Jeff and I walked the 2.5 miles from our house to the downtown Minneapolis public library last week. I thought I'd post some photos so you can get a feel for where we live (remember to click on them to enlarge):



This is Jill at the baseball field turned ice rink in the park near our house. We walked past a guy with a hose spraying the field one morning. Guess it doesn't take much to make an ice rink!



Part of the field is fenced off to make two separate rinks for broomball and hockey. Ice skaters just skate around outside those areas.



We have to cross a bridge over train tracks to head south. There are tons of trains coming through the area all the time. I don't know that we've ever crossed the bridge without a train in sight.



This is a view of Minneapolis across the Mississippi. We live about a mile east of the river.



Our shadows on the frozen Mississsippi below!



Ducks found a break in the ice. It looked COLD.



To the north side of the bridge is a dam. The river was frozen so the water is all pushed under the ice.



This was part of the old flour mill tunnel system that used water to run the mill works. The city is working on renovating/protecting the area as part of a riverside parks system.



Inside the modern library. It was beautiful--but so many people are reading, we had no luck finding anything to check out.

The weather is cold, but that doesn't seem to stop Minnesotans (or us). I'd say this is one of my favorite cities to live and expect summer and winter visits from you all over the next few years!