Good News & Bad News About Parking at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market

Analog vs. Digital Parking Meters

The bad news about parking at the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market? (open since late April, if you weren’t aware):  you’ll have to pay for it.

The good news:  you won’t have to pay very much, at least on a Sunday in late May.

I was about to dump additional quarters in the meter earlier today when I realized that 25¢ was more than enough to cover the 30 minutes or so my son and I expected to visit.

Buying an Hour — or a Decade

It recalled a similar experience in Laramie, Wyoming a long time ago.

Stopping for lunch driving cross-country, I put 25¢ in the meter, and was annoyed when I didn’t see any time register on the (analog) display.

My annoyance grew as I dropped in successive quarters, with the same result.

Now extremely perturbed (and presumably, out of quarters), I finally stopped to read the meter’s instructions:  1¢ bought 10 minutes, 5¢ bought an hour, 10¢ bought two hours, etc.

Sure enough, the dial was well past the right side, where it was (almost) impossible to see.

I think I still have time on that meter . . .  🙂

P.S.:  I don’t believe the pineapple (overripe, $1 apiece) was local.  But, the ubiquitous, very red rhubarb (above left) sure appeared to be.



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