Minnesota Summer 2022

Anna and the kids have been home from their week-and-a-half long visit to Minnesota for two weeks now; it's taken that long to sift through the pictures, over 200 of them, that they texted to me and select a few to include on this blog. Here are 20 pictures, I think in chronological order, from their trip:

When this picture was taken, Claes Oldenburg, who was responsible for the Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture seen in the background, was still alive; he passed away at the age of 93 just a couple of weeks later.

Downtown Faribault

July 4th lunch at Tim and Peg's house on the lake

Denny emerging from the camper at the campground

Elyse made s'mores!

Spring Break in Sarasota

For the past few days, Anna and the kids have been on a road trip to Sarasota, Florida, to spend a few days at an Airbnb house with Molly and Dave and their kids. (It was only Spring Break week for one of the colleges where I teach, not both, so I stayed home so I could teach.) Here are some of the pictures they texted to me from their adventures:

This is at the Florda Welcome Center, sometime Sunday afternoon when they finally broke free of Georgia.

In the pool of the hotel where they stayed Sunday night in Gainesville, FL.

So as not to arrive in Sarasota too early Monday, and because it seemed like it would be fun, they went here for a few hours.

The pool at the rented house in Sarasota, lit up at night

The beach at Sarasota

Another picture of the pool at the rented house in Sarasota, during the day.

Anna at the bubble-tea place

The kids at the bubble-tea place

Kayaking in the Mangrove Forest

On the way home today, they stopped at Georgia's Indian Springs State Park, where this and the following pictures were taken.