Monday, June 26, 1995
On June 26th, we explored some of the Minneapolis "Skyway" system, a climate-controlled series of walkways connecting downtown buildings on the second-floor level.
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| Minneapolis Skyway bridging the street between buildings |
We then went to the huge Minnesota Zoo.
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| Minnesota Zoo: Dolphins Fountain |
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| Brynne with wolf sculptures on the Northern Trail |
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| Minnesota Zoo Monorail |
Unusual was the takin, an animal that looks like a hodgepodge of other animals.
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| Budorcas taxicolor/Takin |
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| Equus ferus przewalskii/Asian Wild Horses |
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| Wading Camelus bactrianus/Bactrian Camels! |
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| Tapirus indicus/Malayan Tapir |
There was a butterfly garden in a large clear plastic tent.
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| Butterfly Brynne |
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Papilio troilus/Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly and
Battus philenor/Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly |
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| Brynne and Kent on a giant Ladybug |
We then tried to go to the St. Paul Children's Museum, but the new building was not yet finished. So we returned to the Mall of America to window shop, and have dinner in the noisy Rainforest Cafe (with a simulated thunderstorm). That night we stayed at a Comfort Inn in Hudson, WI. These were the cloudy, rainy days.
Next: Midwest Trip IV.
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