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On our energetic cycle ride, Surly Brewery appeared just in time for lunch. Our quinoa salad bowls were excellent, as was the beer.

Tip-the-Fridge Week, Day 2. Baked four-cheese mac and cheese. Had five cheese-ends been loitering in the fridge, it would’ve been five-cheese mac and cheese.

It’s Tip-the-Fridge Week. You can hide a lot in a pot pie.

Posted Snapshots: Superior Hiking Trail 2019.

We’ve walked beside several wild rivers this week. Temperance River towards the end of our final hike before we head home tomorrow.

Fungi clustered, we hiked.

The first part of our hike took us past several waterfalls as Cascade River tumbled towards Lake Superior. The trails were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. I’d applaud the return of the Corps.

On our hike, today, looking towards Lutsen and Lake Superior.

Today we were fair-weather hikers. When there was a pause in the rain, we took to the trail.

Blue daubs guided us, as they do every year around this time. Superior Hiking Trail near Lutsen.

Loaded maps into my Garmin. We’ve planned a bunch of hikes in the coming weeks.

Posted St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.

Visited the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, across the river from our home. It specializes in fluid dynamics of air, water, etc. Its lower levels are carved out of rock, allowing experiments to take advantage of the difference in height of the Mississippi.

Walked across the park to The Guthrie for a pre-theater drink, bracing ourselves for The Glass Menagerie.

After a noon Westminster Town Hall Forum lecture on White Power and Paramilitary America, I was ready for some subversive art at the Walker.

Cycled past this modest building. It houses one of the quietest places on Earth, an anechoic chamber. Notable recordings when it was a studio include: the first digitally mastered album (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on 3M equipment) and parts of Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks.