We had lunch here in our hotel...Fun walking through the hotel as they have so many differently decorated Christmas Trees. Right outside the cafe, they had this tree decorated with two large peacocks... and their feathers trailing down the tree... was beautiful!
So after our meal, we left for Wayzata, that's where Jackies parents are and where she grew up. As we traveled, we crossed a frozen Mississippi River, then, a few miles further, started to circumnavigate Lake Minnetonka... Didn't mean to circumnavigate quite as much as we did, but that's what going West instead of East can do to one travelling! Lake was frozen... but, there weren't very many permanent little fishing shacks set up. Not sure if it just hadn't been frozen long enough or if it's not as popular as in years past. Looking across the lake, it was just pure, pristine snow covering the ice. Very, very pretty!
Okay, the next pic is not of the Lake.... Just what the countryside looks like... a Postcard for sure!
So, Jackie's dad is a super wood craftsman and a car buff. He rebuilt this 1913 Overland. He bought different pieces from different places... everything original.., cept for the tires rims... He could not find any, so, he built the wooden rims you see here. I mean, the craftmanship.... unbelieveable. Words don't do it justice.
