This years Polaris dealer meeting was held in Minnesota. I had never been to Minnesota so it was really fun to discover a new place.
Polaris combined 3 days of meetings into 1 and 1/2 realy looooooooooong days. The new product reveal was held at the Excel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul, MN. Despite all the crappy economic news, Polaris introduced a lot of new stuff including......
an all electic powered Ranger. Several other models were also updated and red is the standard color this year.
The second day of meetings were held at the Polaris R&D (research and development) facility in Wyoming, MN. We boarded the bus at 6:30 a.m. and returned back to the motel at 9:30 p.m. The R&D facility is amazing! It is a state-of-the-art multi-multi million dollar facility with an awesome test track.
With the meeting behind us, it was time for some fun (i.e. retail therapy) and the best place for that is:
Our first stop of the day was (of course) 
the American Girl Doll store. What an amazing place. So many dolls. So many clothes. So many accessories. Not to mention the hair salon and Bistro. Sydney and I were in doll heaven (Ted not so much).
After about 8 hours of shopping we headed back to St. Paul for our RiverBoat dinner cruise down the mighty Mississippi.
The morning of day four found us at the Wabasha Street Caves for their "Gangster Tour" If you ever happen to be in St. Paul this is a MUST! We all had so much fun and learned so much about the history of St. Paul (it was a safe haven for gangsters such as John Dillinger, Ma Baker, and Babyface Nielson).
Our guide played the role of Edna Murray (the kissing bandit) and she was amazing! 
We saw the gangster sights such as the Baker Boys house
John Dillingers apartment building
as well as other historic St. Paul sights
F Scott Fitzgerald's home
the Cathedral of Saint Paul
and the Minnesota state capitol
After a "Gangster" filled morning, we headed back to the Mall of America to the Underground Aquarium where we saw lots of fish, sharks, and seahorses. Then finished out the day with some more shopping and rides.
It was a really quick trip loaded with lots of fun!
Drawing Nigh
13 years ago
6 comments:
I've been wondering how the trip was! You really packed a lot into a few days and it looks like you had fun, though I'm sure Ted could ahve done without all the shoping. Can't wait to hear all about it!
Looks like you had lots of fun..
Did you guys forget 3 of your friends again? It looks like you had a really fun time and what awesome memories for your family.
I am jealous of the shopping part of your trip. I could spend a week in mall of american. Sid looks so cute and grown up in that picture.
Great pictures!! I'm so jealous of the gangster tour and I can't wait to see Depp as Dillinger!!
Glad you're back! See you at the fair!
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