Monday, August 15, 2005
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I *finally* got some of my pictures uploaded. It took a long time. There are probably some 30 pictures I'm going to post, and I picked them out of over one hundred photos. Looking thru, the pictures really don't do much justice as to what we saw yesterday!
We headed out in the morning, around 11:00. Our first stop was to get coffee. John went in and got them while I waited in the car and snapped some pictures of the town, just for fun, through the car window. Here's one of them.
This building was an old bank. Now it's a sub shop!
Me waiting in the car! It was chilly outside, so I wore a sweater the entire day. It was sure nice to wear my happy sweater.
Next we drove and drove and drove and drove. The next stop was a small town called Sleepy Eye, named after an Indian Chief. But before we pulled into the town, I took some pictures of a really, really long train! They aren't the best pictures, because we were driving 60 mph, but luckily the train was at a stop.
This is my favorite one. For some reason, it makes me think "P.T. Barnum!"
We saw a lot of farms, but not many silos. Silos have always fascinated me.
We stopped for lunch and then headed onward to Jeffers Petroglyphs. We looked around the visitor's center, watched a short movie, and then walked around a little bit outdoors. We made it there just in time for a driving tour around other fascinating places of the area.
The first place was a quarry. I didn't find it too interesting because it was just a quarry...but the layered rocks were beautiful. The next place was gorgeous. Next to the petroglyphs, it was my favorite. It is a hot spot for the youth of the area, because it consists of dells, waterfalls, and...a bottomless pit! That's right! Many people have tried swimming to the bottom, but to no avail.
This is just the beginning!
some of the rock...it's a deep drop!
looking across, you can see a small picnic area with a rope that people use to swing themselves into the PIT!
the pit...I don't know if I'd go in there!
John contemplating if he should jump in or not...just kidding. He was scared of the height!
A pretty waterfall at the other end of the park.
Next, we moved on to another park. I'm sorry I don't remember the names of these places. I really don't even remember what was said about them. I was just fascinated by their appearances, not by the words that were spoken about them. It was just another area created by glaciers long, long ago. Beautiful rocks, some of the oldest exposed rocks in the world.
lichens gradually taking over the surface of the rocks. ¶ 1:22 PM
We headed out in the morning, around 11:00. Our first stop was to get coffee. John went in and got them while I waited in the car and snapped some pictures of the town, just for fun, through the car window. Here's one of them.
This building was an old bank. Now it's a sub shop!
Me waiting in the car! It was chilly outside, so I wore a sweater the entire day. It was sure nice to wear my happy sweater.
Next we drove and drove and drove and drove. The next stop was a small town called Sleepy Eye, named after an Indian Chief. But before we pulled into the town, I took some pictures of a really, really long train! They aren't the best pictures, because we were driving 60 mph, but luckily the train was at a stop.
This is my favorite one. For some reason, it makes me think "P.T. Barnum!"
We saw a lot of farms, but not many silos. Silos have always fascinated me.
We stopped for lunch and then headed onward to Jeffers Petroglyphs. We looked around the visitor's center, watched a short movie, and then walked around a little bit outdoors. We made it there just in time for a driving tour around other fascinating places of the area.
The first place was a quarry. I didn't find it too interesting because it was just a quarry...but the layered rocks were beautiful. The next place was gorgeous. Next to the petroglyphs, it was my favorite. It is a hot spot for the youth of the area, because it consists of dells, waterfalls, and...a bottomless pit! That's right! Many people have tried swimming to the bottom, but to no avail.
This is just the beginning!
some of the rock...it's a deep drop!
looking across, you can see a small picnic area with a rope that people use to swing themselves into the PIT!
the pit...I don't know if I'd go in there!
John contemplating if he should jump in or not...just kidding. He was scared of the height!
A pretty waterfall at the other end of the park.
Next, we moved on to another park. I'm sorry I don't remember the names of these places. I really don't even remember what was said about them. I was just fascinated by their appearances, not by the words that were spoken about them. It was just another area created by glaciers long, long ago. Beautiful rocks, some of the oldest exposed rocks in the world.
lichens gradually taking over the surface of the rocks. ¶ 1:22 PM
