A Trip To Taylor's Falls!

This afternoon, Duane and I took the Riviera to Taylor's Falls to enjoy a BEAUTIFUL autumn day. We drove down through Stillwater, and then across the river into Wisconsin. We stopped in Osceola to browse an antique store, then headed back into Minnesota to explore Taylor's Falls.

We started out with a stop at the Taylor's Falls Drive-In (which is a MUST if you are in Taylor's Falls). I decided NOT to get my usual corn dog and onion rings, and instead had the BBQ chicken and swiss cheese sandwich with deep fried, breaded green beans...WOW! All I can say is I'M SO ORDERING DEEP FRIED GREEN BEANS, IF THEY ARE ON ANY MENU ANYWHERE...yum! We also had the PHENOMINAL home made root beer (a LARGE, of course!).

After the drive-in, we went to the bluffs, and took the paddle boat ride down the St. Croix. Our boat was the Taylor's Falls Queen (coincidence...I think NOT!). We took the 80 minute tour, instead of the usual 50 minute tour, and it was DELIGHTFUL. The boat goes further down the river, and we got to explore more of the history of the area. The scenery down the St. Croix is just GORGEOUS, and OF COURSE I took about a HUNDRED photos of the ride.

It was a WONDERFUL chance to get out of the cities, and OF COURSE barreling down the interstate in a car with seats the size of a living room SOFA is ALWAYS a good thing!!!

Here are a couple of shots from the day...

The view from the point at which the paddle boat departed.

Me on the Taylor's Falls QUEEN!

Duane on the QUEEN!

The Taylor's Falls PRINCESS (we've never actually been on this boat...after THREE trips down the St. Croix...so beneath our status...!)

The view of "the old man" (Can you see him? Apparently, it's featured in Ripley's Believe It Or Not as the FIRST known natural human landform...or something like that...)

Hope YOU had some "out of town" fun this weekend!