Only in Minnesota.

I went for a walk around Lake Calhoun today. It was amazing. I know, it’s early March. I live in Minnesota. Am I crazy? Absolutely not! Although, it was an “only in Minnesota” experience.

We had record tips in the Twin Cities. The mercury went all the way up to 64 degrees. Not too shabby. However, there’s still plenty of snow on the ground. The lakes are still frozen over. None the less, there were no clouds in the sky and I wasn’t going to stay in my apartment.

I put on my running shoes and headed to the lake. A short two block walk later I was there. Ahh, fresh air! Sunshine, my old friend, how I have missed you! There’s nothing better. As I made my way onto the path, I couldn’t help but notice, everyone plus their mom was out. I had to swerve in and out of people. It was a great problem!

I couldn’t help but notice how great it felt to wear a t-shirt and not be shivering. After a few minutes I came up to the playground. There were dozens of kids playing on the swings, slides and climbing on the equipment. I couldn’t help but laugh. The lake is still frozen over. People were ice sailing on it. Apparently there’s still 22 inches of ice on Lake Calhoun.

Only in Minnesota would there be a full ice on a lake, and kids playing on a playground while adults ran by in tank tops and t-shirts.

It’ll probably snow again in two weeks. So I’m going to take this opportunity to enjoy the weather. You should too.