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Minnesota Voter Turnout
Sunday, November 5th, 2006Another reason to be proud to be a Minnesotan: We’re #1 in voter turnout in the country at 79.1% (2002). It gives a bit of hope when the national turnout of 48% makes us 130th in the world.
First Snow already…argh!
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006We had our first snow and our first night below freezing on Tuesday, October 10th. It’s hard to believe that we were out canoeing in 80-degree weather on Sunday. I guess that’s life at the 45th parallel. I even went for a bike ride on Monday night just before the deep freeze. I averaged ~10 […]
Minneapolis in fall
Thursday, October 5th, 2006After a scorching summer, it’s hard to believe that it’s 50 degrees out when I wake up every morning and that the leaves are in full bloom. I decided to take some pictures to share, since it’s just gorgeous out. I went out for a ride today because one of the two mountain biking parks […]
Cedar Point Pictures
Monday, September 4th, 2006I finally got around to posting some picks from our trip to Pennsylvania/Ohio. This sample is from the Cedar Point part of the trip. Cedar Point is a peninsula of Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio which has 14 rollercoasters and is over a hundred years old.
From left to right:
1. Top thrill dragster. This coaster is […]
Touring Gettysburg
Saturday, August 12th, 2006Poor Bethany…little did she know she married an early bird. I’m not always an early bird, just when I’m on vacation. She’s the opposite. She gets up before me on normal days and sleeps in on vacation. So here I am, awake and writing….
Gettysburg was very humbling. It was very eerie being on the battlefield […]