After a long and flat ride through Sioux Falls (see I knew it was flat) we finally reached Minnesota. Instead of staying on a southerly course we decided to take a detour to Minneapolis. Our good friend Katie from Kauai was back in the midwest for the summer and we were going to hook up with her at the biggest mall in North America (not the world anymore)-The Great Mall of America. Needless to say we were overwhelmed with all the "stuff" let alone the amusement park inside the mall. I think we forgot how to shop in addition to losing the desire. After five minutes we were ready to leave. To wait for Katie we passed the time at Borders Bookstore. We found a nice Italian restaurant, a real meal after a week of bad all you can eat buffet diner food in South Dakota. We were celebrating our 20th anniversary so it was worth splurging on a meal that did not include mushy canned vegetables or requiring everything to be fried to be edible. The time passed quickly and after two hours we said goodbye and headed out for some cityscape. It was great to see a friendly face and just hanging out and reminiscing. We were big time daredevils and ventured over the famous bridge that collapsed. In St Paul we found the last neighborhood of late century Victorian homes. It was a 3 mile double-laned tree-lined boulevard with huge homes and yards-looked just like Pleasantville. We stopped for a quick drink at the local watering hole. We even went by the street where the statute of Mary Tyler Moore is located. Unfortunately our tour was all through the front windshield (Edward Abbey would be disappointed in us) but again the weather was not cooperating so we could not get out and really enjoy the wonderful city. This way we did not have to encounter the 1,000 mosquitos to go along with the city with 1000 lakes.
Short but sweet trip to the twin cities
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