Riding the Northstar

Steve and I decided to take the girls on a little adventure into the city. Ever since the Northstar commuter train started running, Natalie has been anxiously waiting for her chance to try it out.

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The train runs from Anoka into downtown Minneapolis with the final stop at Twins Stadium.  The trip is about 25 minutes on a double decker train.

Once we got downtown, we hopped on the Lightrail for a few blocks and got off at Nicollet Mall - that's where the shops are!  Sarah and Natalie both had some Christmas money and wanted to do a little shopping.  After about an hour and a half, we headed back to the train for the ride home.  It was the perfect length of time for Steve and Natalie ~ Kim and Sarah could've shopped a little longer :-).