Visiting the Mall of America
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Day 4: Fargo, North Dakota
What a wonderful day! We woke up crazy early (4:20am) because of baby A and the time change. We had breakfast at the restaurant and then headed to the Mall of America. First stop was the Disney store, then the Lego store, then we looked at the rides, but Z didn’t want to go on them. We spent a good half hour at the American Girl doll store; Z was overjoyed to be able to play with the dolls! Next we went to the Nickelodeon store and then back to the Lego store where we bought each girl a new Lego. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. Then we headed towards Fargo.
The drive went well. The scenery in Wisconsin and Minnesota is so beautiful. We saw many rolling hills, cows and horses. As we got closer to Fargo, the hills became prairies. We saw our first accident in 2500km 😢. We also saw a train from afar, we could see the locomotive and the caboose at the same time, it was really cool!
It was so nice to see D, my husband’s sister’s husband’s mother. She was a wonderful hostess! We first played in the park and then had dinner. I wanted to stay up to catch up, but the early wake up had me exhausted and I fell asleep when I put the girls to bed. This is also why I didn’t post last night!
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
Day 3: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Four states in one day today! Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. We got off to a rough start as the fire wouldn’t get going. It had rained so the wood we found was too wet and would smoke instead of igniting. We found a cute cafe and had a breakfast that filled our hungry tummies and helped us be patient. The first leg of our trip went really well - the girls slept for about an hour and then were easily entertained with the toys I packed for them.
We stopped in a Panera near(ish) Chicago for lunch.
The next leg of the trip was the longest yet - over four hours! It went surprisingly well, again the girls were entertained and then slept, I also have a plentiful stash of snacks to keep them going. We stopped in a (creepy horror-movie-style) small town to get gas and let the girls and the dog play at the park for a bit.
The last two-hour leg of the trip was the hardest. They were both hungry and the toddler (Miss Z) threw her toys a few times. Finally we made it to Minneapolis and had dinner and we are ready for bed in a hotel tonight. We are super excited to discover the Mall of America tomorrow!
Oh also, the hubby and I started looking for different license plates and we found 32 today (plus 3 Canadian ones)!
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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Our cabin, 8-mile in Detroit, crossing the bridge into the USA...
Our cabin, 8-mile in Detroit, crossing the bridge into the USA and our cold picnic
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Day 2 South Haven, Michigan
Today was a looong car day! We’ve driven over 1200km since we started. We try to break up the drive in 3 hour chunks, which usually coincides with when the girls get antsy. We left our friends in Belleville this morning (funny how distance and time are related, it already seems like so long ago!) Our first stop was in Ancaster, Ontario for lunch. Despite the cold, we had a little picnic.
I was apprehensive about the border crossing into the USA, but it went really smoothly. The agent asked Z if we were her parents and she just stared… Thankfully the agent didn’t seem too bothered by her lack of words!
Next stop was in Detroit, Michigan, to buy some dinner. We went to a Whole Foods there and I had a very odd conversation with a woman in the bathroom after having changed diapers. It went something like this:
Woman: “oh you’ll know this - when is summer in Paris?”
Me: “summer in Paris? Um um… April?…”
Woman: “right… April till…?”
Me: “September?”
Woman: “April till September, see I knew you’d know this.”
I feel bad that summer in Paris definitely does not start in April, but hey, it was a very odd encounter. It was our first time in Detroit and from the looks of it, it is very bleak. Not the nicest city.
We continued on and our plan was to camp tonight but it was (is) raining! So we rented a cabin instead and it is just wonderful. Exactly what we needed. We had a great dinner using our new camp stove Biolite. Hopefully the girls sleep well!
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Friday, April 29, 2016
Day 1: Belleville, ontario
First day went very smoothly, although the girls didn’t sleep much in the car. We stopped at a McDonald’s drive through (no shame) about 15 minutes after they’d fallen asleep and they woke up and didn’t fall asleep after that. We made good time and enjoyed playing in the yard with our friends. They made us a wonderful dinner and it was great to catch up! Z made a friend and LJ is camping downstairs with us tonight in her sleeping bag - so cute! Ready for more adventures tomorrow!
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