Hey, it's actually sunny out. (shock! surprise!) I've pulled out cute little skimmer shoes from last year. I wore flip flops downstairs to get the mail! It's just insanity.
Of course, it's going to be back to highs in the 30s by Wednesday, but that's cool. Spring's just like that.
Amazingly enough, I actually got out and got some sunshine (on my face! amazing) this weekend with Dan. We ended up at the Indiana Dunes and just happened to time it right to enjoy "Maple Sugar Time!" -- one of two yearly festivals at the Dunes. It was good ole family fun, and we actually learned a lot about maple sugar, etc. And I pet a goat! We ate cheap pancakes and sausages provided by the Chesterfield Lions Club (thanks, fellows!) and took a great hike through a bog and over a giant dune and onto the lakeshore right by a steel mill (ah, smell that Indiana!). It was a lovely day. Pictures are up on flickr, of course, but here's a taste! (har har)
This time it was maple sugar, last time, it was burgoo. There's an uncanny need to combine hiking with food in the midwest, I guess.