Riding the rails and trails

This weekend was all about transportation. We decided to check out the Minnesota Transportation Museum. The main focus there is trains. I'm not really into trains and neither are the girls, so I wasn't sure how it would all play out. I pictured dull old train displays and toddlers playing with toy trains. Yes, both of those were there, but thankfully, there was so much more. We all loved it! What a pleasant surprise.

We rode the rails a while.

 

  

 

We examined the roundhouse turntable (one of the last operating ones). Joe, a train enthusiast as a child, explained how it operates.

We inspected cool old train cars. The girls loved the multi-functionality of it all, and enjoyed peering into the various compartments.

 

 

 Engineer Willa.

Jia making a lot of noise.

 

And making even more noise.

Vintage bus.

The following day, we went on a bike adventure. The weather finally cooled off and it was the perfect day for biking. Our city really does biking right and we have trails around lakes, though prairie and to downtown.

We passed Target Field on the way.

We biked along the Mississippi River for a while.

Our journey ended downtown at the Stone Arch Bridge. What a great ride!