Sunday Road Trip Sightings

      The hubs and I took a little three hour tour to bust us out of our stay at home funk. The morning started with a snow and rain mix, but by the time we left after a bite of lunch, it looked more promising. By the time we were home, we had sun and lots of it. Here’s a few smatterings of pictures. 

     We drove through a few little hamlets, past a ski hill, our closest versions of mountains, and along the icy Mississippi River. Remember my  wander last summer when I did a wander on one of the hottest days of summer, and came across multiple Catholic churches? Clearly when the early settlers of Minnesota were building their country churches, Catholics chose some tiny communities and the Lutherans chose others, but generally, these were all within 30 miles of each other. Yesterday were the Lutheran churches. They really were prettier than the gray photos show. Minnesota has a reputation for being very Scandinavian and very Lutheran, which it is heavily, but Catholic in shear numbers are technically higher-though protestants as a whole are greater. Actually though, there is diverse religious history here that continues to evolve. This article was an interesting, if much more opinion than research, of religions in Minnesota. 

     To celebrate the end of meteorological winter, we treated ourselves to Dairy Queen for the ride home. Pup was ready for his walk, followed by  relaxing and  a simple dinner of sausage meatballs, mock stroganoff, and roasted veg. ‘Twas a good day. Let’s hope the week stays grand.