Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scott and I were lucky enough to go to Minneapolis for our anniversary. Well the real story is that Scott had a vacuum show, and plane tickets were cheap, so that ment I got to go too!
We had so much fun! Well, I had fun anyway, Scott worked most of the time. Here are some things we did.
Shopped! Hello Mall of America! You are Scott's dream come true!

Ate and Ate! :) We had Bubba Gump the first night, and then my personal favorite Johny Rockets the second night.

One of our favorite stores was the Lego store. We probably could have spent hours looking at the cool figures that they had built out of Lego's. I am partial to Woody, Scott really liked the snake.

Well, the sales person shared with us that it takes about 50 guys, four months to build some of these characters. Holy cow, do you think that job would get boring?












My favorite part was going to see the Mill City Museum. No, it wasn't because of the cab ride that felt more like an amusement park ride on the way to and from. It was the most fabulous building! Minneapolis is known for it's history of flour mills, and this was an old flour mill that the city had made into a museum. I couldn't get enough, really, shopping holds no ground for me when there is a museum nearby! So, this mill was the old General Mills flour mill until they shut it down in 1965. I learned how they made flour, how they used the hydroelectric current of the St. Anthony falls to generate power for their mill, and where and how Betty Crocker became involved. My favorite part was the ninth floor of the museum, where I ran into a device that was used to circulate the explosive flour dust out of the air of the mill. Hello! It was a Cyclone. It was like being stuck inside of a Dyson! I was so excited I had to call Scott and tell him.
Funny enough the Pillsbury mill is on the other side of the river from the old General Mills flour mill, it is still in operation. Sorry, I am a nerd and forgot my camera, but I did get the best souvenir ever from the gift store. It is a dish towel that says "so I am not Betty Crocker"


Coming home was a lengthy process, one I am not thrilled to repeat but funny in its own way. So, Mr. Bywater thought it would be good to get an 8 man tent at the show...???....????
What???....?????
We dragged it everywhere, it was knocked off the suitcase a time or two, it wouldn't fit through some of the doors. Then we finally unloaded it at baggage claim. Thank Heavens... Now, note to all that this is at 5:00 in the morning...not really a time of the morning I aspire to be up at anymore, there once was a time, but alas, no more.
So, we then proceeded through the crowded security lines for our morning massage. Then to our gate. Well, let's just say our plane came in and they announced it had a flat tire and would need to be fixed. Long story short, the 10:00 A.M. flight to Chicago left before the 7:20 A.M. flight. We figured out we could have driven home faster then we flew.