The sun is shining on downtown Rochester, Minn. at the moment, which is better than last week's rain.
However, heavy winds are making it challenging for vendors to keep tents from flying away at downtown Rochester's Thursdays on 1st and 3rd weekly street festival.
Crowds buzzing with early summer energy are roaming about, winds or no winds.
And sand sculptures are underway as part of the festivals tropical them e.
The leader of the Transformers, the heroic alien robot club, patrolled the Peace Plaza taking on any evil doers.
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I had no idea that Transformers were made out of Styrofoam.
When a woman shouted "Look it is Iron Man," the guy in the home-made Optimus Prime costumer responded, "I have that costume, too."