Minneopa State Park

We just spent the most wonderful weekend camping!! It was great to get away and spend time with Erik. We left on Saturday morning and drove down to Mankato, Minnesota where we stayed at Minneopa State Park. The word Minneopa comes from the Dakota language and is means "water falling twice," referring to the beautiful waterfalls located in the state park. We took Maida hiking around the falls and Maida absolutely loved them (as did Erik and I), but about 10 feet before reaching the falls, our camera died! So we didn't get any pictures of just how much Maida loved them, but maybe we'll be back another time!

On Saturday afternoon we attended the wedding of Sue and Doug. Sue is a medical student with Erik and on the student council with him too. It was fun to see her all prettied up and their wedding was just beautiful, held in the Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College. We met up with two other medical students there and had fun catching up with their summers.

Saturday night was Maida's first time sleeping in a tent and she did well. At first she really didn't want to share the tent with Daddy. She was determined that only Mommy and Maida could sleep in the tent, but after Daddy warmed up some milk for her, she decided to let him in. We all went to sleep quite early (10 pm) and slept all night, until about 8:30 Sunday morning. Sunday we spent shopping in Mankato and St. Cloud, before rolling into my parents' hosue last night about 9:00. It was the perfect weekend away and I really enjoyed the time with Erik. I know Maida did too!

Here are some pictures we took of walking to the falls. I wish that our camera wouldn't have died!!