First Stop....St. Paul Temple

On Tuesday, 3/31

we began our 10 day trip

Our flight didn't leave until 2 p.m. so we

were just relaxing in our

"power" recliners when our electricity

went out!

After investigating a little bit and learning

that this was a huge outage and

was going to last a while

we "climbed" out of our recliners 

and finished packing.

The power came back on after a 

couple of hours and we were able to have

our breakfast and head for the

airport in time to make our flight.

We didn't have any trouble getting on

our flight, which is a nice treat,  

and arrived in Minneapolis at 6 p.m.

We got our bags, walked to the car rental center

got our car and headed for the temple.

The last session of the day began at 7:45 and

after map quest misdirected us

we arrived at the temple at 7:25.

I ran in (in my traveling clothes) and asked

if there was still room in the session

and if there was a place we could change...

the answer was yes on both accounts.

We got a little boy scout that was standing

outside the temple to hurry and take

this picture then we

parked and hurried in.

The temple is very small and quite plain/simple

yet still beautiful!

Of course it was dark when we finished.

But we love seeing the temples all lit up.

We drove to our hotel, the LivINN,

just a little way from the temple.

We got checked in and

had some dinner at the "on site" Denny's.

The next morning the 

The hotel staff was busy  unpacking new.....

CHAIRS !!

We checked out, had some breakfast at 

Denny's and headed for....

The Mall of America!

It Is HUGE !!!

This is the directory....

four levels....

and this amazing.....

full size indoor carnival....

we picked one ride to go on....

The Log Chute.

It cost $15 for the two of us to go on

this one ride

(people were spending hundreds of dollars)

It was fun floating along the lazy river

then plunging down a couple of steep

drops with a shower of

splashing water when we hit bottom.

By now it was time to leave for the airport

and continue on to George & Trudi's

in Davenport, Iowa.

Wednesday, 4/1 

We didn't have any trouble getting on

our flight and arrived at the

Quad City Airport right on time!

Trudi and the kids picked us up

and for an added surprise

Debbi was with them!!