My brother was at work today, so we did homeschool for most of the day and then drove to a local park where we met Brian and Emily, friends of ours from college:
We spent a couple hours catching up on the last twenty years. Brian gave us two “learn to solder” kits that his daughter designed. Very impressive!
Back at the RV, the kids dressed up Bondi in Abercrombie clothes:
Today we again drove to the Minnesota Science Museum. This time we called ahead, so we were sure the museum was open.
The museum contains within it the visitor center for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area:
The kids completed their Junior Ranger workbooks and received their badges:
Inside the museum, M and my brother did a faux news cast:
The tornado machine:
Really big chair:
The new exhibit, called “Space”, was very interesting:
After a great day at the museum, we stopped at the Byerlys supermarket where we used to shop when we lived here. The kids got to experience the “pick up your groceries at the side of the building”, which is quite popular in winter:
Tonight we had an enjoyable big family pasta dinner.
Today we drove over to St Paul to the Minnesota Science Museum. Unfortunately, they’re closed on Monday. We tried the adjacent Natural History Museum, but it too was closed on Mondays. We then drove a few blocks over to the Capitol, but it is closed to the public due to renovation:
Defeated, we drove to St Louis Park for lunch, refilling an empty propane container along the way.
Tonight we had a hot dog roast in my brother’s back yard:
We will try the museum again tomorrow, after calling to confirm they’re open.
We had a great Shabbos reconnecting with our friends from Saint Louis Park, MN, where we lived when we were first married over a decade ago. Today we moved our RV a bit west to the suburb where my brother lives to park in his driveway.
M bought a new scooter for himself last week, and today modified it to give it a PPG-themed name:
The kids turned Bondi, which we received as a gag gift, into a PPG pilot:
I went for a nice 34 mile ride out west of town, and found an ultralight flying field I may have to try out. Its amazing how quickly the city gives way to rural country:
We had a restful overnight at the casino. The humidity broke, and the casino parking lot was much more quiet than Walmart:
Today we visited Pipestone National Monument, where Native Americans have harvested Catlinite to fashion ceremonial pipes:
There was a piece of catlinite to practice with:
The catlinite exists in a thin seam, pitched at an 8% angle, under a layer of hard quartzite. The Indians would quarry away the quartzite to get at the catlinite, which can be seen here as the narrow dark layer the the base of the quarry’s back wall:
The loop hike to a few quarry sites was enjoyable:
The kids completed their Junior Ranger workbooks and received their badges:
We continued east to reach Minneapolis, where we will be spending Shabbos with the community in St Louis Park, where we lived while I attended graduate school.
Good Shabbos from St Louis Park, Minnesota! See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.
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