Minnehaha Falls

Saturday morning, we finished packing and left the house around 730. We dropped Betsy, Laura, and Steve off at Glacier International Airport and then drove to Missoula. After clearing security, I got a huckleberry scone for a snack before boarding the plane. It would be my last time eating huckleberries for a while. Our first flight to Minneapolis was on time and our layover was 3 hours. I didn’t want to just hang out in the airport, so Sandy and I got a taxi and went to Minnehaha Regional Park, part of Mississippi National River & Recreation Area to get one last waterfall. The taxi dropped us off in the park about a mile from Minnehaha Falls.

We hiked quickly and got a couple of pictures of this impressive waterfall before hiking back quickly.

It’s a very nice 50-foot waterfall, especially given its proximity to a major airport. Definitely worth a detour if you have a layover in Minneapolis.

The cab driver had given us his card, so we called him and he picked us right back up and brought us back to the airport. Altogether, it took about an hour and half to get back to our gate, more than enough time for dinner and couple drinks at the airport before it was time to board the plane. A couple of people I talked to on the plane thought I was a little crazy for leaving the airport to get one more waterfall, but there was more than enough time and it made for an interesting story. We got back to RDU at about 11.