I had never heard of this place when Terry suggested it but I now realize people usually call it Taylors Falls or St Croix Falls. There actually aren’t “falls” anymore but we won’t get into details!
Terry decided we should go here as part of my birthday celebration and I thought it was a great idea! Terry’s mom came with us as an extra pair of hands to help with Abigail (but we really like to hang out with her too!).
We took over 400 pictures & it was absolutely beautiful so even though there are a lot of pictures in this post, it’s a very small percentage!
I worked on a pair of socks, learned how to use my new compass (really not that hard!) and then we ate some brats off the grill!
It was a wonderful day!
We got Abigail in the backpack then started out on our pothole tour!
I was knitting during the tour but I was trying to be careful and not drop a needle into any of the potholes!
No matter how much I liked my needles or needed them I don’t think I’d climb down to get one that dropped!
Abigail only made it in the backpack for a little while until she got hungry, thankfully our tour was basically done then. So we sat on part of the cliff and enjoyed the view!
The St. Croix River
We stopped at Schoony’s Malt shop for a little refreshment & to avoid the Asian beetles that were everywhere!
Abigail liked the view on the bridge to Wisconsin
Kathy & I were shocked to see potholes on the Wisconsin side too!
She enjoyed the fall walk in the sling/wrap
so much that she fell asleep! I had to tuck her head in so it wouldn’t flop around
Terry almost convinced his mom to scale the side of the cliff, but she decided getting in a pothole was more her style!
Terry was a little concerned while he was in this pothole, he said the “bottom” didn’t feel very solid!
She woke up!
We found a couple little friends along our walk
Here I am contemplating the Abigail sized pothole
Mommy you’re right! This is fun!
Now for Daddy’s idea!
What’s that?
The pine needles and pine cones were more interesting than mom!
What a cutie!
Terry took this awesome photo
On our way home Terry was looking everywhere for a yarn shop for me to stop at and I didn’t even ask him too! We found a cute one in Lindstrom, Miss Elsie’s Yarnery. It’s actually part of Cottage Gifts so they have more than just yarn! I found some great yarn, Nashua Vignette, it’s a bulky superwash wool in very pretty colors! I picked out the Distant Mountains color. I started a hat on Monday and I just have to do the finishing on it tonight and then start the matching mittens!