At any rate, a few weeks ago my buddy invited me to hang out around a bonfire at his place with his family. I was in between business trips to LA and Houston and it was almost a month since we had even spoken to one anther. The Wife joined me, but had to work the next day, so we couldn't get as crazy as we normally would. My buddy and I took a trip to the corner store for a chord of wood and on our return, we ran into one of his neighbors. He was going to be watching playoff hockey in his garage with his wife, which seemed too tempting to pass. After getting the fire started for our better halves and a couple beers, we wondered across the street.
As I may have documented, spring in Minnesota has been as precipitation-filled as the winter. The evening of the bonfire was a nice break from incessant rain the last couple weeks, but the topic of conversation eventually turned to the horrors of the winter and the God-awful shoveling, plowing, and snow blowing we endured. THAT'S how bad the winter was - insisting upon itself in the minds of Minnesotans months later. And like that bitter season, I couldn't wait to escape the verbal summary.
So, in that vein, here are the pictures, truly taken in March; although some of you may think these were taken more recently.
No. 069: 03-10-2014
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| The frozen Mississippi River under the Fairview Riverside Hospital, where G-Bug was born |
No.070: 03-11-2014
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| Upriver from Fairview Riverside is the Southwest Steam Plant. |
No. 071: 03-12-2014
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| The Stone Arch Bridge from a vantage point downriver. |
No. 072: 03-13-2014
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| A couple college students on the hunt for Pennywise the Clown. |
No. 073: 03-14-2014
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| Did you know the town of Mounds View near St. Paul is named for a series of burial mounds on the bluff overlooking the river? You do now. |
No. 074: 03-15-2014
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| A picture both whimsical and disturbing. |
No. 075: 03-16-2014
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| A gray sky above a grayer river. |
