I can update this pervious blog but I cannot open the "New Post" tab. I've logged off, restarted the computer, to no avail. I'll keep trying but there will not be much of a post today.
Takk for alt,
Al
Geography Lesson Needed 1/22/22
When we first visited the OFH in October seeing the view from the apartment window I made the erroneous assumption that it overlooked the Minnesota River Valley, with the city of Mendota Heights visible on the far bluff. WRONG!
While at dinner last night with Harry and Polly they mentioned a nice park not far from here. Harry offered to walk me to it so we made arrangements for a walk this morning. On the hike, after we crossed Shepherd Rd., we entered Crosby Farm Regional Park. "With about 6.7 miles of paved trails, the park provides a beautiful setting for an afternoon's walk, run, or ride. Trails run along shady, wooded bottom lands next to the Mississippi River, along the marshes of Crosby Lake, past scenic picnic areas, and connects to the Mississippi River Boulevard parkway." Notice it says Mississippi River...not Minnesota River. My bad 😕!
Here is more park information from the St. Paul brochure. "Crosby Farm Regional Park is named after Thomas Crosby, an English immigrant who staked out 160 acres in the valley southwest of the present-day junction of Shepard Road and Interstate 35E in 1858. Before Crosby's death in 1886, the farm became one of the largest and longest running in the West End and Highland Park area. A succession of families farmed it between 1902 and 1962. The Saint Paul Port Authority purchased the land in the early 1960s and leased it to the City for park use."
The view from my apartment is even better now that I know I'm looking over the Mississippi River to Mendota Heights.
Takk for alt,
Al
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