Ken and Nancy have planned a 23 day trip called Minnesota Meander, going from Sep 9 to Oct 2. It will be a big oval starting and ending in Bloomington. I have been on 3 previous trips that they have organized.

I drove to Bloomington MN yesterday. Almost the whole drive was in Wisconsin, crossing into MN with only  30 miles or so to go. Check in was easy. There was a group dinner at Outback Steakhouse; not too thrilling.

There wasn't anything planned for today. I walked to Wal-Mart with two of the other cyclists in the morning. Then two other cyclists told me the Mall of America was fairly close and we walked over there. It is a huge mall and there are many stores and many amusement park rides in the center. We had lunch at the food court.