UCGIS Summer Assembly in Minneapolis, MN plus U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR </head> <BODY BACKGROUND="deep.gif" VLINK="yellow" LINK="yellow" TEXT="#FFCCFF"> <font face=verdana,arial,courier,sans-serif> <center> <a href="../index.html"><img src="../header2.gif" border="none"><img src="../lil_head.gif" border="none"></a><br> </center> <h2 align="center"> UCGIS Summer Assembly in Minneapolis, MN<br>plus<br> U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR <br><br> <a target="new" href="http://ucgis.org/summer2008/">More Info on UCGIS Meeting</a> </h2> <b>Click on thumbnails for larger image</b><br><br> Page 1 | <a href="index2.html">Page 2</a> | <a href="index3.html">Page 3</a> <p><br> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" width="100%"> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/1.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/1.jpg"></a><br><br>Wasatch Mtns in background at Salt City Lake Airport enroute to Minneapolis </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/2.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/2.jpg"></a><br><br>Minneapolis </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/3.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/3.jpg"></a><br><br>Minneapolis </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/4.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/4.jpg"></a><br><br>University of Minnesota campus </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/5.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/5.jpg"></a><br><br>U of Minnesota campus </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/6.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/6.jpg"></a><br><br>Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Public Policy, U. of Minnesota campus - site of UCGIS Summer Assembly </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/7.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/7.jpg"></a><br><br>U of Minnesota campus, east bank across the Mississippi River </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/8.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/8.jpg"></a><br><br>Mississippi R. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/9.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/9.jpg"></a><br><br>U. of Minnesota Faculty Club lounge </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/10.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/10.jpg"></a><br><br>Taken from bridge across river to other side of campus. Tree full of sneakers is apparently in the Guiness Book of World Records! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/11.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/11.jpg"></a><br><br>Under the bridge spanning east and west banks of U. of Minnesota campus. Twisted pieces from the nearby site of the tragic I-35W bridge collapse of August, 2007. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/12.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/12.jpg"></a><br><br>The Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, where my mom and I visited "The Science of Star Wars" exhibit. </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/13.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/13.jpg"></a><br><br>The Science of Star Wars, featuring original droids, vehicles, costumes, and special effects miniatures from the actual movies. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/14.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/14.jpg"></a><br><br>R2-D2 will always be the kids' favorite. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/15.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/15.jpg"></a><br><br>Land speeder from the first Star Wars (Episode IV, A New Hope) </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/16.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/16.jpg"></a><br><br>Yoda puppet and Jedi training device used in Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/17.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/17.jpg"></a><br><br>Darth Vader costume </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/18.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/18.jpg"></a><br><br>Three pieces of the Darth Vader helmet </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/19.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/19.jpg"></a><br><br>Imperial Stormtrooper costume </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/20.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/20.jpg"></a><br><br>Chewbacca costume in the gift shop area </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/21.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/21.jpg"></a><br><br>We also visited part of the human body exhibit elsewhere in the museum. This little girl is in the clutches of an exhibit about skin maladies! </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/22.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/22.jpg"></a><br><br>Neat aerial photo of the Mississippi and its banks in Minneapolis-St. Paul on the floor the museum entrance, near the National Park exhibit </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/23.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/23.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/24.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/24.jpg"></a><br><br>St. Paul is the hometown of Charles M. Schulz, so of course I had to go seeking Peanuts statues, and was very lucky to find this one of Charlie Brown. He is actually representing a tribute to Italian Americans in the area. </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/25.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/25.jpg"></a><br><br>Plaque at base of Charlie Brown statue. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/26.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/26.jpg"></a><br><br>And my mom spotted this Snoopy statue, near the museum, left over from the Peanuts on Parade event where statues of the characters were painted and installed all over town in 2000. So here in 2008, this was a great find as I thought they had all been auctioned off by now! </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/27.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/27.jpg"></a><br><br>Base of statue and Peanuts on Parade seal. </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/28.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/28.jpg"></a><br><br> </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/29.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/29.jpg"></a><br><br>Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the U.S. in terms of total enclosed floor area. </td> <td align="center" width="33%"> <a href="Pages/30.html"><img border="0" alt="" src="Thumbnails/30.jpg"></a><br><br>Mall of America now has an underground aquarium! </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>