My pal Meg and I simply got here house from a weekend in Minnesota to look the Luke Bryan Farm Excursion! Sadly, the Farm Excursion was once cancelled because of storms, rain, and dirt. So very unhappy! However we had a a laugh whirlwind of a go back and forth nevertheless, so I nonetheless sought after to percentage our adventures.
Bayer + the Luke Bryan Farm Excursion
Bayer has been a sponsor of the Luke Bryan Farm Excursion since 2015, and as a Bayer spouse for 2023, they flew me as much as assist percentage the excursion project: serving to the ones in rural communities have get entry to to the meals and healthcare they want.
Getting access to meals – particularly wholesome, reasonably priced meals – is a privilege for individuals who reside on the subject of grocery shops and feature the method to shop for it. Lately, 90% of counties with the easiest meals lack of confidence charges are rural, the place grocery shops are many miles away.
The farm excursion is greater than a live performance – this is a approach to elevate consciousness of rural care deserts and building up get entry to for the ones experiencing starvation. As a Dietitian, I sought after to assist unfold this message on my channels.
Bayer’s function is to remind rural communities how necessary it’s to “Take care, Now.” Take a look at their web site, and input to win VIP tickets to subsequent 12 months’s farm excursion so you’ll be able to get entangled!
Bayer graciously let me deliver a pal, and I requested my #1 Luke Bryan fan Meg! Right here’s the tale of our travels, adventures, and extra travels : )
Go back and forth To Minnesota
We determined to fly out of Dulles airport to get an immediate flight to Minneapolis and did a 2 hour power on each ends. Small the city to small the city it’s what you gotta do!
We left Cville on Friday morning and arrived with an hour of time to try the new Capital One Front room at Dulles airport. In the event you reside any place close to Dulles airport or fly via it continuously, you should get a Capital One Mission card! The Mission X will get you and two partners in limitless occasions, and the Mission will get you 2 visits in step with 12 months.
The living room was once STUNNING with restaurant-quality meals, snacks to take at the airplane, glowing water, a espresso bar, and a complete bar (all complimentary!!) Plus great onesie bogs, wifi, plenty of plugs, and comfortable seating. It was once proper after TSA PreCheck and so handy for a seek advice from prior to flying out. We sampled just about all the tapas taste bites presented. I so liked that the whole lot was once unmarried serving so it was once simple to clutch one thing with no need to glop buffet meals to your plate (germs!).
The clutch and pass space – all complimentary!
I additionally grabbed some snacks for the flight: a quinoa salad with grilled peaches, recent spinach, and do-it-yourself dressing and a s’mores parfait with chocolate ganache. I used to be severely inspired!! I shared the additional sandwich I picked up with the gentleman within the seat subsequent to me. He loved it!
Be told extra in regards to the trip bank cards and the entire advantages of the Capital One Mission playing cards right here!
Power to Rochester, Minnesota
Upon our arrival, we rented a automobile (boo for an hour-long condominium automobile wait) and drove south to Rochester, Minnesota the place we stayed two nights on the Hampton Inn there. Fall was once simply beginning to display! The power was once very beautiful.
Dinner at Thai Pop
You’ll have observed me point out Rochester on Instagram. It’s house to the Mayo Hospital and a small town. Thank you to these dozen or so fans who despatched me eating place suggestions! Just about everybody discussed Thai Pop as the new new eating place, in order that’s the place we made reservations.
Rain please don’t soak the entire weekend!
Thai Pop was once SO a laugh! We cherished it! We sat on the bar and had beverages prior to dinner.
And Outdated Formed for Meg; a Mezcal + Passionfruit for me
For dinner we determined to stick on the bar as a result of we cherished the vibe. We shared brussels and noodles in a ravishing sauce, and cauliflower pops. The whole thing was once delish, particularly the palm sugar caramelized brussels!
Dessert at Flapdoodles
Our subsequent prevent additionally got here multiple-recommended and was once proper close to our resort: Flapdoodles ice cream!
We were given a flight to percentage of Oatmeal Cookie, Key Lime Pie, Pumpkin Gingersnap, and Birthday Cake. EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS! So delish!!!
Breakfast
Within the morning we had deliberate to visit the farmer’s marketplace for breakfast and low, but it surely was once pouring : ( So as an alternative we opted for the unfastened resort breakfast and a exercise.
Oatmeal with peanut butter and banana and low!!
Perfect Health club Exercise
The gymnasium had a Peloton!! Meg and I are each riders, so we traded off aerobic rides and Jess Sims weight classes. I in reality rode with Thomas for a minute who was once on his motorcycle in Cville! Humorous small international. We had a perfect exercise.
Farmer’s Marketplace Prevent
And the rain cleared up! We took showers and went to the marketplace. At this level we have been getting excited that it could no longer rain all day for the live performance.
Undercover agent Area Espresso
Our subsequent prevent was once Undercover agent Area Espresso the place i had a Biscoff Cookie Butter Cappuccino! AMAZING.
Moments prior to we were given the scoop that the live performance was once cancelled : (
Rain Is A Excellent Factor
We were given a textual content from our Bayer crew that they have been so bummed to must percentage that the live performance was once cancelled. It seems that Luke’s crew had arrived to step up and the was once such a lot dust from the entire rain they couldn’t even arrange the level. We have been clearly in point of fact unhappy, however we understood. If you’ll be able to’t arrange, you’ll be able to’t arrange. Plus for those who’re a Luke fan you realize that “rain is a great factor.” Rain makes corn, corn makes whiskey… We sang that track all afternoon.
We went into logistics making plans mode and determined to power again to Minneapolis to get nearer to the airport after which take an previous flight house the following morning.
Lunch at Forager
However prior to we left, we went to Forager Brewery for lunch. This was once any other extremely counseled spot from the locals.
Peach + Avo salad
Wonderful pear and gorgonzola pizza
Heading North
Again close to MSP, we returned our condominium automobile, ubsered to our new resort, checked in, and went into making plans mode to search out some eating place recs within the space. Due to a couple of extra weblog fans, we had a just right checklist to try.
However then extra storms rolled in. And not anything was once tremendous on the subject of us – the uber rides would value about $30 each and every method. So we made the tricky determination not to undertaking out within the rain after we couldn’t get a resy and pass to the Mall of The usa as an alternative. It was once proper around the boulevard and safe from climate.
Cedar + Stone
For dinner we landed at Cedar and Stone and had beverages, cheese curds (!!) and a few small plates of brussels, scallops, and fries.
The ones highly spiced cheese curds with a yogurt dipping sauce have been well worth the go back and forth on my own!!
Mall of The usa
We ventured into the mall, and I believe we handiest noticed about 1% of it…
As a result of we discovered the amusement park within! We went at the Reasonably Peculiar Coaster that was once so a laugh. We each Facetimed our children to turn them.
We have been up at 6am the following morning for our flight / power house to Virginia.
Luke Bryan Deja Vu
And whilst it was once tremendous unhappy to not get to look the Farm Excursion live performance, the excellent news is that Thomas purchased tickets to look him for my birthday months in the past! So I’ll be going to my 3rd Luke Bryan display on the finish of October. It’s within, so rain can pour down!
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