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Minnesota Evening

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19 December 16 It's cold here.  Cold isn't my thing.  I prefer to be sweating it out in the jungles of India or on the Buffalo River at the height of summer.  The weather channel app said it was -25 yesterday.  Apparently this was a record for the area.  These are not the kind of records I want to experience in person... A few notes on the capital city: They are remarkably adapted to cold.  The variety of machines I saw that move or remove snow was immense.  They have figured out how to function in this snowy wonderland.  Another adaptation, skywalks.  I literally chose a hotel based on proximity to restaurants I could walk to, a gym and free breakfast (note theme of not having to go outside).  I accidentally happened upon the skywalk system when two elevator passengers got off there.  They are like airborne people tunnels that weave through downtown.  I was able to walk a half mile and only had to go outside for 1 m...