To Ely

 I had an early flight to Minneapolis for my annual trip to Ely.  Very early.  6 am!! 

Do I look awake?

The Portland airport remodeling job is almost complete.  They have been working on it for years.  It is amazing.  There are still some "coming soon" stores/restaurants, but it is open.  It feels like a whole new airport.

Coming down the escalator to the main lobby

Loyal Legion is the main restaurant.  I have eaten at Loyal Legion in Beaverton.  It is quite good.

 I love all of the trees.

I had TSApre ✓ , so I zipped right through security with time to spare.  The gates did not look very different once I went through security.  

I ordered a box breakfast which was not very good. I just ate the hummus and pita chips.

I arrived in MSP on time at 11:30 am.  Jeanne and Jay met me.  We drove over to the Southwest Airlines to drop Jay off.  He was off to a golf weekend with friends. 

Once we got out of Minneapolis/St Paul we found a place to stop for lunch. We stopped at an Applebee's in Forest Lake, MN.

We split a sandwich for lunch.  It was delicious.  

We stopped  for gas in Cloquet, MN and then we stopped at Target in Virginia for some groceries.

From there we headed to Ely.  We got to Jeanne's about 6 pm.  

Nice welcome at Jeanne's.  

We settled in.  We had a nice dinner of left-overs.  It is nice to relax.