Great River Road 4: Little Falls to Mpls

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Anoka is the next small town, where docks and pontoon boats dot the river as we travel south, followed by the Coon Rapids Dam before we hit the metropolis of Mpls/St. Paul.

Downtown Anoka

Coon Rapids Dam

East Coon Rapids Dam Visitor Center

 

 

Back on our home turf we’ll take you for a short ride through Minneapolis. There’s a lot to see and we won’t cover it all here, but you’ll get the feel for the city and how it’s grown up along the Mississippi. The river enters Minneapolis on the north end and continues into the heart of the city on it’s way to St. Paul, our state capital.

Waterski show just north of downtown Minneapolis

The Grain Belt Brewery sign and the Hennepin Avenue bridge.

Mill City Ruins and Gold Medal Flour

North Star Woolen Mill

Gold Medal Flour

Stone Arch Bridge and Pillsbury’s Best Flour

 

The Guthrie Theatre

The University of Minnesota on the West Bank

The Weisman Art Gallery which houses the U of M’s massive collection

U of M Medical Center

 

U of M Medical Center and the Minneapolis Queen

Looking down the river towards Minnehaha Falls. The Ford dam is just on the horizon and this marks the end of heavy duty commerce of the Mississippi.

Goodnight Minneapolis

Here are links to earlier posts on the Great River Road Tour:

http://livedan330.com/2013/08/31/rolling-down-the-river-with-harley-grandma-intro/

http://livedan330.com/2013/08/26/biker-grandma-hits-the-road/

http://livedan330.com/2013/08/30/mississippi-headwaters-lake-itasca/

http://livedan330.com/2013/09/01/bemidji-to-little-falls/

http://livedan330.com/2013/09/02/great-river-road-little-falls-to-mpls/

http://livedan330.com/2013/09/08/great-river-road-5-hometown-st-paul/

http://livedan330.com/2013/09/08/great-river-ro…-to-lake-pepin/ ‎

http://livedan330.com/2013/09/06/the-great-rive…oad-lake-pepin/

Here are a couple of interesting posts related to the Great River Road Tour:

http://livedan330.com/2013/08/19/munsinger-clemens-gardens/ ‎

http://livedan330.com/2013/08/19/mexican-food-in-dorset-mn

 

 

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