Felton, MN - Children and Health

CANADA

Things our site leaders let us do today: go to Canada.

Today, the Felton crew took a well-earned break from all of our hard work on the farm and had a Fun Day. We said farewell to the Travelodge in Morehead and began our trek up to the border. After a brief run-in with the border patrol, we ran around in the Canadian wilderness and played a little bit of hockey while we were out there.

From there, we headed to Minneapolis. One of the cars passed the time by trying to see who could be the first to find a hill in flat Western Minnesota. The game was derailed by Taylore's impossible to live-up-to expectations of what a "hill" should really be. The other passed the time by singing country songs.

Once we arrived in Minneapolis, we headed straight for the Mall of America. Due to a complex parking garage set-up, there was a brief debacle in our efforts to find an available spot. We almost died in the parking garage. But Team Felton prevailed. After a quick lunch, we were overwhelmed by some of the crazy-cool parts of the mall. LegoLand was definitely one of our favorites. Some of us got presents for our friends and family. Some of us were content with trying on cowboy hats and funky sunglasses. Before heading out, a couple of guys showed us some awesome magic tricks.

We lost another member of our crew today. But we met a new friend who graciously is letting us crash in her apartment. Our last group dinner today was a delicious Thai feast, where we also got to celebrate Site Leader Lyndsay's birthday! We ended the night with some ice cream at Sebastian Joe's, a local Minneapolis favorite.

As our trip comes to an end, we all are starting to realize how lucky we are to have had this experience in Felton. We learned a lot working at Riding on Angel's WIngs. We definitely appreciate the value of hard work a lot more than before. We also have a lot more love for Missouri weather, as hard as that may be to believe. Most of all, we earned a lot of respect for people who work with people with disabilities. Bette and her workers wowed us with their commitment to what they do, and we will never forget them and the lessons they taught us. 

This is our last blog, and we really appreciate you all checking in on our trip. Without your support, we couldn't have done it. Thank you. A million times, thank you. 

Even though we didn't really know each other when we started, we have now become great friends. We all owe a lot to our awesome site leaders, Lyndsay and Taylore. We would have been lost without them. Thank you.

Oh yeah, that Canada thing…..April Fools.

-The Best of the 216