Too Beautiful To Work

today was the first beautiful day of the year. As a result over half of my afternoon appointments canceled. Coincidence? I think not. I went for such a great run along the Mississippi River today. I truly feel blessed to be living in ahouse that it just three blocks from the big river. In fact here is a picture of the Ford Bridge, which I get to run across every day, if I so choose.


Image from www.phototour.com.


And I thought about how fortunate I am to NOT be running around the South Minneapolis chain of lakes. It gets so obnoxiously crowded around the lakes when the weather is nice. I'll take the trails on Minnehaha Parkway and River Road over Lake Harriett every time!

It's easy to spend my time wishing I still lived in Texas, especially during that stretch of -20 degree days we had in January. But on days like today, it's easy to argue that the Twin Cities is one of the best places to be in this country.