Swan Peddle Boats at Lake Nokomis

 

Took these about a month ago at Lake Nokomis.

Lake Nokomis

I took this photo of Lake Nokomis last week on a very cold day. This is not far from the beach Mom used to take us as kids. 

Lake Nokomis

Dale and I took Athena around Lake Nokomis the other day. It was sunny and cool - a beautiful fall day. The beach Mom used to take us to as kids is to the right. You can see downtown rising above the trees in the center of the picture.

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.)