Awesome Autumn

During the beautiful season known to Americans as Fall, we took a few beautiful hikes...

Cannon Falls

Swans in the background... In this photo I have obviously put on some weight.  It must be due to Aunt Cindy's great cooking!

The park has a nice little duck and swan pond

Behind me are the Cannon Falls

Posing for a pic after a nice pizza dinner by the Falls

Cindy and I

Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis

On a bridge just above where the Minnehaha Falls drop

The Minneapolis Park Board keeps the paths well

A Fall day at the Mississippi

The Minnehaha Falls attract many tourists

It is during the Spring that the water really gushes

There's a cool Fall breeze and a crunch to the leaves

Barn Bluff,  Red Wing

With 'cousin' Karl

I loved this trail

Rock climbers

We reached the top!

The view out to Red Wing

Enoying Fall at home...

I took this photo while sitting on the boat dock and enjoying the evening

The view from my room out to Lake Byllesby

Twilight

Wisconsin (Cheese and other things)

October 1 - 2

Yet another great weekend in America.  We took a 5 hour road trip to visit second-cousin Michael at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Milwaukee is a pretty nice city with a lot of character.  There are a lot of old mansions and buildings -we toured the Pabst Mansion, which belonged to the late owner of the famous Pabst Brewery - but there are also many modern, architecturally fascinating buildings in the city like the Milwaukee Art Museum,  for example.  

While in Milwaukee I got to try bowling for the first time!  (Count on Aunt Cindy to ensure I don't miss out on any American traditions)... We also took a little walk around the Marquette campus, which was interesting to see because it is quite different to K-State; it is right in the city and is a mid-sized private school.

 Wisconsin is well known for it's dairy industry so we made sure to stop at a cheese house on the way home on Sunday afternoon... Apart from that I must mention that the drive between MN and WI is very beautiful, especially along the Mississippi River during Fall with all the coloured leaves!  

Michael and I

Tonnes of fun... but I need a lot more practice! lol

Trying a different coloured ball to see if it might change my luck :)

We had dinner at this nice little Japanese restaurant in downtown Milwaukee.

Wisconsin is famous as the Cheese capital of the USA, so it was necessary to make a stop!

Practically every different type of cheese one can think of...

Moo!

The Mississippi separates Minnesota and Wisconsin

Nice fall day to drive back home

the red Prius

On Sunday evening, back home in Minnesota, we watched a Prohibition documentary and ate different flavoured cheeses with crackers