Not all is politics. When I'm not working, or being a political geek, I like getting outdoors, taking photos, running. But sometimes the political and the personal intersect. There are some, today, that think that state parks aren't important. There are some that look to sell off state land - land we all own - to pay off short-term debts. Debts incurred to cut taxes for the so-called "job creators".
Earlier today I posted photos from March of the Kinnickinnic River as it passed through the city of River Falls. Today I went to Kinnickinnic State Park, where the Kinni meets the St. Croix River, just miles before the St. Croix joins with the Mississippi:
Today I thank those who, in 1964, organized to save the St. Croix and Kinnickinnic Rivers for us to enjoy today - and gave us Kinnickinnic State Park.
This is the view of the confluence of the St. Croix and Kinnickinnic Rivers from the observation deck in Kinnickinnic State Park:
And these are a couple of views from the St. Croix. Both are looking across the St. Croix River towards Minnesota:
The spring wildflowers are still blooming, and the leaves are just starting to come out.
There's a reason there's a lot of sandmining in our area. It's all sandstone, nearly a half a billion years old. The Kinni has carried a lot of it down into the St. Croix, forming a sandy delta.
Of course, when you come home, there's always a pootie who both doesn't care and wonders whatever you could have been doing that's more important than petting her.