Stillwater MN - Celebrating July 4th once again

They kept telling us it would be rainy and it finally was but not until almost dark.  Ended up being a great sunny day at the lake - got the bike ride in before. 

A full day of lake fun and celebrating Rhea turning 4 to finish things off.   

Saint Paul MN - Celebrating 250 years of the USA

 

Had a great 4th of July gathering to get the weekend started.  Plenty of heat and humidity over the last week and hanging for the weekend.  

 The sisters came in strong for this one - the MN family was all here. 

Minneapolis MN - Minnehaha Falls flowing nicely

 

Over the last several years it was common than not to not have any falls when you stopped to check on Minnehaha Falls.  The drought pretty much emptied the creek that fed it.  

Nice to see it flowing quite nicely as I biked on by today.  Park was full and busy - no doubt lots of people celebrating Fathers Day here.  

Portland Oregon - Great vistas

 

Once I got up, there was lots of great vistas and other sites to see.  

Even got a great long view of Mount Hood on the train ride out to the airport - perfect weather day to take it in.   

Portland Oregon - The hilly, steeper wandering

Day 2 and 3 were the hilly part of the trip for sure.  It was especially great exercise to walk up to Washington Park and the Rose and Japanese Gardens.  And it seemed everything I had on the plan for the day was an uphill trek.