The trip to St. Paul was wonderful. I had a great time at the AAW Conference and St. Paul was a wonderful place with many things to see and do. I only made a short walk about the area we were located but what fun! Across the street from the convention was the Science museum with the King Tut exhibit. My wife made it over there and found a lot of interesting exhibits on the Mississippi River and King Tut.
Turns out
Charles Schultz was born and raised in the Twin-Cities. Charlie Brown and friends are everywhere around town. They were in a ballroom in the hotel, store windows and snoopy was hanging out in the street everywhere.
It was a pleasant surprise to have the NHL Draft going on in the arena attached to where the convention was going on. The Minnesota club was a block down the street and is a big hockey connection. Several limo's were often parked out front. We came around the side of the club to find this inflatable draft guy behind the statue of
Herb Brooks.
Also along the street were some pianos that were painted and left along buildings like the convention center and arts buildings. We even saw a couple of people playing them.
From our hotel room we had a great view of the river and the railroad tracks along it. We spent some time watching them come from way up the river and try to figure out where they were going. The train draw-bridge even was raised and lowered several times!
I saw this along the wall and thought it was inspiration for people to work harder..... but it was just telling us what we should be aware of. And finally I loved the slogan from the donuts for sale in the convention center Mini-sota Mini-Donuts. Beyond the slogan these things sent an aroma through the basement of the Convention center that was heavenly! I went in there around lunch time and without having breakfast that smell was getting to me, but just in time Cindy called and asked if I wanted to go to lunch, so we did. Later during the next session I got a text "where are you?".... then 1/2 a bag of Mini-Donuts showed up. Surprise and Delight was Just Right!
The trip to St. Paul was wonderful. I had a great time at the AAW Conference and St. Paul was a wonderful place with many things to see and do. I only made a short walk about the area we were located but what fun! Across the street from the convention was the Science museum with the King Tut exhibit. My wife made it over there and found a lot of interesting exhibits on the Mississippi River and King Tut.
Turns out Charles Schultz was born and raised in the Twin-Cities. Charlie Brown and friends are everywhere around town. They were in a ballroom in the hotel, store windows and snoopy was hanging out in the street everywhere.
It was a pleasant surprise to have the NHL Draft going on in the arena attached to where the convention was going on. The Minnesota club was a block down the street and is a big hockey connection. Several limo's were often parked out front. We came around the side of the club to find this inflatable draft guy behind the statue of Herb Brooks. 
Also along the street were some pianos that were painted and left along buildings like the convention center and arts buildings. We even saw a couple of people playing them.
From our hotel room we had a great view of the river and the railroad tracks along it. We spent some time watching them come from way up the river and try to figure out where they were going. The train draw-bridge even was raised and lowered several times!
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