Fort Snelling

Took this shot while on an evening cross country ski adventure in Fort Snelling. I hate to take my poor camera out into the cold, but it was certainly worth it. Whenever I bring the camera back in from the cold, I usually have it closed in its bag, hoping that the extra temperatue protection will slow down any condensation that happens. However, I usually don't have the patience to let my camera warm to room temperature, so I give up after a few minutes and my camera is fine to this very day. Moral of the story: NOTHING BAD EVER HAPPENS

Fort Snelling Winter

There comes a time every year for all Minnesotans when the horrors of winter have slowly been forgotten, washed away by pleasant weather, sunshine, and temperatures suitable for sustaining human existence. At such a time, a Minnesotan can start to think about winter in the past tense, instead of having terribly vivid flashbacks of feet upon feet of snow, miserable driving conditions, and cold so chilling it causes your testicles to hibernate. We get to thinking "Well, winter here isn't that bad. Sure, I haven't been warm for 6 months, but was it really so terrible?" This collective amnesia is the only reason anyone actually lives here.

On this note, I can finally post a picture I took this winter without hating the climate it was taken in. This is just off a ski trail in Fort Snelling State Park, done as a hand-held HDR that actually turned out pretty decent.

This photo was also snagged off my flickr photostream to be part of a website about Minneapolis and Fort Snelling