Down by the Boardwalk

People, dogs, bikes, boats, nature and more at the Minnehaha headwaters.

July 10, 2011 at 4:16PM
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Just thought I'd share a few of the sights we often encounter on our after dinner strolls down by the boardwalk at the headwaters to Minnehaha Creek as it empties from Grays Bay on Lake Minnetonka.

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Bridge view to other bridge at Crosby Cove

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Watery reflections where turtles swim

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Water lilies beginning to bud

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Entrance to the beaver dam. Later in the season if you listen carefully you'll hear the babies squeaking and chattering.

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Still life with bubbles.

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Bikes are abundant but so are swallows and red wing blackbirds

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Native plantings are scattered around the floodgates, as well as signposts with fun facts about the ecology of this enchanted place.

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