Spring has arrived in Southern Minnesota!

Today we spent the afternoon with the grandkids at Oxbow park and zoo. Spring arrived Friday. My measure of real spring is when the worms come out onto the sidewalk in the morning. Friday was it. Saturday morning the bushes in the backyard started budding out in earnest, so as to be visible from the house.

After church the sun came out and the temperatures soared to near seventy. The grass is still short, the bugs aren't out in droves. Pretty much a perfect day. We had to run for the hats and sunglasses.

The kids ran from cage to cage (this is an old fashioned outdoor zoo) looking at the birds and animals. We had to lift them up to see this or that. They wanted to see everything twice.

Across the road from the main part of the zoo are the large animal enclosures. Elk, buffalo and deer. It's on a hillside so the kids were rolling down the slope. By the time they were done they could barely walk or even roll downhill very fast. They were excited and incredibly tired. So tired that we took a rain check on an ice cream stop.

Video of Gabbi rolling ... Forgive the quality, it's a very old cell phone.


As if that weren't enough ... Here's another video ...


One more, high quality video from Judy's camera:


Judy and I are more than ready for a glass of wine and a lengthy sit. There are some steaks in the fridge, coals in the grille, and time for it all.

Enjoy!