Walking in Minneapolis

My wife and I went for a walk in Minneapolis on July 4, hoping to find a geocache and a snack. We walked over to Boon Island Park (the cache's location) but far too many muggles were out picnicking and waiting for the fireworks to start. We couldn't search stealthily among the shrubs and bushes by the water. The small, pretend lighthouse was a fun discovery.

Me and a lighthouse

We followed a trail that led us from Boon Island to Nicollet Island. The island is home to some very fun houses and DeLaSalle High School, a Catholic school that was too impressive to photo. I liked to think the school was some sort of reform school and the island was cut off from the main land so the students couldn't escape!

A cool purple house

3/4 view

The island also has railroad tracks crossing it, part of the line leading in to Target Field, where the Twins play.

Railroad tracks cross the Mississippi River

Tracks in the other direction

Further on, we saw the back of a sign and couldn't guess what was on the front. Was it some sort of head or face?

Mysterious sign

We found a car/pedestrian bridge that let us get back to the west bank of the Mississippi. The bridge looked very impressive from below, and also when we got on it.

Another bridge

Closed for the Fourth?

Built in 1990, this fine structure replaced a previous bridge built in 1855. The pillars even had a nice marble plaque explaining the history of the bridge.

Bridge info

The bridge also let us see the other side of the mysterious sign!

Wouldn't have guessed that!

We wound our way back through town, looking for a place for an evening snack. We found the train tracks again and could see the ball field in the distance.

Good thing we didn't cross the train bridge, looks like no way out

We eventually did find a bar that was open and had our evening snack. Black Sheep Pizza turned out to be very close to our hotel. The selection of beers was great and we shared an ice-cream cookie sandwich. No pictures because we were too busy enjoying the treat!

On the way back to the hotel, we saw some fireworks going off. The walk was long so we just headed off to bed. It was a fun adventure.