{"id":12169,"date":"2024-10-11T09:33:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=12169"},"modified":"2024-10-15T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:09:06","slug":"at-frickson-family-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streaming2nps.com\/?p=12169","title":{"rendered":"At Frickson Family Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cornfields and the Northern Lights<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Staying at only our 4th Harvest Host site, in Dakota, Minnesota (just a hop, skip and a jump from the Mississippi River), we had a very pleasant day yesterday. Shopping at the Farm Store, we bought some farm fresh eggs, our first ever Beef<\/strong> Bacon (Apple Cinnamon), Beer Cheddar Brats, a skirt steak & a ribeye, stew meat, chicken thighs, and ground steak. The freezer is full. Looking forward to a special breakfast of farm fresh beef bacon and eggs…tomorrow? (The corn fields here are to feed the cattle…and there are chickens running around, too!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OH! The food store is self serve!!! Very trusting. We’re also only a hop, skip and a jump from I-90!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

We spent the afternoon visiting Pickwick Mill<\/mark><\/strong>, a historic grist mill in Winona, Minnesota…Flour Milling History at its best! The 6 story stone building was made from local limestone in the 1860’s. During the Civil War, it produced 100 barrels of flour a day. We got to see the 4′ x 20′ water wheel start up and then listen to it while we explored the 6 floors of machinery and other exhibits. Then we took a little drive down the Minnesota side of the Great River Road<\/mark><\/strong> and across the Mississippi to La Crosse, Wisconsin. There we ran a couple of errands, visited Grandad Bluff Park<\/mark><\/strong> (600-ft high bluff overlooking the city of La Crosse and the Mississippi), and had a nice dinner at the Waterfront Restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n