Comments on: Real Street with Fake Snow #69 http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/ Minneapolis Photography Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:20:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mitchster http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/#comment-2329 Mitchster Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:44:52 +0000 http://www.mitchster.com/?p=2416#comment-2329 That's a big hill to climb, literally. Any approach from the lake would be very steep to get up on the greenway. Why can't the race end on the lake? What about the parkland by the dogpark? Or the south end of Calhoun or North beach? What about ending by the beautiful Ice sculpture park in the northwest corner of Isles? There's more room there than on the greenway! That’s a big hill to climb, literally. Any approach from the lake would be very steep to get up on the greenway. Why can’t the race end on the lake? What about the parkland by the dogpark? Or the south end of Calhoun or North beach? What about ending by the beautiful Ice sculpture park in the northwest corner of Isles? There’s more room there than on the greenway!

]]> By: Steve Kotvis http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/#comment-2328 Steve Kotvis Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:08 +0000 http://www.mitchster.com/?p=2416#comment-2328 At great expense. Too expensive in fact to do it there again. I believe we're going to see if we can try to address some of this issue next year. I've suggested shoving more of it to the north towards the Greenway, and away from piling it at the intersections. The sun will soon shine and we're starting to see green poke through again! At great expense. Too expensive in fact to do it there again. I believe we’re going to see if we can try to address some of this issue next year. I’ve suggested shoving more of it to the north towards the Greenway, and away from piling it at the intersections.

The sun will soon shine and we’re starting to see green poke through again!

]]> By: Mitchster http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/#comment-2327 Mitchster Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:25:14 +0000 http://www.mitchster.com/?p=2416#comment-2327 I don't think they are evil. I just believe you should pick up your toys when you are done playing with them. I'm pretty sure that when they dumped snow all over Hennepin in years past, they didn't just push it aside; they removed it. Anyhow, I'm done carping about the Loppet snow-paving mess. The combination of the winter blues and the muddy snow pile I have to look at every damn day finally set me off. The rain should get rid of most of it. I don’t think they are evil.
I just believe you should pick up your toys when you are done playing with them. I’m pretty sure that when they dumped snow all over Hennepin in years past, they didn’t just push it aside; they removed it.
Anyhow, I’m done carping about the Loppet snow-paving mess. The combination of the winter blues and the muddy snow pile I have to look at every damn day finally set me off. The rain should get rid of most of it.

]]> By: Steve Kotvis http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/#comment-2326 Steve Kotvis Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:13:24 +0000 http://www.mitchster.com/?p=2416#comment-2326 Yeah. Those evil Nordic skiers. Maybe they should just set a ski/skate kiosk at each end of the mall after the event so pedestrians could strap them on to cover this stretch. :) Yeah. Those evil Nordic skiers. Maybe they should just set a ski/skate kiosk at each end of the mall after the event so pedestrians could strap them on to cover this stretch. :)

]]> By: Mitchster http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/#comment-2325 Mitchster Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:31:16 +0000 http://www.mitchster.com/?p=2416#comment-2325 The best part is that it can't melt correctly because they compress it, so the sidewalk gets covered in ice. on a hill, that's very dangerous. I'm sure-footed and I had a hell of a time on it. - Mitchster The best part is that it can’t melt correctly because they compress it, so the sidewalk gets covered in ice. on a hill, that’s very dangerous. I’m sure-footed and I had a hell of a time on it.
- Mitchster

]]> By: Rob http://www.mitchster.com/2010/03/12/real-street-with-fake-snow-69/#comment-2324 Rob Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:20:55 +0000 http://www.mitchster.com/?p=2416#comment-2324 What happened to "leave no trace"? What happened to “leave no trace”?

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