It has been nearly a week since I arrived at a KOA campground on the outskirts of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paula, my companion and navigator, has been great to date. Despite her greater reliance upon GPS, cell phones, and i-pads, I have persevered and actually found most of our destination points! :-)
Visiting my friends, Michael and Mary, here in Minneapolis has been a whirlwind to date, both actually and figuratively. We have bicycled a good deal of a residential lake-filled district, as well as attended an evening mystery play performance entitled "The Red Box", at a theatre in St. Paul. On Sunday morning we attended services at the Lyndale United Church of Christ, whose congregation meets in a large building which holds 2 other area congregations (Lutherans, and another Christian church).
Both occasions over this past weekend, when I have been a passenger on Paula's Harley, the prairie winds were very oppressive. Feeling sorry for us (me), my friend Michael loaned us an old fan (with a "For Sale" sign in the back) to use for our short trips between our campground and his house, which is actually about 20 miles. During this next week, we are planning on staying with Michael and Mary, and parking the motorhome at a neighbor's house a few blocks away.
I don't have time or space to tell you about 1) the mermaid we've seen and to whom we've spoken; 2) the Smores' Song we've written; or 3) what Minnehaha really means. You just have to have an adventure of your own.
