The trip between The Little House and the OFH takes about four hours. Once about 90 miles west of The Cities most of the remainder of the drive is on county roads. There are few towns and little traffic. Going to the OFH I drive through Echo and Belview (which has three Lutheran Churches on Main Street). East of Belview I turn north at Delhi. This soon brings me to the deep valley of the Minnesota River. The hills surrounding the river are covered with boreal forest.
Toward the south end of this defile, on the east side, a large section was cleared of the coniferous trees. A few hardwoods remain. It's very rocky ground with huge rock out croppings. The clearing happened a year or two ago. Since then nothing has been done with the cleared section. Why was it cleared? It's a little mystery.
When I was searching out this route GPS was not available. On a trip from Mpls to Sinai, on a cloudy day, I was relying on my instincts for direction. Not paying particular attention to road numbers I drove on thinking I was headed to S.D. Passing a farm I realized I'd passed that same farm about a half hour earlier! So much for my instincts under cloud cover. 😀
Takk for alt,
Al
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