Minnesota ho!

So for my next adventure, after a couple days of recovery from Finals, Tiffany and I took the Mega Bus to Minneapolis. Its a bus line owned by Greyhound that goes from Chicago to all the surrounding major cities, including St. Louis, Detroit, and much of Ohio. If you buy your ticket more than 3 months in advance, its a dollar :) They keep costs low by having no stations- just drop points with a sign on the sidewalk.

This was our view out the bus:

So we took an 8 hour bus ride up. Sweet cause they have wifi on the bus (same bus I took to Indy in December) but unsweet because they don't have power outlets for your computer. And THAT is why I need a 7 hour battery in my laptop. Soon, my child.

I went to visit Rob and Michelle, two independent friends from college who un-independently got married and moved back to MN, where Michelle is from, and had Logan a couple years ago and now recently Oliver. So I went to visit them again. No offense to Oliver, but he was kinda boring- cute, but infants are just boring to me. Toddlers, kids, they rock. Logan turned 3. He rocks. Smartest tallest most athletic kid I've ever seen at that age. Incredible.

We played whiffle ball (I pitched and he rocked the ball across the yard), soccer, basketball, whatever. Walked around the gardens next to the Walker Art Museum (which I wanted to see but was closed Mondays, as were the two other cultural architectural things I wanted to see- oh well, next time) and otherwise kinda mostly just hung out, outside and in. Time for some pictures.

The Family Dineen sans Oliver:

Three happy kids:

One kid who thinks he knows how to rock:

And one kid who doesn't know how to do a whole lot

(and also his son Oliver):

They like the hammock.