Sara K, whom you might know from her regular comments on this blog, is almost Dr. Sara K. She’s spent the last few years working toward a PhD, and I’m in Minneapolis to see her defense.
After navigating myself from the airport to my AirBnB, (thanks light rail!) I used the app on my phone to find a Nice Ride. Those would be the bike share bikes in the Twin Cities.
There was a bank of bikes not far from my place, and I rode about 25 minutes to Lake Nokomis, where I locked up my bike at another station. Easy as pie!
One thing I enjoyed about Lake Nokomis, was that they had seperate paths for walkers and bikes. The path in the foreground is for walkers; the one in the back is for bikes. Very smart, Minneapolis!
While it was full-on warm spring in Portland, it was still early spring in the North Star State. I would call what I experienced mid-to-late-March weather.
A variety of Sara’s relatives (and Sara herself, plus Shawn) arrived and we ate and chatted.
Shawn and Sara gave me a ride back to my place, which was also nice, as I was not wearing a mid-to-late March coat and I was a bit chilled when the sun was going down.
What a great start to my trip!
Dr. Sara K. here! I can’t believe you are already posting such fun May goodies. That dang weather was not so cooperative…in more ways than one! This is a fun place for an outing–we will miss it.
Ha! Already! It’s only been almost 3 months. I do recall that I made a solemn vow at some point to delete all unpublished posts more than one month old. How many times have I broken that vow?