Katie and I are here at the Staybridge Suites in beautiful and oh so lively Rochester, MN for our visit to the Mayo Clinic. Today was a pretty easy day as Katie had a barium x-ray this morning followed by some bloodwork. Lucky for us this only took up the morning so we had the rest of the day to explore Rochester! Unfortunately the only thing to do in Rochester is visit the Mayo Clinic.

We started to go to a movie in the late afternoon, even went in and we were about to purchase tickets. However, after a discussion there at the ticket booth we decided that we really didn't want to watch a movie so we spent the rest of the day riding around town (that takes about 10-12 minutes to do) the rest of the afternoon and hitting the local Toys-R-Us to think of gift ideas for Lacy's 1st birthday on Saturday. Right now we're thinking we might get her a bike seat to ride behind us or a wagon. We might even go crazy and get both (note: we've already gotten her a Baby Tad singing/talking frog.)

Note to those who are thinking of visiting Rochester, It's cold. Today September 18, 2006 it was in the low 40's with a steady 25 mph wind. Wednesday the forecast is for a low of 33. If this keeps up I think I'm going to have to get Katie hooked up to an I.V. because her nose runs constantly.

Hopefully we'll be home soon though and back to wear the wind is warm and noses dry.