More lakes

10th October, 2011

Today I went to three of the larger lakes in the Twin Cities area. I had to take two buses to get there. They are situated just beyond Uptown, which is a really hip area in the Cities.

First I  went to Lake Calhoun, the biggest of the three lakes I would see today. It is the biggest one I have seen in the Twin Cities. I walked around most of the lake and briefly walked by the Lake of the Isles, where I saw a monster (see photo above). The lakes were nice but it was more of the same. I have seen so many lakes and parks here. The day was also very overcast.

I got lost for a while but eventually made it south to Lake Harriet. This is a very popular lake in the summer. They have summer concerts here and there is a lot of boating activity. I had walked enough so I couldn't be bothered walking around the lake. I came across an old train line that used to take people from Downtown Minneapolis to Lake Harriet for summer concerts.

I wandered back slowly to Lake Calhoun. I tried to find a church with a gold dome that I noticed in the distance. After a lot of searching, I found a Greek Orthodox church. Just as I got there, it started lashing rain. It was my first rain since arriving in Minnesota over a week ago. Luckily they had a roofed garden where I could sit for a while.

Afterwards I went back to Midtown, where I had planned to meet some couchsurfers for Happy Hour in a pub/restaurant. I ordered a beer and because it was Happy Hour, two beers came out. (I thought she made a mistake at first). So I got to meet a few more people in the area. One of the girls is a huge Chicago Bears fan so we watched the first half of the game. She was very animated throughout.