Today is Sunday. We started off the day with church. For the first time we didn’t stay in the parking lot, and we were *very* late. Lesson learned. It was uneventful. Aunica really connected with the other girls, and was sad to not have the opportunity to see them again.

Minnesota loves its lakes, and the downtown area is full of waterways. Today we chose to do a walk by the mighty Mississippi. We took our time, about three hours. There were plaques to read about the beginnings of the city, especially its hydroelectric plants and mills. It is sometimes called mill city. There are some beautiful old bridges as well.

   
   
After this walk, we headed back to Lake Harriet. The kids had their eye on a park, and I wanted to enjoy the lake one more time. After the kids played at the park, we let them play in the lake. It was surprisingly warm. It totally stressed me out, because I had 3 non-swimming children who all wanted to be out there in the ever-increasing dark. So we cut it short for my sanity. We were all sad to be saying goodby to this city.