Oct 3, 2012 - South to St. Cloud

An uneventful driving day; we need to head south, there’s snow in the forecast for the next few days. So, we rolled out and pointed the RV south. We stopped for the night in St. Cloud and hunkered down as the winds blew. We plan to move on to Red Wing tomorrow.

Aug 12, 2012 - St. Cloud, Minnesota

We spent the last week with Kay's sister, Penny in St. Cloud. Reconnected with Kay's siblings, Marlene and Al at Penny's lake house over the weekend. Big family week seeing our two sons, grandson, brother, sisters, nieces and their families. Family time over, now it's time for sightseeing. First stop Mt. Rushmore and the Black Hills.

Aug 10, 2012 - St. Cloud 50th HS Reunion

Arrived in St. Cloud about 6 pm. Had dinner with Kay's sister, Penny and family. Tomorrow night we'll attend our 50th high school reunion - we were in the same class and met when softmores! Reunion was great. Reconnected with many classmates. Even our HS exchange student from Austria was there. Over 100 classmates attended.

Jun 26, 2012 - St. Cloud Gardens & More

Note: Double click on "show all photos", then double click on first photo to enlarge to your screen, scroll to bottom of photo, click on "5 sec" next to slideshow to begin slideshow of photos. Makes it so simple! Tuesday, June 26 - St. Cloud, MN - We set out this morning to have our first look at St. Cloud. I have to apologize about the number of photos I have posted today; I hit the motherlode, literally!!! I have to further apologize to the guys who may not appreciate all the photos taken in the gardens, so with that being said, I'll...

Jun 25, 2012 - Hello Minnesota

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Jan 4, 2012 - the night before

Matthew and I are busy packing. Earlier today, we made 32 black bean burgers which we will eat daily on the road. We hard boiled 20 eggs and peeled them for the precious egg whites. Tonight we went to the library and checked out 5 audio books and have been downloading podcasts a-plenty. Now we will get some rest. Tomorrow morning we head out bright and early! -m&m

Aug 5, 2011 - St Cloud, MN

We sadly left Lake Itasca…. Although there wasn’t much of a town there, we really had fun at the state park. But move on we must, if we’re going to make it to Madison, WI to meet our friends for the RV rally later this week. We drove about 3 hours south to St. Cloud, MN for just an overnight stay. We know of this town because two of our neighbors used to live here. So after setting, we headed out to dinner and take a drive to see the downtown. I found a great gift shop called Grand Depot on the far end of St. Cloud and then we walked around...

Jul 24, 2011 - Is it flower or flour?

Today we went to church at a UMC in Ham Lake (still can't get over the names around here) and then on to Annette's house for a trip to Minneapolis and the Mill City Museum. What a great time we all had as we took a guided tour of the old mill and learned not just about the flour milling at that location but that Minneapolis was the world's leading flour milling location in the 1800's. We also had a guided tour of the Flour Tower. What sights from the observation deck after a seated elevator historical presentation of the Mill Tower. This...

Jul 20, 2011 - St. Cloud Area.....Quarry, Abbey, Monestary & Garden

From Dakotah RV Park – Prior Lake, MN Our Mississippi River finds of today were located in St. Cloud and a few smaller surrounding towns. Once known as the “Nitty Gritty Granite City” St. Cloud and surrounding area was once home to nineteen granite companies and this industry provided thousands of jobs throughout the mid 1800s to present day. With this history of granite our first stop of the day was Quarry Park in what is appropriately called “Granite Country USA”. This 643 acre park was touted as a fascinating look at the early granite...

Jun 25, 2011 - St Cloud Pickleball Tournament

The tournament in St Cloud was VERY competitive. I'm afraid we did not fare so well but it was fun. Steve Wong, owner of S-Type Sports Pickleball Paddles, was there with his wife who is from Minnesota. Since we finished early at the tournament we took the advice of several players at the tournament and drove to the Munsinger Gardens. It was truly a beautiful gardens set along the river. The picture above from the gardens doesn't do it justice. We both thought St Cloud was a very beautiful city. You can click on any picture and view it in a...

Jun 24, 2011 - Pickleball in St Cloud, MN

Last night we played 3 hours of pickleball with a great bunch of players. They are very good here. Tom and Jeanne Gerhart from Palm Creek and Dave and Gloria Leach from Venture Out were there. Today we went to the bank and got some Canadian money. Then we geocached in downtown St Cloud. And we finished the afternoon by playing some more pickleball!! Tomorrow we have the pickleball tournament.

Jun 23, 2011 - St Cloud, MN

After a leisurely morning we finally left Owatonna around 10am. It was another windy day. The roads in Minnesota are very rough. Sandy said, "Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes and rough roads!!" We arrived in St Cloud, Mn around 12:15pm. We are glad to be at our new home for the next few days. We are staying at the St Cloud Campground. Our friends and fellow picklers from Palm Creek, Tom and Jeane Gerhart, are staying at the same campground. We are here to do a pickleball tournament on Sat. For our exact location check out our "SPOT"...