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When the weather turns frosty and you’re trapped in a small space – like an RV – relieve the boredom with activates, games, and crafts that don’t take up a lot of room but offer big distraction.
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When the temperatures drop to the single digits, heat up winter in Minnesota with some hot indoor fun.
Didn’t score tickets to the Super Bowl this year that showcased US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis? It’s not too late to see the most exciting stadium in National Football League. Reserve a VIP Tour around US Bank Stadium for a behind-the-scenes look at the home of the Vikings. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes; the tour covers about a mile. Tickets for the tour are $19 for adults, with various discounts available.
If there isn’t enough ice outside, head indoors for a Wild time. Enjoy the fast-paced, hard-hitting action of the National Hockey League at a Minnesota Wild game. Home games played at Xcel Energy Center, St Paul. Experience the local tradition of making the ice at the stadium. A unique program at Xcel Energy Center allows fans to bring up to three ounces of water from their local pond, lake, or hockey rink to be used to make the ice for the Wild.
Heat up this winter by cheering on the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA at the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. A recently completed major renovation makes the state of the art arena worth a stop. The Timberwolves sister team, the Lynx, four-time WNBA champions play from spring until fall. If basketball isn’t your thing, the Target Center is host to everything from major concerts, to Wrestle Mania, to High School cheer-leading competitions,
Minnesota may be one of the country’s top destination for winter sports, but its ingenious residents have also figured out a way to keep summer fun going year around.
Keep your golf game up to par with a visit to Minnesota’s only year around golf center, Golf Zone. Even when the course is covered with ice and snow, keep your swing loose in Golf Zone in Chaska. Since 1998 Golf Zone has been opened to golfers of all skill levels with 40 heated, full-length driving range stalls, and Big Bear, an 18-hole indoor mini putt-putt course.
Take a virtual break from the winter and head to California’s balmy Pebble Beach for a round of golf. Inside Edge Golf is a year-round, indoor golf entertainment and training facility in Eden Prairie. Nine simulators at Eden Prairie feature over 70 world-famous courses rendered in 3D graphics. The popular indoor golf venue is perfect for an indoor get-together with golf-starved friends – or friends who’ve never picked up a club. From league play to lessons, go inside to take a swing at the winter blues.
If serious golf isn’t for you, consider a round of indoor mini golf. Fun for all ages, the newly opened Can Can Wonderland, is an artist designed, retro fun miniature golf course by day and early evening – and bar by night. This St. Paul warehouse-turned fun spot features a course of quirky holes, vintage arcade games, ping pong tables, and food and drinks – including after-9 p.m. boozy malts. The former site of American Can Company-turned fun spot is the product of the first arts-based public benefit corporation in Minnesota supporting artists in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Go to the dark side, at Glow In One in Blaine. For an interesting indoor challenge, the simple, yet challenging 18-hole course is illuminated by black-lights and features bright colors and upbeat music.
For black light mini golf – and a lot more — consider taking refugee from the cold in the Wow! Zone Family Entertainment Center in Mankato. The indoor recreation complex has something to please anyone looking to escape the cold for a few hours. Wow! Zone has 24 state-of-the art bowling lanes, two level laser tag arena, black light mini golf, full arcade, snack bar, sports bar, and restaurant.
Newly opened in December of 2017, the latest in the Great Wolf Adventure Park resort in Bloomington follows the company’s model of North Woods-themed stay and play. The Grey Wolf lodge offers themed accommodations attached to a water park and play area for the exclusive use of guests. Unlimited use of the Water Park is included with overnight accommodations.
Along with slides and pools, the eight-floor complex includes a high-hanging rope course, bowling alley, arcade, rock-climbing wall, MagiQuest live-action game course, along with a mining game that lets kids pan for gemstones. Besides the Great Wolf-branded dining options, find Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Dunkin’ Donuts. Adults will find three bars for relaxing and socializing.
Escape the cold and see the world at the Midtown Global Market. The Global Market is a national landmark known for award-winning food, shopping and entertainment. More than 50 vendors offer produce, delicacies, prepared foods, grocery items, and unique gifts from around the world. The Global Market celebrates the international diversity of South Minneapolis from its location in the old Sears building.
Minnesotans love their coffee. Escape the cold in one of Minnesota’s unique coffee houses for a warming experience. Minneapolis was voted one of the top 10 coffee cities in the U.S. by Travel + Leisure, and there are many choices in the city as well as around the state for locally roasted coffees served in unique and fun settings.
Among popular spots for coffee and socializing, eating sweets and escaping the cold are LuLu Bean’s Coffee House in Willmar, Five Watt Coffee Kingfield in Minneapolis, and Café Astoria in St. Paul.
