It was cloudy when we packed up camp at Moose Lake State Park this morning. We hit the road, headed south on Interstate 35 and the Twin Cities. Soon enough we were driving through a pretty heavy rain. With rain in the forecast for the early afternoon, we decided to start our visit to the Twin Cities with a stop at Surly Brewing.
Their Minneapolis destination brewery is quite a site to behold. We had some delicious beers, of course.
However, the food was also very good. We got the smoked meat platter and it did not disappoint.
It was still raining when we left Surly and so we decided to head downtown to the Mill City Museum. We parked in a garage, made our way towards the museum and soon enough the rain stopped and traces of sun started to pop through the clouds. Our plans had changed. Instead of being inside, we would explore the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail along the Mississippi River. The trail started by crossing the river on the Stone Arch Bridge.
There were nice views upstream to the "falls".
On the other side of the river was an interesting neighborhood with restaurants and apartments in old mill buildings. The view from Water Power Park was quite impressive.
Eventually we crossed back over the river on the Hennepin Avenue Bridge and the famous Grain Belt sign.
We found some interesting animal sculptures as we headed back towards the start of our hike.
Once there we explored the Mill Ruins Park
before heading to Brooklyn Center and our hotel room for the night.
