Twin Cities Spin

We made it down to Minneapolis-St.Paul and set up in a KOA NW of town. Friends of ours from Oak Ridge, Karen and Jay Lufek, moved out here four years ago when Jay was transferred. He is a native of Minneapolis. They came over and took us for a great tour of the area. About two million people live in the greater metro area. The city has a series of 3 lakes and parks that are all connected by walkways and bike trails, and everything is clean and well kept. The cities have many residential areas that look like our suburbs. The city areas also look the same. In the city, areas are connected by enclosed overhead walkways so that in winter people can park in heated garages and connect anywhere without walking outside. It's really a necessity here with the severe winter temperatures. We visited St. Paul's Cathedral, a structure which reminds one of Europeon churches. They then took us out to dinner at a terrific favorite place of theirs. It was a great day and this is a beautiful area. Jay has to depart today on business, so Karen and us will probably hit the Mall of America.