Minnesota!

After our week in Annawan, it was time to hit the road.  We drove the Jetta (which we have started referring to as "the house") north to Minneapolis/St. Paul where our good friends Bitta and Preston live.  I can't forget about Adeline, the latest Clark family addition.  At 11 months old, she's already a super fun and mischievous kid.  Here's the whole fam:

We had a great weekend filled with lots of relaxing, great food, and lots of board and euchre games.  One of the cool things we checked out was Como Zoo.  They had a pretty good ape exhibit and the mountain lion was the highlight.  They're so mysterious to us with minimal sightings in the wild (compared to say, bears) but we know they're out there. Scary.

 

We also walked around Lake of Isles, a beautiful park area in Minneapolis.  We really enjoyed watching many Minnesotans canoe and kayak on the lake... seems like if we lived around here a water-craft would be in order.

 

Throughout the entire trip, Bitta and Preston impressed us with their culinary skills.  I enjoyed learning some new things like how to properly trim broccoli, cabbage, and to make refried beans.  Bitta and Preston alerted us that our blog is starting look like a foodie blog... well, we've been visiting family and in the Mid-West so, that's what you get!  Here's a photo of the nachos we made with our homemade refried beans.

Today we drove to Wall, South Dakota (yes, the home of Wall Drug) and tomorrow we'll check-out Badlands National Park.  After more than 2 weeks of really slow travel, we're about to get back into the swing of road trippin'!