August 2014. Bemidji, MN: Home of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. So we spent a short weekend in Bemidji because Chris had to go there for work, and while he did his work stuff I took the kids to explore its downtown on foot. We went to a souvenir shop where Cook got a new pair of sunglasses, and then got ice cream. Then we went shopping at a book store: Cook got a Stephen King book (Night Shift), Ama got book 3 in the Nevergirls series (and a Nevergirls activity book), and Rowan got a My Little Pony plush of Rarity. We ate at a local pizza place that was really good - we sat outside and it was a lot of fun!
This town is small and touristy, and I kept wondering if the people who live here just hate Paul Bunyan after a while. There's the Paul Bunyan Playhouse, the Paul Bunyan Mall, Paul Bunyan's Animal Land, a tv/internet company called Paul Bunyan Communications, Paul Bunyan Transit (their bus system), and Paul Bunyan Broadcasting (their radio station). You get the point, but there's just so much Paul Bunyan crap. Paul Bunyan Elementary School, the Paul Bunyan triathalon, Paul Bunyan realty, the Paul Bunyan Dog Training Association (PBDTA). It's just mind numbing, and we were only there for one night!!
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