Kalle and Kimmo's Excellent American Adventure-Thursday

Our afternoon started at Home Depot; Every Man's Heaven, Every Woman's Hell...this is, of course, according to me. We spent 2 hours walking around and surprisingly, I wasn't in too much pain. Kalle and Kimmo seemed to have a good old time walking through all the isles and looking at things. Kalle was looking for some very specific items to take home but couldn't find them.


Kalle and Kimmo and millions of items to look at.

Then we headed out of town to Salt Lake, but decided to stop at IKEA and have dinner there. Kalle and Kimmo had never been so now I had a chance to show them the Woman's Heaven.


Traffic on the way to IKEA. It was rush hour, not so much for us than it was for the other lanes.


IKEA! Meatballs and mashed potatoes were sublime. Then we walked through the whole store and Kalle was very interested how everything was made and how flimsy some of the furniture was.

We decided to bag Salt Lake and come back home. Then I remembered that we were very close to Cabela's (yet another Man's Heavenly places). Even though Kalle is not a hunter or a fisherman, he decided that it was something we could do. We walked in, and I knew, he was hooked. We spent 1 1/2 hours there looking at all the fish and stuffed animals and guns and all the possible crap that they sold there. I think I deserve a medal of some sort. I haven't spent so much time in testosterone infused atmosphere, now that I think about it, EVER. At least Kalle and Kimmo had a great time, and that is the most important thing.


Kimmo and Kalle, about to walk into something wonderful.

Kimmo tried his marksman's skills. He only missed one shot.

Kalle didn't miss one shot.

Kalle was very interested in the log furniture. Kalle is a master builder of log homes so he was very glad to see all the furniture that was made from logs. Now he wishes that he would have more time to start building some of them.

Log swing.

Log bedroom set. Kimmo looks so comfortable on the bed.

Log dresser.