Powderhorn Park Part 2

I took the above picture on my walk to Powderhorn Park today. The City of Minneapolis used to do their 4th of July fireworks, which were shot off from the island shown in the picture above, from Powderhorn Park. Mom, Dad, Sam, Pete, and I used to go see fireworks here in the 1970's.

Powderhorn Park Part 1

Yesterday Dale and I took the 20 minute walk to Powderhorn Park for the first time in years. We used to take this walk many times when we first moved into our house in the late 1990's. Yesterday's walk was so lovely I decided to take the same stroll today and I took the pictures shown above. I've always been jealous of the people who live in the house pictured on the bottom. Their yard opens right up into the park. It's like have a lake home right in the middle of the city!

Gethsemane - More Parlor Pictures

Gethsemane Episcopal Church

Dale and I attend church at Gethsemane Episcopal in downtown Minneapolis. This morning Dale had to get there early for choir practice. I went along with him and took my textbook for a class I'm currently taking. I found peace and quiet up in the "parlor" which is on the top floor of the parish hall.

IDS and Foshay Towers

More shots of the IDS and Foshay towers. Found this pair on the Old Minneapolis page on Facebook. Photos submitted by Kent Mitchell. I love that the old Curtis Hotel is visible in the first picture. I remember driving by this many times due to one of the downtown freeway exits spitting you out in front of it. I remember Dad driving us up to Two Harbors in the early 1970's. For some reason we had to exit downtown on the way. Maybe it was due to some kind of construction detour. Anyway, as we drove by a drunk man, who looked and dressed very much like Otis on the old Andy Griffith Show, was hobbling out of the Curtis. I remember Dad saying in his very dry way, "He looks like I feel."

IDS and Foshay Towers

Love this photo. Credit goes to the Flashbacks of Bloomington group on Facebook. Photo dated 1972.

Bridge Crossing Minnehaha Creek at Lyndale

I've heard that this bridge used to house an old mill going back to the 1870's. It's all being redone but I'm not sure how much of the old structure is going away. I'm assuming it's the whole thing. A walking path goes under the bridge. I remember when all the biking and walking paths were put in along the parkway back in the 1970's.