Sunday, November 26, 2017

Bison in Minnesota

What better way to get over the excesses of Thanksgiving than a hike through a state park on a nice crisp November day?

We headed to Minneopa, a place I'd been a couple of years ago, where I took this image of the upper falls:


The weather was a little colder this time, and the trees a little barer.  We got closer to the lower falls:


One thing I completely missed in 2015 is the Bison Drive.  This is a 2.5 mile road through a stretch of prairie where there's a small herd of bison roaming wild.


There's a cool radio station you can tune into as you drive down the road, and listen to facts about the herd and conservation efforts.  The bison have right of way, regardless of how big your truck is.


We ended up pretty close.  


At the end of the road, there's an old mill called Seppmann Mill, built in 1862 by a German immigrant.




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