Fall River Trip

It began as a misty cloudy day but as James predicted, it cleared up and ended as a gorgeous day for Jim, JoAnn and guests to make a trip south of town to follow the Mississippi River all the way to Nelson, Wisconsin and over the bridge to Wabasha to return home on the Minnesota side.

Above are pictured the two charming passengers who shared our river trip to watch for Eagles, beautiful scenery and visit a special pumpkin farm. We only saw a few Eagles but we were rewarded instead by finding Pelicans (of all things) feeding near the shore of Lake Pepin.
If you look closely you will see hundreds of Pelicans huddled together to find food to ready themselves for their Fall migration each year. We and our friends, Patsy and Rosie, were awed by this sight and watched this phenomenal group move like a trained chorus of dancers from "A Chorus Line". We viewed them from a park in the city of I think it was Bay City, Wisconsin.

Next we stopped at a farm near Nelson, Wisconsin where pumpkins and squash and gourds are sold at a bargain price with its profits going to a charitable organization. We filled our trunk with goodies to bring home. Above you will see that Jim became buddies with the owner of the farm who was very helpful .. especially to the good looking ladies we had with us. Below is the well fed trunk of our car. Hidden there amongst the bounty are some gifties the ladies picked up in Stockholm, Wisconsin, a wonderful town with an abundance of gift shops, eateries and friendly people. A bonus was bumping into friends from home on the same journey.