On Sept. 28 Barb, Mom and I drove to Minneapolis in Zona\u2019s second car.\u00a0\u00a0 Zona and her dog Bella went in her first car.\u00a0\u00a0 We had planned to spend the first night at the home of Zona\u2019s son Erik and his wife and daughter, but at the last minute learned that the household was under the weather.\u00a0\u00a0 So we instead visited Zona\u2019s daughter Susie and her family and later spent the night with Zona\u2019s daughter Jessica in her lovely penthouse apartment in downtown Minneapolis, while Mom and Zona spent the night with a friend of Jessica, since Susie was hosting a slumber party for her daughter Madeline<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Sept. 29, Susie\u2019s family and we took two cars down south of the Twin Cities to attend the last day of the Renaissance Fair.\u00a0\u00a0 Another affair with crowds of people attending.\u00a0\u00a0 Due to the massive traffic jam caused by would-be attendees, we missed the jousting, but enjoyed the colorful costumes and the food.<\/p>\n
Barb and I spent another night at Jessica\u2019s, and the next day met in St. Paul Barb\u2019s uncle John, who treated us to a fabulous Sunday buffet at an elegant restaurant.\u00a0\u00a0 Just before entering the restaurant Barb snapped a picture of a local phenomenon;\u00a0 a mobile bar powered by the pedaling of its customers.<\/p>\n\n\t\t