Twins Stadium

On my bike ride around the perimeter of downtown Mpls. I stopped to take some pictures of the progress on the new Twins stadium. Looks like it's coming along quite nicely, at least from the outside.

Duluth!

Spent the weekend in Duluth with Rebeca, who ran the Grandma's Half Marathon. It was a gorgeous weekend and we had a beautiful solstice! Spent part of Saturday doing one of my favorite things in the world-- beach combing on the shore of Lake Superior. We walked along the lake and saw these brave people swimming and jumping off this old part of a pier. It looked really fun, but the lake was very, very cold. We knew this from just having our feet in the water for awhile while we sat on the big granite rocks on the shore.

Bike Ride Cont. 2

Finally, coming off the bridge, the trail goes through a little wooded section before connecting up with West River Parkway. Today it looked especially magical, all dappled in sunlight and with the cottonwood seeds gathered on the sides of the path like little fairy feathers. Makes one wonder where this portal leads...

Bike Ride Cont.

One of my other favorite sites is the Mississippi River. I go over it every day, either in my car to and from work, or on my bike rides. It's hard to avoid it since it's about 2 blocks from my back door. This is one of the prettiest views of the river-- Coming over the Ford Bridge, looking upriver toward Minneapolis. If I had a 180 degree camera, you'd also be able to see the Ford dam, from the other side of the bridge. The river looks so nice and wide and calm right here. And you can't even tell it's right in the middle of two cities.

A Bike Ride Through Minneapolis and a Bit of St. Paul

Today I had a totally free day! So after morning meditation, breakfast, coffee and farmers' market, I took Little Blue out for a spin around the neighborhood. I headed south to Minnehaha Falls Park. There I saw the meager flow of the creek cascading over the limestone bluffs, and a special treat-- this guy was playing guitar and violin and singing and yodeling. You can't really tell from the picture, but he has an old bicycle leaning against the tree. I wanted to ask how he managed to balance all of his instruments on the bike. It was cool to experience some real live music while I was looking at one of my favorite natural wonders that happens to be just 3 miles from my house.