Monday... the beginning of a new week and we have been on the road for a week now.
The weather in Minneapolis is warm and balmy, but the skies are heavy and have the promise of rain. I forgot to mention in the previous blog, that whilst we were waiting for the Tornado to pass by a young man, sat on the border of the car park holding his crucifix aloft as if to dare the powers that be.... it must have worked because the tornado passed us by. However, a tornado did a lot of damage quite close to us yesterday whilst we were in the Mall of America...
Mall of America. Largest Mall in the world... it is just a wonderful place to visit if you are interested in window shopping.
We watched a concert and enjoyed a great meal in between purchasing a few bargains.
In the evening we were invited to visit the home of Debbie Bowles... a US quilt teacher. The plan was to visit between 7.00 and 7.30 for desert supper and a ride on the lake... Note the word plan.
Well we left on time. With Map in hand we turned inadvertently onto the incorrect freeway and it was some 10 miles before we could get off..... Where were we..? OK our time of arrival had passed so a quick call to Debbie confirmed we had gone in the opposite direction...
A helpful assistant in Barns and Noble put us on the right track and a 13 minute trip took us 1.5 hours...
Debbie was gracious at our late arrival... and ushered us down to the lake for a calming ride on the boat.... The sun was setting, the lake was golden and we slowly glided past beautiful houses fringing the the edge....
Desert of home made rhubarb pie and icecream on the balcony was wonderful, however.. I began to sneeze with a bad case of hay fever, due to the huge cotton trees that were showering their pollen over the ground. I felt a real wally.....
We set out for home at 11.30 and made a few incorrect turns, but we finally made it after a few hiccups...
Mary arrives today and it will be another late evening. We plan to visit
Fort Snelling and then pick up Mary at the airport before traveling on to Long Prairie....
"Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool".
