Day 1 -- Year Three (731)


Dressed in Holiday Style

Tonight's excellent adventure took my daughters and I around one block in downtown Minneapolis.  We circled the IDS Tower.  This shot is looking east down Nicollet Avenue.

So grateful for the warmer weather and NO wind on Nicollet Avenue.  But I did rush most of my shots because it still wasn't all that warm.  This is something I will try again this summer.  


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