My daughter, Kasey, and I took a drive to Saint Anthony Main this morning.  We enjoyed absolutely gorgeous weather after the thunderstorm last night.  If you've never visited Saint Anthony Main on the north shore of the Mississippi just off Hennepin Avenue - go!  I'm including photographs.  We had a two-year-old along, so we weren't able to settle in, but when I get back there I'm going to dine at Aster's.  It's one of those charming, turn of the century cafe's that was practically poking a stick at me to come in enjoy.

We strolled along the shaded sidewalk and avoided getting run down by a pack of Segway two-wheeled vehicles.  They have tours you can purchase to roll along the cobblestoned street and over the bridge to the the Mill City Museum.  I've never been there, but that will be fodder for a future blog.

We headed out on the Saint Anthony bridge and noticed that people were congregating there. It didn't take us too long to realize that they could see the 35W bridge in the distance.  Just barely.  I'm afraid curiosity got the best of us and we found ourselves on University Avenue overlooking the disaster.  It was quiet and sad.