Sunday, July 29, 2012

More Summer Fun!

We've had a busy & fun Summer… this week the band Jeff plays in (Shoreview Northern Lights Variety Band) was visited by a band from their sister city of Einhausen, Germany… there have been get-togethers, a concert with both bands playing separately…..

Einhausen band...

Shoreview band...

Both bands combined...

….. as well as playing together.  Wow!!  What Fun!!  Tonight we have a Mississippi River Boat dinner with this group, I expect that will also be fun.

Despite having such a full week, we managed to take a short day-excursion yesterday to the city of Mound Minnesota (a small town to the west) to check out what looked to be an interesting mini-golf course…

On the way we spotted this creatively decorated vehicle… for some reason
it makes me think of a decorator crab...

Judge for yourself… we thought the mini-golf course was a whimsical place :)...







As usual we had a good time exploring together… it was a beautiful day, wonderful cool breezes, lots of pretty lakes & beautiful houses to look at along the way… and a fun & funky place to play mini-golf to boot!!  Thank You Lord Jesus for simple joys!!

Update on 7/30: I had mentioned the boat trip with the bands, I decided to add in the photos for the trip here for all to enjoy:

From the dock...

View of Cathedral from the boat...



The High Bridge

Jeff & I out on the deck (after dinner)...











An island...

Moon above condos on the bluff...












Water skier… he crashed moments later trying to show off :)




The two (music) conductors...

9 barges coming our way…




Heading back to St Paul (where we started)...

Two young men from the German band...








Portion of railroad bridge that swings out of the way for boats...

An old deserted factory of some sort...






Downtown St Paul...




Pretty clouds...







Condos on the waterfront...




















Back to the dock...

It was a blast!!


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