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Just Us Two By Nicholas Minnesota has always been a fun place to visit, anytime during the year, but I especially love the cold winters there. I was fortunate enough to go last December with my Dad, just the two of us. He is not always around and this was going to be some serious father / son action. Minnesota has the coldest recorded winter temperature in America. It is so cold, the kind where you lose your dog in a snow bank, or lose your boot when you pull your foot out of the snow. Anyway, back to the point, my dad and I did a lot of things together. We went sledding in St. Paul, and to a history and science museum where we learned about volcanos. I found out that when volcanoes erupt they deposit bacteria that helps life form and because of them; we might not be here now. At the same museum we learned about dinosaurs and that a dinosaur’s stomach is about ten times bigger than Mr. Murphy (I have pictures of me in a replica stomach). My dad and I bought a portable hockey set and played many games and he beat me every time. He said when he was young he played a lot with his brothers. My dad bought me lots of things. My favorite toy was called “Hex Bugs”. They are batterypowered bugs and, if you put them on your hand, it would vibrate and feel goooood. My dad also took me to my favorite restaurant called Snuffy’s, which has the best burgers and malts. Cheeseburgers are my favorite food and that is one reason I love Snuffy’s so much. Every time we crossed a bridge in the car we played a game where I tried to hold my breath until we crossed the other side, even on the longest bridges. I also got to spend

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Just  Us  Two  By  Nicholas  

 Minnesota  has  always  been  a  fun  place  to  visit,  anytime  

during  the  year,  but  I  especially  love  the  cold  winters  there.    I  was  fortunate  enough  to  go  last  December  with  my  Dad,  just  the  two  of  us.    He  is  not  always  around  and  this  was  going  to  be  some  serious  father  /  son  action.      Minnesota  has  the  coldest  recorded  winter  temperature  in  America.    It  is  so  cold,  the  kind  where  you  lose  your  dog  in  a  snow  bank,  or  lose  your  boot  when  you  pull  your  foot  out  of  the  snow.      

Anyway,  back  to  the  point,  my  dad  and  I  did  a  lot  of  things  together.    We  went  sledding  in  St.  Paul,  and  to  a  history  and  science  museum  where  we  learned  about  volcanos.    I  found  out  that  when  volcanoes  erupt  they  deposit  bacteria  that  helps  life  form  and  because  of  them;  we  might  not  be  here  now.  At  the  same  museum  we  learned  about  dinosaurs  and  that  a  dinosaur’s  stomach  is  about  ten  times  bigger  than  Mr.  Murphy  (I  have  pictures  of  me  in  a  replica  stomach).      

My  dad  and  I  bought  a  portable  hockey  set  and  played  many  games  and  he  beat  me  every  time.    He  said  when  he  was  young  he  played  a  lot  with  his  brothers.    My  dad  bought  me  lots  of  things.    My  favorite  toy  was  called  “Hex  Bugs”.    They  are  battery-­‐powered  bugs  and,  if  you  put  them  on  your  hand,  it  would  vibrate  and  feel  goooood.    My  dad  also  took  me  to  my  favorite  restaurant  called  Snuffy’s,  which  has  the  best  burgers  and  malts.      Cheeseburgers  are  my  favorite  food  and  that  is  one  reason  I  love  Snuffy’s  so  much.    

Every  time  we  crossed  a  bridge  in  the  car  we  played  a  game  where  I  tried  to  hold  my  breath  until  we  crossed  the  other  side,  even  on  the  longest  bridges.    I  also  got  to  spend  

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time  with  my  Grammy  and  Grandpy;  my  Grandpy  was  crazy  about  his  heat  tapes,  which  are  used  to  melt  snow  on  the  roof  and  his  were  not  working  very  well.  My  Grammy  would  always  talk  whenever  she  could,  but  I  liked  it.    

 All  in  all  I  loved  Minnesota  and  it  is  my  favorite  state  in  

the  U.S.  I  had  jet  lag  the  whole  two  weeks  I  was  there  but  it  was  still  a  lot  of  fun.  Just  with  the  two  of  us.    Nothing  serious,  except  serious  fun.    That  is  the  way  life  should  be.