Coldwater May Moon Walk
Coldwater Full Moon Walks but here is the notice for the May 10th walk.–Susu  The Green People Full Moon Walk at Sacred Coldwater SpringsWednesday, May 10, 2017Gather in the Coldwater Springs free parking lot, 7 pm    The Green People have returned to Coldwater—the children of the sun have burst out of the ground.  The air smells lush. From 10,000-feet up a raindrop takes eight minutes to fall. Honey bees forage purple creeping Charlie ground ivy or skydive up into blooming fruit trees.  Mallard ducklings and Canada goslings are making their downy debuts. American robins begin calling at about 4:30 am and by the end of the month monarch butterflies will flicker back like hope in a screwed-up political world.  Full moon walks have been held every month at Coldwater since 2000.Sunset 8:30 pm (36 minutes later than last month’s full moon)Moonrise 8:26 pm (9 minutes earlier)Exact minute of full moon 4:42 pm. The year in daylight on full moon days: May 2016 15 hours, 4 minutes, 1 hour; 12 minute gainJune 15 hours, 36 minutes of daylight; 1 hour and 10 minutes more daylight than last month (No wonder the kids won’t go to bed!) July 15 hours, 7 minutes; 29 minute daylight lossAugust 13 hours, 23 minutes; 1 hour, 44 minute daylight lossSeptember 12 hours, 27 minutes; 56 minute daylight loss October 10 hours, 58 minutes; 1 hour, 35 minute daylight lossNovember 9 hours, 45 minutes; 1 hour, 13 minute daylight loss December 8 hours, 50 minutes; 55 minute daylight lossJanuary 2017  9 hours, 1 minute; 9 minute daylight gainFebruary 10 hours, 14 minutes; 1 hour, 13 minute daylight gain March 11 hours, 45 minutes; 1 hour, 32 minute daylight gainApril 13 hours, 18 minutes; 1 hour, 33 minute daylight gainMay 14 hours, 44 miinutes; 1 hour, 26 minute daylight gain DIRECTIONS: Coldwater Springs is between Minnehaha Park & Fort Snelling, in Minneapolis, just North of the Hwy 55/62 interchange. From Hwy 55/Hiawatha, turn East (toward the Mississippi) at 54th Street, take an immediate right, & drive South on the frontage road for ½-mile past the parking meters—keep going through the cul-de-sac, past the Coldwater Spring entrance sign and into the free parking lot. All welcome. Dress for the weather, sturdy footwear recommended for the 10-minute trail walk. We walk rain, snow or clear. This gathering is free and open to the public. Friends of Coldwater info: http://friendsofcoldwater.org/
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