“Build it and they will come.” It’s the theme of the 1989 movie, Field of Dreams which we watched shortly after our teenaged son read W.P. Kinsella’s novel, Shoeless Joe. Through the years we’ve rewatched this film quite a few times fascinated with...
Effigy Mounds Video The 10:30AM Ranger led Fire Point Hike at Effigy Mounds National Monument near Harper’s Ferry, Iowa was well worth the effort to leave our campsite early this morning. Located adjacent to Iowa’s section of the Great River Road...
Together we’ve crossed the Mississippi River countless times via bridges. A few years ago at Lake Itasca we did it across stepping stones. Today Karen did it on a stand up paddle board! Ever since our first experience trying a stand up paddle board in Wisconsin, Karen...
As we left the Minneapolis-St Paul area we deliberately avoided the urban section of the Great River Road and instead skirted the Twin Cities to the south and east to Hastings where we picked up the scenic road again. As the road meandered along the west bank of the...
Today’s adventure yielded so much more than we ever expected even from a Minnesota Historical Society site. The human history at what became Fort Snelling here at the confluence of the Minnesota and the Mississippi Rivers began at least 10,000 years ago according to...
