The Sjöbergs Visit
June 29 to July 9, 2006

 

At the end of June Jonas' parents, Christer and Majbritt, and his sister Karin arrived from Sweden to stay with us. It was the first time his parents had seen our home in Chaska. We all took a weekend trip up to Duluth, sampled lots of good Twin Cities restaurants, found a lot of geocaches (Karin is a geocaching enthusiast as well!), went to see the Body Worlds exhibit at the science museum, and went on an evening dinner cruise on Lake Minnetonka. We had a lot of fun!
 
Relevant links: Duluth, Minnesota
Gooseberry Falls State Park
Nokomis Restaurant & Bar		 Delano, Minnesota
Buffalo, Minnesota
Al & Alma's

 
07-01-06: On the way up for a weekend in Duluth, we got caught up in all the traffic going north. Figures!

07-02-06: Beautiful Gooseberry Falls.

07-02-06: A view of Lake Superior from a high bluff in Gooseberry Falls State Park.

07-02-06: Another view of Lake Superior and the North Shore from Gooseberry Falls State Park.

07-02-06: Christer, Jonas and Majbritt on the Hiking Club trail at Gooseberry Falls State Park.

07-02-06: The password sign for the hiking club trail. No, we're not telling what the password is!

07-02-06: Majbritt and Jonas outside the Nokomis Restaurant, where we had a superb meal!

07-02-06: A steep hill in Duluth with an outstanding view of Lake Superior.

07-02-06: Julia on the hill where we stopped to take some pictures. The Duluth harbor is in the background.

07-02-06: Julia, Karin, Majbritt and Christer stopping to enjoy the view.

07-02-06: Karin enjoying the view of Lake Superior and the Duluth harbor.

07-04-06: For the 4th of July, we went to watch the Delano parade, the largest 4th of July parade in Minnesota. Julia goes, "coochie-coo!" with Michael with Kris in the background.

07-04-06: Christer, Majbritt and Mary anxiously waiting for the parade to begin.

07-04-06: Majbritt patriotically waves her cardboard fan, one of the parade giveaways.

07-04-06: Some classic cars rolling by.

07-04-06: Parade's over! Time to fold up the chairs and have a picnic at Dad's!

07-04-06: Karin, Jonas, Majbritt and Christer eagerly anticipating some hamburgers at Dad's house in Buffalo.

07-04-06: Dad's basset hound Maddie looking forward to some hamburgers as well.

07-04-06: Jonas moves a little closer to the grill in order to be first to grab a hamburger.

07-04-06: Dad and Jonas at the grill.

07-04-06: Karin and Jonas in back, and Dad, Majbritt and Christer in front. Yum!

07-04-06: Christer at the foot of the deck stairs.

07-04-06: Julia sneaking Maddie some scraps from the meal.

07-04-06: Majbritt enjoying the late afternoon sunshine.

07-04-06: Julia trying to look cute.

07-04-06: Extreme close-up! Whoooooooa!

07-04-06: Julia enjoying and posing with(?) her dessert.

07-07-06: Karin, Jonas, Majbritt and Christer just before we hopped on a boat cruise with Al & Alma's. Yes, this is the same cruise company involved in the recent incident with the Minnesota Vikings.

07-07-06: Karin and Julia heading to board the boat.

07-07-06: The rest of the party heading to board the boat.

07-07-06: Jonas, Christer, Karin, Majbritt, Mary, Michael, Kris and Ron aboard the dinner cruise on Lake Minnetonka.

07-07-06: Michael, Kris and Julia ham it up.

07-07-06: Majbritt, Julia, Michael, Mary and Kris on the top deck.

07-07-06: Majbritt, Jonas, Mary, Michael and Kris enjoying the view of Lake Minnetonka from the top deck.

07-07-06: Time to get in line for the buffet dinner!

07-07-06: Jonas hanging out with Michael.

07-07-06: Julia enjoying dinner on the boat.

07-07-06: Michael and daddy Ron spending some quality time together.

07-07-06: Toward the end of the cruise, an amphibi-car "drove" by in the water!

07-07-06: Full, tired and ready to go home, Karin, Julia, Christer, Mary and Majbritt relax as it grows dark out.