A Little Getaway

With two young kids it's definitely not the most possible thing to steal away from them for even just 24 hours. But that's still what we managed to do this past weekend for our third anniversary! Grady planned this little excursion himself, reavealing only that I had to pack an overnight bag with clothes to do something "active" in. I was so thrilled at the thought of this amazing surprise (what wife wouldn't be!) and good thing I had the extra boost of energy because packing for the two kids just about took every ounce of organization I could muster-! (and then I still had to pack for myself-!)


Grady packed up our bikes in the back of the truck, we dropped the kids off at the grandparents (and also thanks goes to Debbie!) and we were off to our "mystery" location. Much to my delight an hour later we ended up in Lanesboro, MN, a place I had heard lots about and always wanted to visit. A quaint little town surrounded by rolling hills and rocky bluffs--such a wonderful backdrop to celebrate our anniversary.


We ate at the local diner that evening, enjoying the live, old time country music that reminded me of my grandpa. We stayed in the historical and cozy "Scanlan house" bed and breakfast, being spoiled to a three course breakfast that morning before we headed out on the Root River Trail. Our 10-mile round trip took us through a neighboring town that boasted "World Famous Pies" and served us a root beer float as we watched hummingbirds right out the window. The wildflowers were out in full color and we loved riding across the old wooden railroad bridges along the way. Our last meal was spent in "Das Wurst Haus" with another taste of live music as owner Arv oom-pah-pah-ed on his accordian and threw random German words into our interactions after finding out we lived in Germany and spoke German.

So fun, and over much too soon. Thanks honey!