Rising Waters

The Mississippi is about to crest again. Of course we had to take a walk to see how high the water is getting. Poor Harriet Island is under water again.Harriet Island under water, March 29, 2011. (Click picture to enlarge)

Nick and I were being dorks the other day and watched two hours worth of PBS documentaries on St. Paul history. We learned that the Mississippi River, back in the beginning of Minnesota being a state, used to be really wide and shallow where downtown St. Paul is. They said that during a drought you could actually wade across it without a boat. There was also a neighborhood right on the banks called "Little Italy" which wasn't filled with Irish, but instead, Polish immigrants. At that time Harriet Island actually was an island but became landlocked when they built up the river to make it a major area for importing goods. It was super interesting!

A Winter Getaway, or "How to Avoid a Blizzard"

Nick and I couldn't have chosen a better time to leave Minnesota's snowiest winter. We left for Arizona February 18th. We were greeted with rain and apparently it never rains this hard in Arizona. But it was all okay because that rain, was causing a blizzard of epic proportions back home. So we enjoyed the rain and even had the chance to soak up some rays while everyone was digging out for two days straight!
We took the Apache Trail around the Superstition Mountains for a day. It was the scariest drive ever but totally worth it! We saw some of the most beautiful scenery Nick or I have ever seen. We visited with his uncle, and ate a ton of great food with Nick's parents.

On our last day there we climbed Black Mountain and made it all the way to the top. It was a beautiful and sunny 65 degrees. It was a great view from the top!
But then we had to come home... and shovel what we had fallen while we were gone. I think we still couldn't have planned our trip any better!