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Thursday, Netie-Gluton-Flour flew up to Moorhead to take care of a few
things with her Mom. Fortunately, I have Grandpa and Grandma here to
take care of the kids while I am at work, but this leaves me with the
kids the whole weekend long (also luckily, this was my Friday off). I
decided to take the opportunity to spend some time with the kids. I
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Friday, after meeting Grandpa and Grandma at El Pollo Loco for lunch, I
drove the kids up to South Mountain Park for a hike. It's a pretty
area, and the kids really ate up the trail. We made good distance fast.
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Until this. About a mile out, Roo's sandle straps snapped (you shouldn't
hike in the desert in dress sandles). I had little choice but to give
Roo my boots and socks (see them on her feet?). This meant, you guessed
it, that I had to hike a mile through the desert in bare feet!
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More prettiness.
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At least the kids had fun.
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They did a lot of climbing while they waited for me (I was walking slowly).
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Nice view of the smog (and the city).
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On Saturday, I decided to take the kids on the light rail, to see a few things.
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ME!
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Button on the train.
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Our
first stop. This is the Pueblo Grand Museum. I thought it would be
interesting to bring the kids here to see this ancient Hohokam ruin.
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The "mound" is pretty big.
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Here we are walking through some of the walls on top of the mound.
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A sign showing when things were built. This stuff really is old!
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Inside a recreation of a Hohokam nut.
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Outside the hut.
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Inside the hut.
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A artist's rendition of what the city may have looked like.
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Waiting to get back on the train.
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Back on the train.
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We
got off the train on Central to eat at Schlotsky's. Meg loved the food
too much that she ate way too much of it. How do I know this? Because
she complained of a tummy-ache for much the rest of the afternoon.
Also, Meg consumed much caffine, so she complained very quickly, and
was pretty much a hyper-Meg all afternoon.
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I call this photo "Fountain and Gargoyles".
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This one is called kiddy-star.
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Meg wanted a picture next to the barbor pole.
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