Pipestone, MN

On Tuesday after Labor Day, we drove the 18 miles to Pipestone.  We are here for a week.

The campground is the same, the teepees are still here, the sunsets are beautiful, etc. etc. etc.

We have spent a lot of time with my cousin, Claudia, and her friend, Mike Doubledee.

This farm house is where Claudia's grandparents lived.

The house was sold and moved to Holland, MN (about 12 miles away) back in 2015.  Here is a picture on a new foundation.

Now Claudia has had the basement filled in.  The front steps and some of the foundation still remain.  She also had the basement steps turned upside down and has flowers on them.

 

 Mike and I even got to mow her yard.

Dueling lawn mowers!!

Later in the week we had some rain and some interesting cloud formations!

On Sunday the Catholic Church in Pipestone was having a fall festival, and, Claudia, Mike, Judy and I went to the dinner.  Excellent dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable and dessert.

Across from the church is an interesting house.

On Monday evening before we left Pipestone, we went to Langes Cafe, a restaurant that opened in 1955.  They buried the keys in cement on the day they opened and have not closed their doors since then.  If you want good down-home cooking, here is the place to go.

One final note about Pipestone - my mother and 4 of her sisters were born on the farm about 5 miles outside of town.  Since then my uncle (Harold) and and now his son (John) have farmed this acreage for 100 years.  This is the certificate from the state of Minnesota.

And a picture of the barn.

Many memories from the early days here.