I've been talking Brooke's ear off about a really cool DIY ice trail at Wirth Park. So we made a date out of it, she claimed it wasn't going to be cleared and when we got there it was perfect. It snowed the day before with more snow coming this weekend so I thought no way was someone going to go through all that work to shovel. I guess I was wrong.  This was way cooler than I thought it would have been. I wish the kids had been with us. About a dozen other skating enthusiasts were out skating the circuitous circuit. 

After talking about it since January my parents finally agreed on a weekend that would work for them to come visit. On the day they arrived we went over to Wirth Park and beach. They wanted to look at the building where we had our wedding reception. It was closed so we had to peek in. Then we walked over to the Eloise Butler Wildflower garden. Gail wanted to read all the signs, but we just said let's go. You can't tell but there were a couple of turkeys crossing our path.  After walking through the woods we arrived at the prairie. With so many flowers in bloom the prairie was awash with color. The garden closes at dusk and the nerdsters (get it? nerdy hipsters) were waiting for us to leave so we had to leave early. That's was my idea, don't try to steal it. Nerdster. On the way back out of the forest I saw some ducks that were confounded by the green slime water. A new boardwalk was completed aft...