Sunday, February 01, 2004

I was channeling some bad parent energy today. I mean, I just had no tolerance.  So obvious it was that I needed a break that I was encouraged to GET OUT. So, I went cross country skiing at the Hyland Lake Park Preserve.   Kids thronged the visitors center and snack bar when I first got there at 3:30 but the crowds soon thinned out and I was just about to do the same when I realized they had lighted trails.  I had them all to myself.  Exercising to the point where the air 3 inches away from my body is a comfortable 70 degrees sure beats the chill. A new skiing fee for that park irked me.  I have to pay $5.00 combined county and state fees at a park of which I am already a patron?  For one of the cheapest sports on earth?  Just what contribution did the State of Minnesota make to my outing, I wonder?    8:07:57 PM    comment []