The spring blooms might have been at their peak this weekend if the unremitting rain hadn't washed the blossoms off flowering trees, or it the sun had come out long enough to shine on the thousands of tulips, daffodils and other spring flowers.I had never visited the Arboretum in spring and was looking forward to this field trip, even though the sky darkened ominously as we approached Chanhassen. Thankfully, we were in the Traverse, not the Corvette -- I thought to myself that we would be safer if this scary sky yielded a tornado. By the time we went through the gates, there was no question of walking 3-Mile Drive. A few unsuspecting Japanese tourists bravely walked with their umbrellas, cheerfully taking pictures of one another as the rain got heavier and heavier. We followed the open-sided tram through the grounds.
