Labor Day Weekend Excursion

A wind turbine near Charles City, Iowa

The Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn.

Wide open sky

Sailor and sailboat
struggle against wind and choppy waters
at Clear Lake, Iowa

Orphanage Museum at Owatonna, Minn.
The state-run home for dependent and neglected children
was in operation from 1886 to 1945.

National Farmers' Bank Building, Owatonna, Minn.

Designed in 1908 by architect Louis Sullivan
Very elaborate

Firemen's Hall, Owatonna, Minn.
Built in 1906

Big Bunny Sculpture
near Science Museum, St. Paul, Minn.

Jim in front of the Charles E. tugboat
stationed at the Science Museum, St. Paul, Minn.

A view of Clear Lake .... in Waseca, Minn.

A Train Graveyard
Deserted rail cars line the countryside in the distance