Photo: Homemade quilt from Tom's mom, a wedding gift. They really know how to greet family in Minnesota!Last weekend I visited Tom's hometown for the first time. He grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota, about 2 hours southwest of the Twin Cities.
Tom doesn't read my blog, so he won't mind me posting this photo of him in the New Ulm paper about his Eagle Scout award.
New Ulm is a very German town, with "Herman the German" presiding. He is the third largest copper statue in the U.S., after the Statue of Liberty and a Portland, Oregon, statue.
New Ulm is home to America's second oldest family-owned brewery, Schell's (oldest is Yuengling). The family opened the brewery in the 1860's and chose New Ulm because it looks like Germany. The above photo is on the grounds of the family's estate, next to the brewery that we toured on Saturday.
Photo: Tom, his Dad, and his uncle, at Schell's Brewery
New Ulm even has its own glockenspiel! We watched the noon chimes.
Tom's Dad took me for a tour of New Ulm on his red Harley. We even went to the other side of the tracks, by the butter factory. Last month I met Al Franken and we talked about Tom growing up in New Ulm. Senator Franken said, "They make butter there." That's right. Every time you have a lil' wrapped piece of butter, it's probably from New Ulm. A few years ago, the butter factory caught on fire and butter melted all over the streets. Everything was fine for the motorcycle ride, though. Beautiful day.
No trip to the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" is complete without a lake-house weekend. We spent Fourth of July on Lake Mine Belle.
Fourth of July is also Tom's Mom's birthday. She went tubing on her 65th birthday!
Tom and I rode a paddleboat into the sunset. Romantic Minnesota :)
A wonderful weekend in Minnesota, land of the Germans, the Norwegian "Ingebritsons" and a whole lot of fun.
Did I mention Tom is an Eagle Scout!? So trustworthy.
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