Location: Palisades State Park, SD
We decided to poke around Minneapolis. We obviously picked some game day to do this. The traffic was grid-lock insane. So glad we have a 15 ft. vehicle to get around.
First impressions on things indicating that we are not in California...
#1 The insane amount of bricks used in buildings!
#2 Closed cross-walks for those really cold days. I love this picture. Covered cross-walks as far as the eye can see.
After a hectic morning navigating our way around the city, we decided to head for Minnehana Park.
Ah, so much more our style. Loved how green, luscious and beautiful this city park is.
Of course we had to visit the famous falls.
Ned listening to the audio tour of points of interest in the park via his iPhone.
We rode over to the Mississippi River to investigate the lock. On a previous trip we drove up the Great River Road next to the Mississippi River. We spent a lot of time exploring the locks on the river. I think there are 27 in all. It was fun to see lock #1 here.
We spent some time at the US Corp of Engineer Center reading about the locks and the river. So interesting! I'll never get tired of spending time around the Mighty Miss.
There's a great little restaurant in the park called Sea Salt. It has amazing fresh fish such as crawfish, oysters, crab cakes, and fresh fish tacos. Who could resist having a late lunch with a local beer here?
Tonight we're camped at this place that we stumbled upon. There's no other way to describe it but magical. We took a twilight bike ride and hike to further explore the park. Who knew that there would be these wonderful cliffs and a great creek in the prairie of South Dakota?
We walked through these huge cliffs, next to the river, and on the path were tons of fireflies lighting up everywhere. It was like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, only better. Cool find Palisades State Park, thanks!
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