The Heat

Despite the cold winters Minn-

eapolis can get very hot and humid during the summer. On Tuesday of this past week we hit 103 degrees! This is the first time we've cracked 100 in five years and, according to local weather guru Paul Douglas, the hottest it's been in Minneapolis since August 1, 1988. While growing up I remember we had a couple of window unit air-conditioners that we only used for sleeping on extremely hot nights. To stay cool we'd run through the sprinkler in the yard or head down to Pearl Park to use the wading pool. We also spent time at the public beaches at Lake Harriet and Lake Nokomis.

(The above photo is from my own collection and was taken 8-24-09. This is the beach we went to at Lake Harriet.)