With no Abby for a week I had some time to take a bike ride, work on the house, go to the pool....

I finally thought I found the underbelly on New Ulm, nope! Just Art Wall Park, a dedicated space for graffiti arts. When I was there, two guys from the cities were there, making a new front piece. I have not yet had time to go back and see what they did.

 NU is so organized, there is this street and stop sign literally where there is no road. I suppose there may be one day.....or  ???

 The other side of the house. Still in progress! Taking longer than the first side. In my defense, I have the upstairs tore up, and I am also working to make the dining room a dining room, so.

 New Ulm Battery. The only complete Civil War battery unit in the US. 

 Fireworks in Sleepy Eye on the 4th

Madelia. You know what this is.  

 Lafayette classic car show. No offense Lafayette, but the smallest not so great little town. Morgan was nicer, also Brownton and Comfrey. Hutchinson seems cool too. It's about the same size as NU. Morgan, Brownton, Comfrey, have a few hundred residents.

So funny this is classic.

Salad in MN - a dish with cool whip and marshmallows, pineapple, or whatever. No actual salad involved. Hotdish = casserole.

 Of all the things! An Alaskan flag in the Lafayette bar.

 Friday night band in Lafayette. I was expecting maybe oldies rock, no, marches and drunk-sounding  polka. 

 

Oh the Glockenspiel in downtown NU. One important facto, the sign says it's the largest freestanding carillon, which is not true! Dayton Carillon is larger and oh so much nicer in design and sound.