I took McKenzie for a bikeride on the Minnehaha Creek Parkway where I used to ride bike when I was her age. We parked across the street from my old house and biked to Minnehaha Creek. Kenzie packed me a lunch and we had a picnic at Lake Harriet. Here are some photos from our trip.
McKenzie trying to keep up with me.
When I was 9 years old, I actually crossed
on the underside of this bridge,
on the metal girders, there and back. I'm not sure what I was thinking. I'm not sure if my mom knows that I did this either.
Lake Harriet from the Bandshell.
Minneapolis Skyline from Lake Harriet
Minnehaha Creek
Washburn Library, my childhood library.
I spent any spare money I had here on football cards and candy when the Starbucks was a ReXall Drug Store. I could get 16 packs of football cards for the price of one coffee these days.
Bryant Avenue Baptist Church and School where I attended for 6 years.
This picture is taken from Irving Ave. and 56th Street. If you can see all the way to the end of the horizon where the street ends, this was the 9 block walk where I walked or rode my bike to my aunt Wendy's house after half-day Kindergarten.....
WHEN I WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD!!! Times sure have changed.
Kenny Park from the top of our sledding hill.
Kenny Park Wading Pool where we cooled off when we were kids.
Kenzie on a Big Green Chair.
A mean, grumpy old lady lived in this little house. She could get out of her chair and out the front door of her house to run and get (and not return) a tennis or whiffle ball faster than we could climb the chain link fence to retrieve balls that "accidently" went over her fence.
Our house on Dupont. The current owners happened to have a garage sale so I introduced myself. Joe, the current owner, was kind enough to let me walk inside the house which I could hardly recognize. My old bedroom is now a kitchen. A few years ago, the current owners "raised the roof" on the house and added a second story. The big tree in the front yard was only a couple of inches in diameter. Our favorite climbing tree in the back yard was sacrificed in favor of a new garage. Kenzie and I enjoyed some chocolate chip cookies we bought from the owners' son at the garage sale.
I broke my arm when I was 7 trying to walk
up this stair railing.
Kenzie and I drove by the house on South Fairview in St. Paul where I lived when I was 2-4 years old.
We finished the day at the Grand Ole' Creamery on Grand Ave.
Minnehaha Creek
Washburn Library, my childhood library.
I spent any spare money I had here on football cards and candy when the Starbucks was a ReXall Drug Store. I could get 16 packs of football cards for the price of one coffee these days.
Bryant Avenue Baptist Church and School where I attended for 6 years. 
This picture is taken from Irving Ave. and 56th Street. If you can see all the way to the end of the horizon where the street ends, this was the 9 block walk where I walked or rode my bike to my aunt Wendy's house after half-day Kindergarten.....WHEN I WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD!!! Times sure have changed.
Kenny Park from the top of our sledding hill.
Kenny Park Wading Pool where we cooled off when we were kids.
Kenzie on a Big Green Chair.
A mean, grumpy old lady lived in this little house. She could get out of her chair and out the front door of her house to run and get (and not return) a tennis or whiffle ball faster than we could climb the chain link fence to retrieve balls that "accidently" went over her fence.
Our house on Dupont. The current owners happened to have a garage sale so I introduced myself. Joe, the current owner, was kind enough to let me walk inside the house which I could hardly recognize. My old bedroom is now a kitchen. A few years ago, the current owners "raised the roof" on the house and added a second story. The big tree in the front yard was only a couple of inches in diameter. Our favorite climbing tree in the back yard was sacrificed in favor of a new garage. Kenzie and I enjoyed some chocolate chip cookies we bought from the owners' son at the garage sale.
I broke my arm when I was 7 trying to walk up this stair railing.
Kenzie and I drove by the house on South Fairview in St. Paul where I lived when I was 2-4 years old.
We finished the day at the Grand Ole' Creamery on Grand Ave.
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