North by Northwest

So the snow has mostly melted in Minnesota… mostly.

They got 8″ last weekend, so the Wild Mountain ski & snowboard hill was still open this weekend. What is left most places is the melting mounds of snow that was piled up during the winter in parking lots and some snow in fields that are partly shaded.

I was also surprised to see car car pulled over on the interstate last night. Who know what that Camry driver was up to… However, while I was driving around today I saw ZERO cops the entire day. Maybe they are in un-marked cars? Or maybe they are still in hibernation?

On to some pictures from the area today.

Nice farm, with a racetrack carved in the lake in the foreground

Still driving around on the lakes… gathering their ice fishing houses?

Welcome to Lindström

Wild Mountain – not as wild as I imagined

How did that get there? Must have jumped out of a moving truck.

St. Croix Falls Dam & Hyrdopower Plant

This hydro plant located in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin on the St. Croix River, is owned and operated by Xcel Energy Inc. The plant was constructed between 1905 and 1906. According to Xcel, the St. Croix Falls Hydro Plant is its 2nd highest producer of electricity among the Xcel’s-Wisconsin’s 19 hydro plants. The plant utilizes eight hydro turbines, and has the capability of producing up to 117,363 kilowatts of power annually.

Here are a couple before and after shots to illustrate the difference in snow from two months ago to today:

Target parking lot

Movie theater parking lot

More pictures in this album:

2008-03-29 MN-Wis. Sat

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