Quiet’s a wonderful sound…Sweeter than an oboe or fiddle. Someday I’m gonna be found in the middle of quiet. --- From the song “Quiet” by Melvina Reynolds…The above songwriter will appreciate being found in the middle of Orfield...
Tour Guide Notes – Visit a stream-powered flour mill...Nestled among the streams and hardwoods of Southeastern Minnesota are two waterwheel flour mills, each over a century old: both still grinding away, both welcoming visitors.In Winona County, Pickwick Mill, in the village of...
~~~Tour Guide Notes~~~Photo: tree swallow (one of 150 species at Salt Lake)~~~How can there not be a celestial design lab? A bird-watching trip with binoculars and camera to Salt Lake in Lac qui Parle County on the MN/SD border stirs up such meditations.Some 150 species of...
~~~Tour Guide Notes~~~The Lost 40: Oh, to decipher the whisper of the wind through these giant ancient pines...It may say “thank you” to a survey crew mistake! On a chilly, northern Minnesota November day in 1882, four forestry surveyors, perhaps disoriented or cold...
~~~Tour Guide Notes~~~Why are there two grasshoppers at the feet of the Virgin Mary on the entry plaque of this tiny chapel in Cold Spring, Minnesota?They represent the millions of grasshoppers which invaded the area from 1873-1877, devouring crops, trees, even tool handles and...
~~~Dear Voyageur~~~I am a lifetime resident of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, which is now at three-quarters of a century. For the last quarter century, I have been a tour guide here.I have decided to retire from “active duty;” however, instead I have...
Quiet’s a wonderful sound…Sweeter than an oboe or fiddle. Someday I’m gonna be found in the middle of quiet. --- From the song “Quiet” by Melvina Reynolds…The above songwriter will appreciate being found in the middle of Orfield... 
Tour Guide Notes – Visit a stream-powered flour mill...Nestled among the streams and hardwoods of Southeastern Minnesota are two waterwheel flour mills, each over a century old: both still grinding away, both welcoming visitors.In Winona County, Pickwick Mill, in the village of... 
~~~Tour Guide Notes~~~Photo: tree swallow (one of 150 species at Salt Lake)~~~How can there not be a celestial design lab? A bird-watching trip with binoculars and camera to Salt Lake in Lac qui Parle County on the MN/SD border stirs up such meditations.Some 150 species of... 
~~~Tour Guide Notes~~~The Lost 40: Oh, to decipher the whisper of the wind through these giant ancient pines...It may say “thank you” to a survey crew mistake! On a chilly, northern Minnesota November day in 1882, four forestry surveyors, perhaps disoriented or cold... 
~~~Tour Guide Notes~~~Why are there two grasshoppers at the feet of the Virgin Mary on the entry plaque of this tiny chapel in Cold Spring, Minnesota?They represent the millions of grasshoppers which invaded the area from 1873-1877, devouring crops, trees, even tool handles and... 
~~~Dear Voyageur~~~I am a lifetime resident of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, which is now at three-quarters of a century. For the last quarter century, I have been a tour guide here.I have decided to retire from “active duty;” however, instead I have... 
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