Traveling Minnesota and Iowa with Twins + 1: a suspension bridge in Iowa

One of the neat things about resettling this year in the prairie of southern Minnesota have been finding different places where we've never been to explore together as family.

Of note this week is a wonderful suspension bridge we found in Estherville, Iowa.

Our current home is just 3 blocks from a lake. It's great to live near a lake with two 6 year-olds and a baby. We have a great place to go on walks every morning and night. There's easy access just a short jaunt away for canoeing which is great. But there's something different between a lake and a river. Rivers rush even on calm sunny days when lakes seem still and inviting. Rivers team with unrestrained energy and even inspire a little bit of awe and wonder as we look on at the force contained within their banks.

So yesterday, when we were out exploring in a nearby town, we were pleasantly surprised to find a pedestrian suspension bridge just a few miles away from home. The bridge was shaky which made it all the more fun to cross over the small section of white water below.

Our minute younger twin, Gray for short, was definitely not going to go over that shaky bridge at first; but once we crossed one time she had to be sure to cross four times more to appreciate the full drama of the moment.