Mall of America, built atop the site of the old Metropolitan Stadium, is Minnesota’s premier indoor attraction and a great way to escape the cold and find some fun. With over 500 stores, 50 restaurants, dozens of attractions and two attached hotels, Mall of America attracts more than 40 million visitors a year.
This is no typical mall, you can find shows, an amusement park, race track, and even an aquarium here. Kids will love the mall’s indoor theme park, Nickelodeon Universe, home to 27 attractions and counting. Some of the newest include the Bubble Guppies Guppy Bubbler, the longest indoor zip line in the country, character meet and greets, and nightly light shows. Get a taste of Americana with one of the Mall’s newest attractions, FlyOver America. Billed as the “Ultimate Flying Ride” take in the sights, sounds and even smells of America as you soar above the country without ever leaving the comfort of the Mall. Try Smaaash, a multi-story indoor go-karting track and indoor entertainment complex with innovative, locally sourced dining options.
While it may be freezing outside, you can explore the vibrant oceans at the Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium at Mall of America. The Aquarium is home to more than 10,000 sea creatures including sharks, sea turtles, jellyfish, and many more. A 300-foot ocean tunnel through the Aquarium is a highlight of any visit.
Even when its below zero outside, Minnesota offers many options to go inside and warm up your winter with fun.
When your work or play needs to roll on reliable wheels, look for the wings – the wings of H&H Trailers – a leading producer of steel and aluminum flatbeds and cargo trailers.
The industry leader known for its distinctive flaming wings logo continues to soar, with a recent announcement of a major expansion at its Red Oak, Iowa, manufacturing facility.
Since 1993, H&H has been manufacturing quality trailers for work and play from its southwest Iowa plant, with a laser focus on quality from weld to wiring across its broad platform of products. Today, with demand for H&H trailers outpacing overall growth in the trailer industry, H&H’s parent company, Novae Corp. announced a 50,000-sq. ft. expansion of trailer company’s production space.
Trailer production at the fully integrated, upgraded Red Oak facility was expected to be under way at the end of January with an expanded work force dedicated to turning out top quality, reliable trailers with greater efficiency and increased responsiveness.
“Demand for the H&H Trailer brand has continued to outpace the growth of the overall utility trailer market. This expansion is necessary for H&H to stay ahead of the demand curve and to provide our dealers with the customer service and response time they need to support their businesses” Troy Hanni, General Manager for Iowa Operations, said in a press release on the North American Trailer Dealer Association web page.
From large scale haulers to entrepreneurs to motorized sports enthusiasts, H&H trailers builds a model to meet your needs. H&H’s diverse range of products includes steel and aluminum utility trailers, car haulers, equipment trailers, dump trailers, and enclosed cargo trailers. With a vast menu of sizes and options, choose from over 150 variations of models and sizes from H&H’s open steel and aluminum trailers, or over 100 options for a trailer that meets your unique needs.
Tough and budget-friendly H&H steel models offer durability and flexibility. Choose from H&H’s extensive line of steel trailers including utility, flatbed, tilt bed, dump box, and hi-deck trailers. H&H Steel trailers include industry-leading features such as treated wood floors, full DOT compliant lighting, wiring harnesses or conduit enclosed wiring, fender rock guards, ramps and ramp gates.
With signature LED lighting and a long menu of options, from utility trailers to car haulers, tilt beds and deck-over style, single or tandem axles, these H&H trailers are low maintenance and long lasting. Full LED lighting gives H&H aluminum trailers a distinctive look. Choose options including aluminum plank flooring, suspension upgrades, all aluminum dovetail, or bi-fold ramp gates.
H&H builds a full line of enclosed cargo trailers known for their strength, quality and distinctive seamless look. Cost conscious but loaded with value, consider an enclosed trailer from the CA series available in single or tandem axles or car hauler models. Step up to the H&H Topline series, with full tubular steel construction, Posi-Vent system, tongue and rear bulkhead coated with spray-on bed liner, smooth rivet-less .040 aluminum exterior walls, RV-style doors, and full LED lighting with slimline LED taillights. An almost limitless variety of options to choose from makes building the right trailer for your needs mission possible.
Still can’t find the trailer tailored for your needs? H&H answers the call with its customized trailer division. H&H’s team of engineers and designers can craft a trailer from a frame up to meet its customers’ unique needs. Among projects tackled by the custom trailer division are medical trailers, BBQ trailers, office trailers, command centers, tailgating trailers, race trailers, job site trailers, refrigeration units, concession trailers and customized toy haulers.
Find the H&H trailer that meets your needs at M&G Trailers of Ramsey, Minn. Part of the network of trusted H&H Dealers, M&G carries a full line of H&H open utility, flatbed, tilt deck, dump and sled trailers, as well as enclosed car haulers, cargo and sled trailers in both steel and aluminum frames.
As one of the top H&H dealers in the nation, expect a wide inventory and expert sales and service at M&G Trailers.