ROAD TRIP 2005 PART I OF III - Mall of America & Minneapolis MN

Left on Saturday August 13 early morning:




Drove straight through to Minnesota!

Hello Wisconsin!

Are we there yet?

4 nights at the Homewood Suites next to the Mall of America. Used points for all 4 nights. Got upgraded to an awesome 2 bedroom suite, breakfast & dinner included, always very happy at this chain:



we ate breakfast and dinner here

nice pool too:





At the Mall of America, yes that is an amusement park inside, Camp Snoopy:



amazing Lego displays!





shopping:



crashing back at the hotel, that mall is HUGE!





fashion show







Look at me , I am so pretty:









crashing again:



breakfast time

Camp Snoopy Day!




































































Downtown Minneapolis:

























Last night at the Mall of America, Kostas finds a Star Wars game:

View from the hotel room window, MOA sign




Then we drove to Chicago and stayed at a Hilton Garden Inn in Addison, a suburb west of of downtown. Again, we used points to stay for free and got breakfast coupons for having Gold status with the Hilton chain. Very nice stay again.

some pics in Chicago






































This is mom gorilla who was taking care of her 3 week old baby, one ofthe highlights of the trip:



Back at the hotel:

Mom took Sophia to Navy Pier's Childrens Museum while Dad took Kostas to the awesome Science Museum





















On the road again...

bye bye Chicago

are we there yet?


Decided to make a stop at South Haven's beach:










Last night was at the Amerihost Inn outside Muskegon. Pricleined it for $40 per night and it was suprisingly pretty good with an excellent pool


Last day Sunday we spent it at the Michigan's Adventure Park north of Muskego in West Michigan