[Middlebridge] Castles, Mosquitoes and Trees (oh my)

On Fri, 30 Jun 1995, Sascha Bates wrote:

Re: The Norman Castle above Elk Mound, WI

> I'm so excited!! When I saw it from the car it made me bounce up and
> down in my seat and I wished we had time to detour around to see it. But
> we were on the last couple hours of an 11 hour trip and didn't have
> time:( I want to go visit it so bad! It makes me sad that I am moving
> in January which is such an unhospitable time to go traipsing aroundthe
> countryside. Is it someone's house? Or something else.

It's actually a monument to "The Rural Postal Carriers of Dunn County,
WI." Go figure.

> Cave. And really, it's not that hard to be observant. When you've been
> watching Wisconsin scenery for 5 hours, you notice something that's
> different and stands out.
(You mean like, hills :)
Actually we have a lot of them in Northshield, they just aren't along I-94.

 I think I'm really going to miss the trees in
> Michigan.

Now wait a minute, trees? We've got LOTS of trees. Where do you think
we get all the paper the newsletters?

> Sascha
> still on a quest for insect repellant

The only permanent repellant is called winter.
And it only works for 7 months out of the year ;)

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Owen Alun btuck@minstrel.com Ben Tucker
Wandering Minstrel (612) 872-2201 2111 11th Ave. South
Northshield, Midrealm Minneapolis, MN 55404

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From: Ben Tucker <btuck@minstrel.com>
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Received on Fri Jun 30 14:07:46 1995