Today, after yoga, we were really indecisive about where to ride, so we tried out the new bike bridge along Warner Road, went up a big hill in Cottage Grove that made me embarrassingly out of breath, and over to Newport and St. Paul Park, where we came across an old entrance gate with two security buildings. It turns out we were on the site of an old (1919-1979) Armour meat processing plant. The only preserved portions of the 22-building site are these two little structures flanking a gate.
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| Southern gate |
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| Northern gate |
In 1919, this was known as the most modern meat processing plant in the world, extending more than 1/2-mile along the river. It had its own branch of the St. Paul Public Library to promote continued education for its 4,000 employees, who processed 700 hogs, 180 cattle, and 1000 calves and sheep - hourly! There were 21 railroad spur lines serving the site.
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| Naturally, I had to climb a bit up the ladder, wearing my helmet in case it wasn't sturdy. I think my legs look nice in this profile shot. |
We then road to South St. Paul and checked out this view of the Mississippi, above Kaposia, and then had coffee at a nice little shop in that sort of depressed town.
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| The main river is beyond this narrow bit of river. |
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| I don't get this, but hope it is a funny memorial, rather than a sad tale of someone who got hit by a train. It reads: Alan Wigren, 1988-2009 "Run Over By The Grand Funk Railroad" |
Yesterday was pretty nice, once the rain ended. I took this at the Fort while waiting to meet Matt to ride to Travis' graduation party in Roseville. Check out my new sunglasses, which are nice to look through. We rode home in the dark, which was one of my most favorite rides of the year - - so quiet and peaceful and not cold with the proper gear.
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| Fort Snelling with downtown Minneapolis way back there. Yes, I wore the same clothes two days in a row. |
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