2008-6-8: Some sites of Mpls

Several people from Madawaska, Maine (the northern tip) came to the Twin cities as part of their job. Doug is assisting them with an implimentation project. They had never been to Minnesota so we were able to show them some of the sites. We first went to see the Minnehaha Falls from the bridge looking down to the path below. That path can take you to the Mississippi river about a mile away...

The beautiful Minnehaha Falls

Down the road we went under the "Ford Parkway" bridge crossing between Mpls and St. Paul . This is the Mississippi river..so clear and magnificent!

This is looking south on the river...

The Lock & Dam No. 1 which helps the boats get up the river and over the falls.

the falls of the river..

Then it was to drive the river road to downtown Mpls. It was to see the scuplture gardens..
The legendary "spoon with the cherry" with the Mpls skyline in the background..

We walked the grounds seeing other scupltures and flowers. These took my fancy as the colors were so striking.

Their name...

This one was unique!!

Afterwards we went out for a delicious steak dinner before taking them to their hotel.