Robb + Jessie Married & in the Badger State
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We saw most of Minneapolis from our car. It was a quick trip but a city I would love to visit again. Here are some of my favorite shots from the weekend. We are moving tomorrow and all of next week. I will try to post when able. Until then.
Fish Stories
My mom and dad are on their yearly vacation. They have been catching so many fish (more than they can manage to eat) so many of the fish have been “catch-and-release.” Dad also bought a Nikon D40 last year and the results are impressive. I love these two shots.
Dad caught his 4-pounder in Curlew, WA while Mom caught her 2-pounder on Waitts Lake, in Valley, WA. What fun!
Eight Ball Goodness
While on our way to get free Babcock ice cream we heard our friend Eric call our names. He had just come from his garden where he procured some beautiful baby yellow squash, a bell pepper and the glorious eight-ball zucchini:
You might recognize his brother (or sister) from Ruthie’s Eric’s (sorry, Ruthie usually does the posting) post a few weeks ago: Stuffed Eight-Ball Zucchini. And let me assure you, this is exactly what we will do with our little green beauty. It must wait until Thursday, though, because we are going to a P.E.O. B.I.L. cocktail hour tonight and to Harvest with the Vincill’s tomorrow.
“Somebody spoke and I went into a dream”
We had a wonderful weekend, though it was a long drive, to Minneapolis. I have nothing but nice things to say about our hotel, especially for the price we paid. We haven’t had time to sort through out photographs, but I will warn you that we spend most of the trip taking photos from within the car. Minneapolis is heavily under construction. Here a detour, there a detour, everywhere a detour. We were especially annoyed when the freeway exit to our hotel was blocked off in both directions. Thankfully, our iPhone came in handy. We were always able to figure out where we were and nearly almost able to figure out where we were going. (More than one time Google Maps led us to an abandoned field when we were attempting to find Target on our search for socks and Tylenol PM).
I will try to post more this week, but it is another busy week for us as Robb prepares for his lab presentation on Thursday and we pack up our little apartment so we can do the majority of the moving this weekend.
It is now almost noon and I am finally beginning to wake up. This was taken a little before 10 a.m. starting on my second cuppa tea.
Woke up, got out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flatThe Beatles | A Day In the Life
Road Trip
This afternoon, we are leaving for a mini-holiday to Minneapolis, MN. It will be our first time to visit the city. Our friends Lisa and Ross were wed in Seattle on Monday and are having a reception for their mid-northern friends tomorrow. What fun! Originally we had wanted to go camping but it wasn’t worth our money. A campsite (which you have to reserve months in advance) is $12-15/night. Then (because you have to reserve the spot online) you are charged a $10 reservation fee. Finally, if you are planning to camp in a state park (which we were), you have to pay an entrance fee which is $7 (for in-state). For one night, then that would cost $29! Outrageous. I ended up using Priceline.com to get us a 3★ hotel (Holiday Inn Bloomburg) close to the Mall of America for $45/night (including taxes). As much as we love camping, it’s not worth the extra fees when for a few dollars more we can have our own room and a nice comfy bed. Plus, I would much rather be camping by Mt Rainier with my favourite people (which includes Shazz even though she couldn’t make our last trip).
I promise to bring you many photos from our trip which I will hopefully post next week.
Happy weekend!