A couple of photos from Mother’s Day Weekend Hill Climb 2019. Next event 2019-09-21 Dist. 16/23 Hillclimb. See Indianhead Motorcycle Club fb page for more details. Indianhead MC is celebration their 70th anniversary by hosting grass drags at GAS-LITE Bar & Grill on 2019-09-28.
Other hill climb events in the area: see Valley Springs Hill Climb fb page. Their next event is 2019-07-13.
Good Morning Red Wing | Sunrise 2019-05-05
We all have one, or many; at least I hope so. I have a happy place. It is one of many.
Hay Creek is a small trout stream in southeastern Minnesota. It has its headwaters west of Goodhue and empties into the Mississippi River just to the north of Red Wing. It runs 25.1 miles (40.4 km), over half of which is a Minnesota designated trout stream. Like the Vermillion River, Hay Creek receives extensive fishing pressure due to its proximity to Minneapolis–St. Paul.
Hay Creek was named for the hay meadows near its banks. A railroad once ran along Hay Creek from the clay banks near Goodhue to the pottery and stoneware factories in Red Wing, which also made use of the water from the creek. The railroad was torn up in 1937, but traces such as trestle pilings remain.
The red dot [on the map above] on the western end of 320th Avenue is one of my happy places. Minnesota Trout Unlimited has done a tremendous amount of work on this stream over the years. It is truly a gem and a pleasure to fish.
The valley is so peaceful; a beautiful display of nature. This morning was exceptionally beautiful with the fog settled in the spring creek valley.
A vertical panorama looking upstream from the bridge on 320th Avenue.
The weather on Wednesday afternoon (4/10) into Thursday (4/11) across Minnesota was terrible. There was some dust in the wind that brought this lovely weather our way.
My normal community route, Hwy 52 North this a.m. Glad I stayed home
While out snow-blowing, shoveling this a.m.; when I was out for a short drive this afternoon as well, I noticed that the snow and sleet had a different hue to it. This is why. Dust updraft from West TX and Southeast New Mexico made its way into the snow/sleet that fell overnight here in the upper Midwest. Now that is some dust in the wind!
#GOES16 Split Window (10.3-12.3 µm) brightness temperature difference showing one the more impressive blowing #dust signatures I've seen in a long while: https://t.co/TuyV7GQVuz pic.twitter.com/v7YETnyd8g
— Scott Bachmeier (@CIMSS_Satellite) April 11, 2019
You can plainly see the difference in hue of the dust in these images taken this afternoon.
Dust in the Wind 😀
Sunrise over Colvill Park Saturday March 30th. I wasn’t sure if I was going to see a sunrise or not. The cloud bank was massive, dark and moving along rapidly. You just never know. I was pleasantly surprised.
Pre-sunrise was very cloudy and not very colorful.
I was surprised that the sun made an appearance. The clouds were think and moving. I was a brief appearance.
Friday morning, March 29th, 2019 sunrise over the Mississippi River flowing high and wide in Red Wing, MN. Scenes from the levee and Bay Point Park.
The Cannon River continues to drop in Welch upstream, but it’s still high and over its banks at Hwy 61 north of Red Wing. These shots were taken Tuesday March 26th. I can see little difference today in the level today.
The setting sun last Saturday cooperated nicely. The clouds and color made a spectacular appearance. The high and wide Mississippi was smooth as glass and reflected the sky nicely.
Last Saturday was a beautiful day to fly and capture the rising water around the Red Wing Levee and bridge construction. The mighty Mississippi is wide and muddy. The National Weather Service forecast indicates that the water is going to get a bit higher yet, but nothing close 20.70 ft back on 04/18/1965 thankfully.
I Googled the interweb and did not find much information regarding the history of the Red Wing Boat Houses. The only thing I found was an article from the Winona Daily News from July 4th, 2009 – Book traces history of boathouses on the Mississippi. The book referenced in the article, The Floating Boathouses on the Upper Mississippi River: Their History, Their Stories is available on Amazon for $99.96. I probably will not be ordering that any time soon.
I did find some information regarding the Red Wing Yacht Club in an article from Post Bulletin March 13, 2015 regarding the lease to operate in Red Wing Bay. In the article it said:
Kevin Avery, commodore of the yacht club, explained that the club has been in the harbor for 112 years and has 275 members, about 80 percent of them from Red Wing. Nearly all the boats in the harbor are fishing boats or recreational runabouts housed in modest floating boathouses.
Now 116 years – that is some longevity. I’ll have to keep digging for more information on the yacht cloud and boat houses.
I did find a copy of Friends and Neighbors All: Brief History of the Red Wing Yacht Club Special Edition for $250 if anyone is interested in that. Yikes.
If anyone has any information about the Red Wing boat houses or any others on the Mississippi feel free to leave a link in the comments.
