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In the Twin Cities there’s a great May Day tradition in and near Powderhorn Park. There’s a big parade with floats and stuff, then there’s a big production by the lake, and a festival. The theme this year was the environment and the people versus the big corporate bail outs. The weather was amazing.

Heart of the Beast puppet theater is responsible for much of the cool activities on May Day. People are welcome to come into HOB week leading up to the parade to help prepare the various floats and costumes. We don’t’ usually participate to that degree but we do enjoy seeing it all.

One of the nice things about our area in the summer is going to hang out at the Minnehaha Falls. There’s a fun restaurant called Sea Salt – and you can eat in the park. We went over Memorial weekend and had a really nice time. The Falls are pretty weak this year – a sign that we need rain desperately. The Falls should still be pretty impressive at this time of year.

We climbed all around the Creek. They are actually working on it – and it’s going to be nice. They are building up the ad hoc swimming area, which is fun but has always been pretty muddy. We actually walked from the Creek around to the shores of the Mississippi. We could see the big dam.

Next time we go we’re going to get there early enough to rent a bicycle build for 4!