We arrived at our stop for the night, the Lakes Inn in Detroit Lakes, MN. As promised, the property is right across the street from the lake and the owner is super friendly. He gave us a larger unit (a suite!) seeing that we have the two kids with us. The kids are delighted with the “Jack and Jill” bathroom, racing cars in circles around the suite. We walked down the street to pick up some “authentic” Mexican food, which turns out to be authentic only in the sense that the people who cooked it are Mexican. We eat our dinner next to the lake. Oscar is suspicious of the food, while Delilah dives right in. When she’s done eating, Delilah entertained herself throwing sand into the lake -- “I’m playing in a big big big big sand table!” There are shells scattered along the water line - sea snails?! Pretty sure I’ve heard about them as an invasive species in my aquatic invasive species network modeling. Their abundance certainly didn’t look like a well-balanced ecosystem.