I promised pictures and possibly stories from Minnesota, but I have a tiny little confession to make: I forgot to pack my camera. This seems difficult to do, since it's a fairly large DSLR that I usually travel with over my shoulder (rather than in my luggage) - but then again, it's actually pretty easy to forget to sling it over my shoulder and by the time I got to the airport, it was too late to go back.

So I'll just tell you that Minneapolis looked a lot like this:


Except that we weren't on a lake (just near several of them) and we spent a lot of time indoors, baking scones and watching movies. But you get the idea.

If you're ever in Minneapolis, I could steer you to a fun new/used bookstore and a coffee shop with really, really good iced tea, but the most I actually saw of the lakes was from the window of the plane.

Come to think of it, though, that was a pretty sweet way to see Minnesota. I'd highly recommend a window seat. ;)