My mom and I ventured out with our puggle, Missy, again today to see Sibley State Park two hours away in New London, Minnesota. As the map to the right shows, the state park is at the peak time for fall colors. (Be sure to utilize the Fall Color Finder webpage with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.)
We spent most of our time driving, but it at least didn’t take long to get some spectacular scenic photos.
I took these seven photos from 3:54 to 4:23 p.m.
View from Mount TomView from Mount Tom IIMount Tom observation tower (where I took the previous two photos)Silhouette of family at Mount TomMount Tom observation tower IIAndrew LakeAndrew Lake II
Today, my mom, my puggle (Missy), and I visited Fort Snelling State Park for the first time (though my mom says she did once visit the cemetery for a funeral). Because Fort Snelling is spread out over such a wide area and is so integral to Minnesota’s history, the photos below actually comprise three cities and three counties. The first location, Big Rivers Regional Trail, isn’t part of Fort Snelling, though the trails do connect to it.
Delta hangar across the Minnesota River, as seen from Big Rivers Regional Trail in Mendota Heights, MinnesotaDelta airplane preparing to land at the runway near the hangar in the previous photoDown by the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling State Park in St. PaulFallen tree near where I took the previous photo at Fort Snelling State Park, with my mom acting as the director of photographyCommemorative marker and/or gravestone for Elizabeth R. Snelling, the daughter of Colonel Josiah Snelling and first white child born in Minnesota. It is located approximately 10 feet behind where I was standing in the next photo at Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel in Minneapolis.Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel, with my mom acting as the director of photography again