Human behavior

I thought this was interesting. The sidewalks around here, of which there are not many (it is the suburbs, after all) are mostly still snow covered. There is a stretch along County Road B that I count on for my daily that is still snowed under by the combination of the big storm and the plowing on the very closely adjacent street.

Deep, dirty, hard and ugly would describe that snow. Not a footprint to be seen. What walking there is along there occurs on the very busy street. I have abandoned that section of the route and found another way.

Which includes this little bit through the woods. It hasn't been shoveled but there has been a high quantity of foot traffic and the path is firmly established. Even without the benefit of modern snow removal this path is wide enough for easy walking and footing is good.Behind me as I take the photograph is a pocket of apartment buildings, six or eight in all. At the other end of that path is the Snelling Avenue Burger King parking lot. This little bit of wildlife is the width of a fast food restaurant parking lot from one of the busiest thoroughfares in the north suburbs. From the Burger King lot you can also easily access KFC, Mickey D, Arby's, a Caribou Coffee and Famous Dave's (and Erik's Bike Shop and Color Tile).

You can't walk anywhere on the sidewalk but the force of many feet walking has reestablished access to that most important of American needs, fast food.

Human behavior.