Blogs from Minnesota, United States, North America - page 8

Our resort is located on the shore of Lower Cullen Lake, and so we spent a good bit of time on the shore and out on the lake. Closest to the resort is a swim beach that is shallow and perfect for the kids. There is also a little stream that ran next to the beach, which leads down to Nisswa Lake. I guess if you take a small enough boat (perhaps a kayak?) you could head out to the other lake. However, the flow of the stream might make it hard to get back! We stuck to Lower Cullen Lake. The kayaks and paddle boards were free for us to use from the resort, and they also offer a pontoon rental for a fee. My mom wanted to take out the pontoon boat, and so ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Excellente nuit, la chambre superbe. Hier au soir je ne voulais pas reprendre la voiture pour trouver un resto, je suis allé dans celui de l'hôtel. Mais là rien à voir avec la qualité de l'hôtel. Mon steak correct sans plus. Une seule serveuse, mais elle valais le coup d'œil. La cinquantaine, un short ultra court, et impossible de faire plus moulant. Cerise sur le gâteau de grandes bottes à poils. "incredible" J'aurais eu honte de faire une photo. Plus pute que ça tu meurs. Je n'ai même pas fait l'effort de comprendre sa conversation. Une horreur. Ce matin départ à 8 h la route, une 4 voies genre autoroute, entre Wausau et Minneapolis, ce n'est qu'une ligne droite et elle est à une limite de 70 MH (115 kh) ce qui est ... read more

We traveled through Southern Minnesota on our way to Wisconsin to visit some friends of Bonnie. We stayed out in the country by Blooming Prairie north of Austin. Austin is the home of the Spam Museum which we visited and found more varieties of Spam than I ever expected. We also went up to Owatonna in a crazy rain storm to visit the Orphanage Museum. The Orphanage was at one time the 3rd largest in the US. In the 1938 it housed 500 children and had 100 staff. As I was walking through the museum, a man said to me, "Can you believe we walked in here and saw our grandfather in this picture right here?" His grandfather had been sent to the orphanage along with several siblings after his mother and two siblings had died ... read more

Geo: 44.539, -92.3495Our Memorial weekend trip. Jeff finally found an opening (cancellation) 3 days before the weekend. We had nothing booked up until then and I kept telling him..."good luck finding a campground open during Memorial weekend". His reply..."I'll find something " Well he proved me wrong after several days/hrs of searching and calling. When we booked it we were pretty excited about seeing this State park. He looked like a nice one. We arrived at around 6:15 Friday night (about a 3 hr drive with traffic and the way GPS took us on the "Great River Road" scenic road). Friendly DNR checked us in and we finally bought our Hiking Club membership. After a quick set up we took a little walk around the campground (as we usually do) and then grilled some burgers. It ... read more

Even though I'm 4 days late, I'm starting at the beginning. Do, here goes: The flight to Minneapolis was fine, if you remember to forget that originally you were scheduled to leave RSW at 8:20 but American decided to cancel and change departure to 6:20, thereby necessitating a 4 a.m. wake-up call. However, the call of the Mall of America beconed, so I rejoiced about the fact that I could shop tax-free for 1 1/2 days. Fun time at the Mall, loved the roller coaster ride, too. Then the fun stopped as we dragged our bags back to the airport, onto a tram which took us to the bus for a 2 1/2 hour ride to Forest City. When we finally arrived we were assigned our RV, number 311. We knew that had to be good ... read more