Mar 11 2010
Minnemishinona Falls near Mankato, Minnesota
We first visited Minnemishinona Falls last summer, when the falls were but a trickle, but a beautiful one.
We returned last weekend, when the temperature finally reached 40 degrees for the first time in 3 months and we left our jackets behind, to take a peek at the falls in winter. This is what we found.
The falls are beautifully frozen, stopped in time.
Minnemishinona Falls in Winter
My husband could hear something, though, and when he quieted the kids, they could hear it as well. Under all of the ice, the sound of running water, behind the falls. The creek at the bottom of the falls presented a beautiful wintry scene.
We also pointed out to the kids a large crack in the ice, and wondered aloud what a magnificent sound it will make when the falls break in two.
It’s such an easy thing, to take a different route home and stop for a few minutes to see something familiar look so different because of a change in the seasons. It’s something we need to remember to do more often.
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