Dreaming of Summer

I don't know why I live in Minnesota.  After a week of spring-like melting and sunshine it is snowing again.  Fiercely.  And what makes it worse it that tons of my friends are escaping it by traveling the globe.  Several have been taking trips to steamy hot India, another just went to Arizona, and I keep seeing these facebook pictures of people mountain biking or ocean swimming.  Next year I'm gonna HAVE to save up for a winter trip!   In the mean time though I'm going to try to stay positive and that's why I'm posting 7 images of summer from Flicker.