4.2 miles
minnehaha falls and back
73 degrees / dew point: 69
Woke up early, but thunderstorms were coming so I had to wait until after 10 to go out for my run. Gloomy, dark green, thick, but a slightly better run. Ran longer before I stopped to walk. Felt stronger while I ran. Kept running farther after I walked before stopping again. Progress!
10+ Things
- the usual puddles have returned, blocking the sidewalk (one block over) and the trail (near the entrance to the locks and dam no. 1)
- more big branches down, or the same big branches from last week’s storm, not yet removed
- dripping sewer pipes at 42nd and 44th
- mud and dirt washed up onto the asphalt
- exuberant kids running around the grass at minnehaha park
- roaring falls
- passing by 2 surreys biking up from wabun
- a soaked backpack in a driveway, half open, clothes slipping out, 2 books next to it, one of them with the pages rolled over
- a pile of clothes tucked under the trees next to the path between the locks and dam no. 1 and the ford bridge
- 2 roller skiers, their poles clicking and clacking on the pavement
- a chainsaw in the distance — below in the gorge?
wildlife update: Scott talked with a company who informed him that a wasp nest can’t just be removed because the wasps will build another one; it needs to be treated. One problem: it is illegal in Minnesota to treat fruit trees and the wasp nest is in our crab apple tree. Oh well, I guess our neighbors are staying.