Vacation!
February 11, 2010
Alright, so this is a ways down the road yet but I always get excited when I get to plan trips.
One of my favorite authors Neil Gaiman wrote a book nine or so years ago called American Gods. Part of it featured this neat museum called House on the Rock and it’s incredible carousel. This year, House on the Rock is contemplating an American Gods themed gathering right around Halloween with some pretty cool stuff.
Since it’s out in Wisconsin I get to visit family AND it’s a chance to meet a bunch of folk that I’ve never spoken too outside of the internet! I thought it would make for a great trip, and I’m already way ahead of myself in looking up airfare and planning routes.
Here’s the likely route:
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Joe and I would likely fly into the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport, but whether we’re going to HoTR or Merrill first is still up in the air. I’ve got family in two of three places if lodging emergencies come up, but hopefully we’ll have friends to stay with in Minneapolis and will only need a hotel for HoTR.
Renting a car is the likely mode of transportation – it looks a lot further on the map, but if we were to do the ENTIRE THING in one day, the drive would only be a smidge over twelve hours. It’s three-ish hours from Minneapolis to Merrill, and five hours even from Merrill to HoTR and HoTR back to Minneapolis. If we go in that order, we could even probably bring people back with us who needed a ride.
Anyway, absolutely nothing is set yet but I’m fairly confident that this is going down.
