We visited Mankato, Minnesota a couple times this summer, once before my surgery to bike the Red Jacket Trail and once after just to get out of the house. The highlight is always the taco pizza at Jakes Stadium Pizza. We eat it at super stinky Sibley Park. There’s a soybean processing plant next door that wafts funk 24-7 into the surrounding grounds. Luckily if you have a picnic behind a hillside near the convergence of the Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers, you’re fine. Phew! We always visit the St. Peter Food Co-op, and roam around Minneopa State Park, where there’s a herd of buffalo. Sometimes, we walk at Seven Mile Creek County Park, and this year, it was the first place I walked after tentitively taking off my cast boot after surgery. Ouch! Follow my feet…
A seven inch centipede at the Seven Mile Creek County Park.
Mosiac Monday
The historic Red Jacket Railway Bridge. See below for more…
From History of the Red Jacket Valley by Julie A. Schrader. Click the image for more information.
Seppmann Mill in Minneopa.
“This book is unsettling in the best way, slow, atmospheric, and deeply human.” ~ Frank Rojas
Tropes:
~ Psychological thriller
~ Small town horror
~ Pan’s Labyrinth monsters
~ Spooky romance
~ Farm terror
~ Fargo-ish characters
Such a beautiful place to explore. Wow. Great photography, too.
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I am here to admire your critters, but the historic photos of the Red Jacket Railway Bridge are really catching my attention- incredible and obviously very popular! I hope you are healing well.
Wren x
Hello Sharon,
I hope your foot is healing well, it is nice to have the boot taken off.
Your butterfly image is lovely. I like the shots of the bridge and the mill.
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I’m sure it’s nice to be getting around again.
A beautiful, interesting-looking place and great photos, dear Sharon. And luckily, I can’t smell the stinky soybean processing plant from here!
All the best from Austria 🤗
Traude
Loved this post! Congrats on getting back on your feet after surgery!
Nice to see a glimpse of this part of the world #TravelTuesday
I know you must be glad to have the boot off! This is a lovely place to visit, except for the smell you described. Thank you for linking up and have a great weekend.
That looks like an interesting place. I like going to new places but the advantage of going someplace you know is that you know what to do and where to go. So we try and mix going someplace new and someplace we know.
Lots of cool history here. Love the bridge. Glad the cast is off!
Another wonderful day trip destination. Taco pizza sounds great.
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Beautiful.