Minnesota!
Day 11 continued:
From Michigan we drove to Minneapolis and visited the Mall of America, which was pretty disappointing. It actually was just a really big mall. I don't know what I expected. The sheer size of it was pretty impressive, though. And had we wanted to, we could have done some rides, but we didn't.
The M&M store was kind of fun
The Lego store is always a favorite too
Yes, it is very big. We saw it. Don't need to come back.
Day 12: Minneapolis to Fargo
We had fun seeing all the Paul Bunyan stuff on our way from Minneapolis to the Mississippi Headwaters near Lake Itasca, Minnesota
This Paul Bunyan was in Akeley, Minnesota
This Paul Bunyan was in Bemidji, Minnesota
Bemidji had an adorable Paul Bunyan museum with all his large items (including huge toenail clippings)
And near Lake Itasca to see the Headwaters of the Mississippi. I thought this was so cool!!
At the Headwaters!!
The Mississippi starts from Lake Itasca - here you can walk across it on some rocks.
It was slippery going across and in spite of Scott's urging to go back across a foot bridge, John insisted on returning over the rocks. I said I would help him and he fell in about 3/4 of the way back across. We had to change clothes so he wouldn't be in wet pants the rest of the afternoon. So John got to sit in the Mississippi River, if only briefly.
We didn't get him this shirt, but thought about it.
We did get this hat to commemorate our visit to Lake Itasca
Minnesota was beautiful!!
Day 13: Moorhead, Minnesota and Fargo, North Dakota (4th of July)
We drove from the Mississippi Headwaters to Fargo, ND. Fargo is right on the border of Minnesota so we did go back into Moorhead to see a few things the next day. We visited this Scandinavian Heritage museum. We have Scandinavian ancestry on both sides, but I also just like learning about all the Scandinavian immigrants that moved to this area (Minnesota/North Dakota). We are pointing with the Viking Statue here.
A working replica of a Viking ship - they sailed this ship from the US to Norway in the 80s.
And a replica of a stave church - its a copy of a certain church in Norway, the Hopperstad Stave Church.
Inside the stave church - it was so beautiful!!
In Downtown Fargo, I had wanted to go to this specialty Scandinavian bookstore, but it was closed for the 4th of July.
We visited this Mario mural instead. The kids were unimpressed.
Maybe everyone was getting too tired of traveling by this point.
Rollo the Viking - a beloved Fargo statue
Visiting Bonanzaville back in Fargo. I thought this would be a fun 4th of July activity, they were having a little carnival at this old timey village. The kids were pretty unimpressed with it.
Using a printing press
American Gothic posing
John being the judge in the courthouse
Bellying up to the bar
Grant in the old timey jail
It was a cute little town, I thought
Later we watched fireworks and relaxed at our hotel
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