July 5, 2007 0 mi.

I expected to swelter in the night since, although we have air conditioning, Susie and I have bodily thermostat differential of at least 20 degrees. But a slight breeze through the open window, and the lower nighttime temperature, made it tolerable. After earning our MN refrigerator magnet, we descended to breakfast.

We spent the next two and a half hours enchanted. The breakfast of scrambled eggs and Jim’s homemade bread was good, but the conversation with our only fellow guest Neil, and host Nan, was delightful. Neil was leaving that day after 10 nights at the B&B, a record stay. He visited his daughter who was a counselor at a Boys & Girls Club camp. He was from Nottingham, although he spoke with his native Scottish accent. He was an engineer who had lived all over the world, and had visited many more countries. He was just a great guy!

I biked to the Walker Art Museum and Susie went shopping in the Uptown neighborhood. I especially loved the outdoor sculpture garden and their temporary exhibit, Picasso and American Art. I did some email at the library and then Susie and I went swimming in Lake Calhoun. It was so refreshing! And a 16-year old Somali boy tried to pick up Susie. Fortunately, she resisted his entreaties to teach him swimming hands-on.

We biked down Humboldt to the Midtown Greenway, then over to Lyndale & Lake to a restaurant recommended by Jim, It’s All Greek to Me. Susie had a vegetarian mousaka, I had salmon with veggies, and we shared a bottle of Santorini. It was another beautiful, hot summer night in Minneapolis.