Mayo Clinic

John and I finally made it to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.  It was a long flight and with this growth, I don't do too well sitting for extended periods, but I managed.  Here's a photo of Chicago's skyline as we made our connection and left for Rochester.

The flight to Rochester from Chicago was only 45 minutes, but it was obvious this was a cold place.  You can see the shadow of our plane on the snow below as we come for a landing.  Rochester's airport is about twice the size of PGV.

A$25 cab ride and we were at the hotel.  While driving in, we went through our normal questions of the driver: where are the best places to eat, what do you suggest we see, and will you stop and let us pick up a few things for our room?  I am really a cheap skate and hate paying $1.50 for a Diet Pepsi.

We made note of his suggestions and he was kind enough to stop and let us get some drinks and snacks for our room.

Luckily, our room was only 2 blocks from the Mayo Clinic and very nice.  One of my dear friends helped us secure a great room near the clinic (hence the photo so she will know our room was just right) and it had all the things on our checklist: king size bed, free breakfast, free internet service, fridge, microwave, and it was nice, quiet, and CLEAN!!  And we had a view of the city skyline, too.

With the extremely cold weather in Minnesota, the smart folk up there have managed to connect all the buildings we had to visit by way of skywalks, so we didn't even have to go outside to get to the Mayo Clinic!  How sweet is that?

The Mayo Clinic is a wonderful facility and I don't think I can adequately describe all we saw and did but I will try.  So stay tuned tomorrow as we pull our wagon around Rochester.

PCQ