MINBURN, IOWA - Even though it's been relatively cool the past couple of weeks, the vegetation is really starting to leaf out along the corridor of the Raccoon River Valley Trail. A number of the various flowering trees and shrubs are starting to adorn the trail with a variety of colors and smells and it adds a lot of character to the path this time of year. I look forward each year to when some of the wildflowers begin to bloom along the corridor. One of the neat things about a trail that contains a diverse mix of prairie, wetlands and wooded areas such as the RRVT is that there seems to be something in bloom nearly all season long, which means there is always something interesting to observe and enjoy along the trail.
Today many people were out enjoying the segment of trail from Dallas Center to Minburn, even with a cool and brisk wind from the northwest. It looks like the spring of extremes continues; last night we were in a frost advisory; and now tomorrow's high is expected to peak at 90 degrees! Looks like we may have a bit of a decent window for planting crops early this week before thunderstorms appear in the forecast late in the week. Hoping that the local farmers are able to get a good share of their crops in this coming week; before much longer we'll be slipping past the optimal planting window for corn in Iowa.
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