Each of the towns around here have community centers that make our community center in Natick look like a shanty town. The one in my Dad's town has a giant pool/waterpark (picture here) in addition to fitness center, gyms, snack bars, etc. The kids wanted to go to a neighboring town where they have a climbing structure similar to the one you would see in Chuck E Cheese - except 5 times bigger.
Instead of a classic Vacation quote - you can view this clip.
Our visit to MN coincided with the mid-summer aquatennial celebration in the Twin Cities. Two of the events are a 5K race and parade in downtown Minneapolis. We headed downtown so I could run in the race and then watch the torchlight parade.
On the way into the city - we had to make a stop at Porky's as Jake had declared these the 'Best Burgers in the Twin Cities'.
Before the parade and race we took in some of the sites around Minneapolis - including the Gutherie Theatre - which has spectacular views of the Mississippi and the construction of the new bridge (to replace the one that collapsed last summer). We also went by the University of Minnesota.
I have done two different 5k races this summer. The first I did not feel I ran very fast and had enough energy for a sprint at the end and the second I felt faster but had not kick at the end. Despite the different feelings - I finished both races within two seconds of each other 20:40 and 20:42. Although I had not been running very much on this vacation - I was hoping to improve on the 20:40 time as this race was in the evening and a flat course. Despite feeling like I ran a fast race - I finished in......drumroll...............20:40 on the nose.
Although there was some cool aspects of the parade - for the size of the crowd the parade was a bit subpar. It is not a very long parade route and half the bands that walked by were not even playing. So if you are ever in Minnesota during aquatennial - feel free to skip the parade.
Tomorrow is our last day in MN :(
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