Road trip-day four

Today was a casual day. We tried to sleep in, but renovation workers on the property nipped that in the bud. Then O had an 8:00 a.m. phone call. After that, we grabbed a little breakfast downstairs and headed over to "The Mall" (The Mall of America) for our morning walk. We had a good walk, did a little browsing and shopping and then came back to the motel for a quick shower before we went to the St. Paul Minnesota Temple. It is a cute little temple, a lot like the Kona temple but without some of the local detail (such as the wood carved trim and tropical motif in the sculpted carpet) that we enjoyed when we were on the Island.



Yesterday when we arrived in Minneapolis it was 88° and sunny with a soft, steady breeze. It was pleasantly warm this morning when we went for our walk. When we got back to the motel after the temple, it was considerably cooler and windier with some clouds. By the time we walked back to the motel again after dinner it was cold and very windy with a dark, overcast sky. It looks like the cold, wet weather, that is supposed to be here during the conference, has arrived.

I forgot to mention our six little traveling companions. They have traveled the 1200 miles or so without complaint, tucked in along the right-side cargo window where they would be on the sunny south side of the car for our eastbound trip. They’ve gone from little sprouted cotyledons to cilantro seedlings with true leaves during their cross-country adventure. Today they spent their time on a sunny windowsill in our room.



We hope they will all “hang in there” with us for 5 more days until they arrive at their new home in Kohler, Wisconsin.