April Showers in MN (4/22/2013)

Monday, April 22, 2013
Woke up to the strange sound of a gravelly grinding sound followed by a thump, repeated over and over. It was a snowplow at work in a parking lot!
Yet the day was bright and sunny. After dropping Kent off at BASF in Shakopee:

I went looking for snow photo ops:

I ended up at Fort Snelling State Park in Saint Paul:

with a view of the Mississippi River:

The sun was beginning to melt the snow:

Although some still stuck to the side of the trees:

Maybe we will picnic here another day...