Modena, Wisconsin USA, that is :hihi:
The 4th of July, 2005. With excellent weather all weekend and several extended trips planned for later on this month I was not about to squander a golden opportunity to go driving, and so with my family in tow we undertook yet another Quixotic journey through the Bluff Country of Southeastern Minnesota. This time, however, I probed further afield, into Western Wisconsin, where the roads around the tiny hamlet of Modena looked promising on the topographic maps.
On a narrow road covered with a dense canopy and dappled sunlight. Lots of 2nd and 3rd gear corners. We saw a fawn-baby deer feeding by the roadside, and followed it as it galloped somewhat leisurely 50 feet or so up the road before it darted off into a small clearing. It paused, turned around to observe us with curiosity before diappearing into the trees.
Yet another gem of a road. An occasional short burst into 4th gear on the straights followed by tight, off camber and occasional hairpin corners.
Wabasha, Minnesota. A quaint and historic town on the Mississippi River. Antiques shop for the Mrs., located within the old City Hall building, erected in 1894. We then had a nice lunch in the Ante-Bellum, Historic Anderson House a few steps down the street, while watching the Mississippi meander by from our table.
After lunch, we crossed the Mississippi on this bridge and headed over to Western Wisconsin. Pleasure craft heading up-river against a fairly strong current here.
A wonderful, open stretch amongst the cornfields and gently rolling hills of Modena Township, Wisconsin.
Not a single Prancing Horse of the automotive variety in sight around Modena, but plenty of equine beasts grazing the pastures showing a passing interest in our beast from Dingolfing.
Bayerische Motoren Werke im Modena...there is something quite poetic about it all.
We turned off onto another small road which rose out of the valley and into the heavily wooded coulee. Note relection of an old barn adjacent to the road.
View of the straight, initial section of this road leading up to a sharp left hander in the distance.
The same road, panned out. A serene pasture below and to the right.
A nice hairpin curve about half a mile up the road.
View up the road from the hairpin curve.
Beautiful and fairly rare Octagonal Barn built in 1917(Note date over door-frame and cistern atop barn for watering the livestock). Picture taken just prior to heading back across the Mississippi to Minnesota.
Back in Wabasha, Minnesota, we stopped for great home-made ice cream and a last pic by the Mississippi before heading back home.
A fitting conclusion to our July 4th adventure...only a few miles from our home. The paint looks old and weathered, and I have driven by this farm many times before, but strangely I had never noticed the paint scheme until today. Home before dark to prepare our fireworks
Thanks for reading.
:cheers:
The 4th of July, 2005. With excellent weather all weekend and several extended trips planned for later on this month I was not about to squander a golden opportunity to go driving, and so with my family in tow we undertook yet another Quixotic journey through the Bluff Country of Southeastern Minnesota. This time, however, I probed further afield, into Western Wisconsin, where the roads around the tiny hamlet of Modena looked promising on the topographic maps.
On a narrow road covered with a dense canopy and dappled sunlight. Lots of 2nd and 3rd gear corners. We saw a fawn-baby deer feeding by the roadside, and followed it as it galloped somewhat leisurely 50 feet or so up the road before it darted off into a small clearing. It paused, turned around to observe us with curiosity before diappearing into the trees.
Yet another gem of a road. An occasional short burst into 4th gear on the straights followed by tight, off camber and occasional hairpin corners.
Wabasha, Minnesota. A quaint and historic town on the Mississippi River. Antiques shop for the Mrs., located within the old City Hall building, erected in 1894. We then had a nice lunch in the Ante-Bellum, Historic Anderson House a few steps down the street, while watching the Mississippi meander by from our table.
After lunch, we crossed the Mississippi on this bridge and headed over to Western Wisconsin. Pleasure craft heading up-river against a fairly strong current here.
A wonderful, open stretch amongst the cornfields and gently rolling hills of Modena Township, Wisconsin.
Not a single Prancing Horse of the automotive variety in sight around Modena, but plenty of equine beasts grazing the pastures showing a passing interest in our beast from Dingolfing.
Bayerische Motoren Werke im Modena...there is something quite poetic about it all.
We turned off onto another small road which rose out of the valley and into the heavily wooded coulee. Note relection of an old barn adjacent to the road.
View of the straight, initial section of this road leading up to a sharp left hander in the distance.
The same road, panned out. A serene pasture below and to the right.
A nice hairpin curve about half a mile up the road.
View up the road from the hairpin curve.
Beautiful and fairly rare Octagonal Barn built in 1917(Note date over door-frame and cistern atop barn for watering the livestock). Picture taken just prior to heading back across the Mississippi to Minnesota.
Back in Wabasha, Minnesota, we stopped for great home-made ice cream and a last pic by the Mississippi before heading back home.
A fitting conclusion to our July 4th adventure...only a few miles from our home. The paint looks old and weathered, and I have driven by this farm many times before, but strangely I had never noticed the paint scheme until today. Home before dark to prepare our fireworks
Thanks for reading.
:cheers: