Trip to minnesota

There was really only one thing I wanted to do (other than spending time with the humans we were visiting). We didn't do it.

We took a quick trip to St. Paul this past weekend. Flew up on Friday morning and back on Sunday night. It was the usual laid-back, event-free, relaxing time we normally enjoy. Along with cuddles and giggles from the youngest grandchild!

I wondered how flying might be, what with the government shutdown and TSA agents working without pay. That part was fine. Unfortunately, our plane for the trip there had mechanical issues, so instead of leaving Fort Wayne at 7:10AM, it was more like 3PM. The trip home, through the Minneapolis airport, was a piece of cake. 

While there, we mostly just hung out at their house, and did things around Wynn's naps.

Friday night we walked down the street to a restaurant/bar called Shamrocks for supper. 

Saturday we went downtown St. Paul and visited some kind of musical instrument museum - where you can actually play the instruments! We also had lunch at a little place downtown, then went back to their house for the afternoon nap. Saturday night we ordered Thai food for supper and Isaac walked down and picked it up.

Sunday we walked down to this neat place for breakfast. It is called Brake Bread, and you order at a window, then they have an old bus you can eat on, or there are picnic tables set about. It was cool. After that we were going to go to some sort of vintage-fest thing, but realized it had actually been on Saturday. The one thing I wanted to do was go see the finish-line area of the Twin Cities Marathon, but no one else seemed too interested, plus it was spitting rain off and on. Instead we met Ricci's mom at a vintage store somewhere north of Minneapolis.

That was about it. We took an Uber from the airport to their house ($30) on Friday because Wynn was sleeping and Isaac was home alone with him. Isaac dropped us off at the airport on Sunday around 5:30PM. There's a little place in terminal A where we like to get tots and a glass of wine before boarding. Interestingly enough, we actually saw a couple we used to know from Applebees here in Fort Wayne at the restaurant, and they were on our flight!

So, while I didn't get to run or spectate the marathon (I'd looked into running the half, but it was sold out several weeks before), we still had fun! 

And, one perk we usually splurge for on these flights is the Comfort+ seats. Not quite first class, but... classy enough for us! :)