skyway walk, meetup

 this morning i didn't do a redbox movie, i did a meetup walk in the skyway in downtown st. paul. it started at union depot and the turnaround point was the xcel center. we saw fans already arriving for the hockey game, the minnesota wild were playing the boston bruins. except this was more than 90 minutes before the game started. some of what i saw i had seen when working downtown, but not all of it. got pictures of a few things along the way, such as a stained glass window early in the walk. others were inside the depot, including of the mighty mississippi. and of a vending machine, which sold hospital masks for two-fifty, same price as the bags of potato chips. it was a small group, i was one of four, and nobody there my age. the cost was two dollars, i paid with quarters i had found from my walks. and i ended up finding some more on the way back to my car after the walk was done, just after midday. not a big deal on changing my weekend routine a little for the walk, it just meant moving up my stop at the post office, two orders were picked up. oh, and i did check the score of the game, followed it a little on the radio after i left downtown. the wild lost 5-2. i got another shamrock mcflurry at mcdonald's after the walk, because they were out of shakes. then after a brief stop at home, it was on to get a sandwich at jersey mike's. then i laid down for a little while, and when i woke up it was time to get to aldi for my weekly grocery order. i made it back just before the baseball game on Fox started, team USA playing venezuela in the world baseball classic. it was a slugfest, the americans won 9-7, a grand slam in the 8th put them ahead. it was 3-2, USA leading, at the end of the 1st inning. also notable about the day was de-friending four people on facebook. i like how i don't have to do this too often now, but when i do it is because i haven't talked with those people in a long while and i prefer the friends list to stay fairly relevant. good idea to do it after my birthday, to see who did and didn't send wishes my way. i stopped at the liquor store, and got a can of surly, so now four beers are waiting. during my walks i found 4 dollars 71 cents.