Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Day Five – Minnesota Trip

Today, October 15th is our 3 year Wedding Anniversary!  We started the day at The Shanty, which is a coffee shop in Pillager about 10 minutes down the road.  Since we were supposed to but don’t have access to the internet at our rental, we thought we should probably get over to the coffee house for free Wi-Fi to check e-mail.  We got breakfast there and sat on the comfy couches and got caught up on e-mail and posted some Day 1 – 3 on this blog.  Afterwards, we drove out to Mille Lacs Kathio State Park where we walked through areas where archeologists have recovered Indian villages and homesteads from the 1800’s.  We also saw the Rum River. 

The morning was cold and overcast so we were moving quickly on our walk to stay warm.  We headed out to Crosby, where much antique shopping was to be had.  I think on two blocks there were about 6 antique shops.  We were in 4, since the other two were open.  Although we didn’t find anything to buy, as always the antiquing was interesting!  By then we had worked up a heck of an appetite, so we headed back toward the rental and ate at Poncho and Lefty’s, a tex-mex, Mexican style restaurant.  The food was very good.  We took a moment to go to Crow Wing State Park down the road since we already had our $5 day pass and then went back to the rental.  We fed the dogs and went for a walk down the dead-end road our rental is on.  Since we’ve been doing so much activity outside, we came back to relax.  We watched the final presidential debate and will be in bed soon.  The dogs are completely sacked out.  Maybe, just maybe they will sleep in tomorrow. On Day 5 we plan to go to 2 or 3 more State Parks.  I’m pumped! 



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