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Purchased ice cream offsets at the farmers market.

Stocked up for Saturday night movie night. Izzy’s used to make ice cream next door; now, I have to walk over to a Lunds & Byerlys supermarket to pick up this guilty pleasure.

On my walk: snow fell and the towers of Downtown slowly faded to grey.

On my walk: snow bunny with obligatory carrot.

Decided today was not the best day for cycling, with snow falling about one inch per hour. On my walk, I did spot a few cyclists and a shirtless runner.

Posted Snapshots: Superior Hiking Trail 2020.

Ice melted on the windshield over a reflection of Bluefin Bay. We’ll be back again next year.

We’d expected rain, but instead we got to hike morning and afternoon in a beautiful, slowly transforming world: the first real snowfall of the season. Back at base, the boys recharged with s’mores and cocoa

Their dad eventually managed to line them up for a group selfie. A groupie?

Today: long drive, short hike, our annual visit to the North Shore of Lake Superior. Tomorrow and Saturday our nephews (11 and 13) and their dad join us on the trails.

On my walk: Concrete, steel and brick; wind and chill reveal structure; trunk, branch, twig and leaf.

Cycled west out of of Minneapolis on a section of the Luce Line, then around Medicine Lake, my longest ride this year.

Stocked up on gorp ingredients for hikes later this week. Overdid the generic M&Ms, so ate some on the way home.

Did what I could’ve done months ago: cancelled a December trip to Hawaii we’d booked last March. Judging by the empty seats (middle seats are blocked, blue seats are available), people don’t want to travel. I’d snagged exit rows on all flights, but it was not to be.

Posted Mississippi Bottom.

Cycled through fall colors.