Friday, November 11, 2011

Twin Cities, Part 2

We looked at stuff.

We rode three up on Chris'Ural around St. Paul and Minneapolis for much of a Saturday afternoon. Even though it was the end of October we were plenty warm enough with our gear on . . . and thanks to even warmer temperatures than the forecasters had predicted.

We looked at courthouses:

The Supreme Court of the the State of Minnesota.
Here is the Ramsey County Courthouse. 
We looked at the Capitol Building of the State of Minnesota:

The grounds were sporting a hi-vis look, no doubt,  just for us.
The famous horses on the Capitol.
We traveled down tree lined streets and looked at some magnificent old houses:






But mostly we looked at the River and at Bridges:

I was impressed with all the parks and streets along the riverfront.
There were lots of bridges. It is much easier to cross the Mississippi here than in St. Louis.
I loved Chris' photos of this stone arch bridge in his post about the National Ural Rally Day. Now, I've seen it!


We looked at this:


We even looked at a construction site:


And, we ate very well.

All you need do is check out another of Chris' blogs, Everyday Tastiness to know Chris loves food. Yes, we ate very well indeed.

5 comments:

  1. excellent couple of blogs mate, now do I detect hints of another bike arriving soon?

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  2. Roger: There are hints, but don't start holding your breath. We are trying to figure our direction out so we can come up with a plan to make it happen.

    Thanks for the kind words on the blogs. I try.

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  3. Keith it was great to have you and Heather as guests for the weekend. I'm glad to see you had as much fun as we did.

    PS: the first link in the post is broken.

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  4. Yep, a good time was had by all! And, the link in fixed. Thanks for the heads up.

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  5. Bridges spanning over water are my favourite architecture, too.... and good food as well ;-)
    It seems to add to the things we have in common.

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