What do you know? It's raining when we are supposed to have an outdoor event... but guess what?! We make the best of it! Instead of our "Outdoor Music In The Park" event tonight, we had to change it to a mingle at a local hangout instead due to rain... We can't complain too much because the All-Star Home Run Derby was tonight as well... in the open stadium! But as we hung out at Tugg's on the Riverfront, watching the home-run derby inside out of the rain, we laughed and made some new friends! And when it cleared up a little, we grabbed our umbrellas, put up our hoods and took a walk in the sprinkles along the Riverfront... splashing in puddles, ducking under someone else's umbrella for some relief, and smiling for pictures by the Mississippi River dam despite the rain... and to top it off, we had a rainbow appear over our heads with one end landing in the water... we didn't see a pot of gold, but we did have a fun adventure even if it wasn't exactly what we had planned! Another great night with E&A friends! Events and Adventures Minneapolis
We climbed aboard the "Queen of Excelsior II" double-decker boat and sailed off around the Lake until the fireworks began. We had an array of appetizers and fondue for dessert and just as we thought that was it, there was a raffle drawing for prizes to be given away! Not everyone may have won something, but at least everyone had a chance! After we watched the beautiful sunset, our captain parked us in the bay to watch the fireworks explode overhead of us! After the spectacular show, we cruised around the lake a little bit more, all while missing the post-fireworks traffic, and returned us to the dock. As we said good-bye for the night and laughed with our new found friends, we were planning when we would see everyone again! Well... there's an event every day so the options are endless! Cheers to freedom! Events and Adventures Minneapolis
We had a chance to tackle the rapids on the St Louis River this past weekend! We carpooled up north on 35W, just 15 miles shy of Duluth, and all met at our launch location in Cloquet. We each had our own little adventures on the way up in anticipation of the big ones we would have in just a couple hours... when it was time to go, we all got our life jackets and a paddle and went to our assigned rafts... on the grass... hmmm what?? Ok, I guess they had to explain a few things before we went out on the water... probably a good thing! Ha! Then we finally got to set our rafts in the water and paddle out... practicing our together-ness with each stroke and getting the teamwork thing down. When we finally got to the rapids, it was a shock of how warm the water actually was compared to the 68 degree air! Some of us got soaked... ok, ALL of us got soaked with the waves spilling into and over our rafts, filling our rafts up to our seats with water... it's like we were sitting in a pool! But as soon as we paddled through that last rapid, it was all smiles and laughter and an accomplishment of no one actually falling OUT of their raft! Anyone up for singing some "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in a round? Good times as always! Events And Adventures Minneapolis
