https://www.thingelstad.com/categories/grand-rapids-2021/ en Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:16:30 -0500 https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/grand-rapids-hibbing.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:16:30 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/grand-rapids-hibbing.html <p>Weather: Cool. Mist and rain in the morning. Cool and mostly cloudy throughout the day.</p> <ul> <li>&ldquo;Rock&rsquo;n the 50s&rdquo; Escape Room at <a href="https://www.itascahistorical.org/museum/">Itasca Historical Society</a>.</li> <li>Lunch at <a href="https://www.spartandeli.com">Spartan Deli</a>.</li> <li>Shopping: <a href="https://www.bendersshoes.com">Bender&rsquo;s Shoe &amp; Sport</a>, <a href="https://visitgrandrapids.com/portfolio-works/benders-gift/">Bender&rsquo;s Gifts</a>, <a href="https://macrostieartcenter.org">MacRostie Art Center</a>, and <a href="https://www.thelakeandcompany.com">The Lake &amp; Co Shop</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.barelyreality.com">Barely Reality VR</a></li> <li>Drove to Hibbing.</li> <li>Saw giant Iron Man and stopped for pictures.</li> <li>Eventually found <a href="https://hibbingmineview.org">Hull Rust Mine View</a> after going to the wrong places.</li> <li>Dinner at <a href="https://boomtownwoodfire.com/hibbing/">Boomtown Brewing</a>. Very good food!</li> <li>Drove back to Grand Rapids.</li> </ul> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/great-beer-flight.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:12:34 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/great-beer-flight.html <p>Great beer flight at <a href="https://boomtownwoodfire.com/hibbing/">Boomtown Brewery</a> in Hibbing tonight. Blueberry Wheat, Orehouse IPA, Nitro Milkshake IPA, and Enoremous Double IPA.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/809fa2475b.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Four small glasses of craft beer on a slate flight board at Boomtown Brewery, labeled Enoremous DIPA, Orehouse IPA, Blueberry Wheat, and Nitro Milkshake IPA." /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/it-was-cool.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:08:59 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/it-was-cool.html <p>It was cool to check out the giant mining equipment on exhibit by the <a href="https://hibbingmineview.org">Hull Rust Mine View</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/36ce7be5cf.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Giant yellow mining haul truck numbered 166 on display outdoors with three children standing beside its massive tires and an adult on the upper deck" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/bbf6193f22.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Large yellow Detroit Diesel engine on display at Hull Rust Mine View in Hibbing Minnesota" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/2467929b64.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Two giant excavator buckets flank a paved walkway leading to a concrete gateway overlooking an open pit iron mine." /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/a3a737cd1b.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Three kids standing inside a massive iron ore mining shovel bucket on exhibit at the Hull Rust Mine in Hibbing Minnesota" /></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/we-took-in.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:03:50 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/we-took-in.html <p>We took in amazing views of the <a href="https://hibbingmineview.org">Hull Rust Mine</a> today. Incredibly large open pit mine. Looks like a man-made Grand Canyon.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/27942bb52a.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Vast terraced open pit iron ore mine with rust-colored rock layers, haul roads, and trucks visible, surrounded by green forest." /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/we-saw-this.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 21:59:13 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/we-saw-this.html <p>We saw this giant <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_(Minnesota_statue)">Iron Man statue</a> in Chisholm, MN today and had to stop and check it out. I thought it was awesome! <strong>85 feet high</strong>, making it the 4th tallest in the US. Weighs over <strong>4 tons</strong>. Had to listen to <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=5s7_WbiR79E">Iron Man</a> while there. 🤘</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/20c878fd28.jpg" width="600" height="599" alt="Sign for The Iron Man Miners Memorial in Chisholm Minnesota with the 85-foot steel miner statue visible behind it" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/d05d7eb8ee.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Giant Iron Man statue in Chisholm MN depicting a miner holding tools atop a stylized bundle of iron ore rails under a blue sky." /></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/i-liked-this.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 21:48:09 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/i-liked-this.html <p>I liked this art from <a href="http://www.clarence-morgan.com">Clarence Morgan</a> that we saw at <a href="https://macrostieartcenter.org">MacRostie Art Center</a> today. It reminded me a bit of the <a href="https://artblocks.io/project/0">Squiggle project from ArtBlocks</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/b09786f609.jpg" width="600" height="337" alt="Four framed abstract drawings with colorful interlocking loops and swirls hang on a gray gallery wall under spotlights." /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/we-won-the.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 12:53:57 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/we-won-the.html <p>We won the &ldquo;Rock&rsquo;n the 50s&rdquo; Escape Room at <a href="https://www.itascahistorical.org/museum/">Itasca Historical Society</a> in <strong>40 minutes</strong>! <a href="https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/">Room 36</a>!</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/7dd771e24b.jpg" width="515" height="514" alt="Group of seven people celebrating inside a 1950s-themed escape room, several holding up small tokens and smiling at the camera." /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/21/pokegama-lake-framed.html Sat, 21 Aug 2021 10:45:53 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/21/pokegama-lake-framed.html <p>Pokegama Lake framed by trees.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/9b0a0aed4c.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Pokegama Lake viewed through pine and maple trees, with a dock, two chairs, and a moored boat in the foreground" /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/20/severe-tree-damage.html Fri, 20 Aug 2021 20:44:51 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/20/severe-tree-damage.html <p>Severe tree damage on Southern edge of Pokegema Lake right next to my brothers place from storm a week ago.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/d6ffa4b946.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Fallen and snapped trees piled across a forest floor near a stack of cut firewood, showing severe storm damage in a mixed woodland." /> https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/08/20/tried-both-the.html Fri, 20 Aug 2021 20:42:02 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2021/08/20/tried-both-the.html <p>Tried both the White and Sweet tasting wine flights at Unwined Up North in Grand Rapids tonight.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/990983e72f.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Minnesota-shaped wooden flight board holding five small wine glasses including one red wine and several white wines on a patio table" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/abb8e8fd65.jpg" width="599" height="600" alt="Five stemless wine glasses on a wooden flight board cut in the shape of Minnesota, holding white, rose, and clear wines" /><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2021/f3307d7d06.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Wine Tastings With Nosh menu listing Red, White, Dry, and Sweet tasting flights at 15 dollars each with nosh included." /></p>