interactive view of my tentative itinerary. Dates and place subject to change. I leave February 4 and will arrive in Bangalore at 2am February 6. Map Legend: Yellow Green Blue Maroon img=http://www.worldmapmaker.com/pix/24x16-flags/in-flag... read more

This week is our last full week at camp and next week is what we call a sampler week so it finishes on Wednesday instead of the Friday. They always finish on a sampler week as it takes us a full day on Thursday to clean all of camp etc. I'm so excited to finish camp! It's been a great journey and I have met wonderful people but I am ready to explore more of America now! Last week was great! I had one of the youngest cabins so it was tough at times but I was working with one of my best friends with camp (Olivia) We have got along well since week one and we are both so so similar. Each week we take the kids on one overnight camping trip where we make ... read more