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# minnesota!
- URL: https://www.bradenanderin.com/minnesota/
- Published: 2019-06-30T04:44:46.000Z
- Updated: 2019-06-30T04:44:46.000Z
- Author: erin
- Tags: family, places we've been, the bus, summer, #Import 2023-10-16 11:47

We planned to get an early start towards home this morning. The girls eventually woke me up at 9 AM... not exactly the early start we had hoped for.

When we stopped at the Kansas Welcome Center yesterday I got a brochure for a carousel museum. It was 30 minutes out of our way, but the girls and I REALLY wanted to go.

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We got to ride a carousel from 1913.

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After that we drove through Missouri and Iowa.

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We saw tons of signs in Missouri for the Amish country store and bakery just over the Iowa border. There was no way we were passing by that without stopping.

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We got some snacks, baked goods and, of course, ice cream.

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We were planning to stop for the night in Des Moines, but it was only 3 1/2 hours to home.

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We decided we'd rather get home than drive the rest of the way in the morning... so we did.

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