Those seed balls making up the cotton are super flammable, but for a brief moment it isn't snowing or hailing or raining ash. It's just giving people allergic reactions (before the cotton snow when they release pollen first).
The bike trail is a great network between cities. I could ride it for several hours in either direction, mostly along protected waterways and through parks. Because of it, I can commute while watching blue herons and eagles nest above urban beaver wetlands that we use for flood control. The garden city is where 21st century urbanism begins.
