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Wow! They must get a lot of snow here! Glad it's summer.
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I had never been to the Mall of America, the biggest in the US. There are 4 floors of stores.
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And an amusement park in the middle.
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My favorite spot was the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, where you can see Forrest's shoes, suitcase and box of chocolates on his bench.
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The Minneapolis Zoo was a terrific zoo with lots of the usual animals. But the cutest were these prairie dogs.
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This mommy Canada Goose was trying to teach her babies how to beg. It seemed to be working.
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There is an Imax theater in the zoo, and we went to see a 3D movie about an African safari. I don't know why the 3D glasses were so big.
Here's a clip from the movie in 2D. Now imagine the elephant's trunk right in your face.
They also had a great bird show. An eagle's cry is something you never forget once you hear it.
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Leaving the Twin Cities, we were going to stay at the Walmart in Ashland, WI, but there were nasty signs all around. So we went across the street to a beautiful view of Lake Superior. My friend Corey happened to be going by and stopped and joined us.
I went to the Mall of America once. Except for the amusement park, it's like any other mall, except much bigger.
ReplyDeleteI'm in an unfriendly Wal-mart town too. I'm waiting for the Harley shop to close, then I'll go park there.
You have a FRIEND named Corey? My daughter's name is Cory. (hehehehehe)
Yes, they do get a lot of snow up there, several times I was there and we could only see those red/white sticks coming out of the side of the road.
ReplyDeleteDuring the winter time the only things we found to do was go to the mall or ice fish...