Spam Museum, Austin, Mn

How many of you can remember eating spam?  I can remember mom frying it.  That was the best.  When we first met,  Gary made a spam pie for dinner one night.  I did not realize that there are many flavors of spam or so many products that were made by Hormel.  The museum was free.  Didn’t take us very long to tour the museum.  Lots of 2-3 minute films to watch.  We enjoyed the one with the Hormel girls chorus and drum and bugle core.  We went in the theater to watch the movie "Spam A Love Story" and Gary wanted to know where the popcorn was.  I told him that they would serve spam not popcorn.  After that comment a lady walked in with bacon flavored spam.  Later she brought us cheese spam.






spam fed a lot of soldiers during the war.

Niagara Cave, Harmony, Minnesota

Spent an hour touring Niagara Cave near Harmony, Minnesota.  The cave was discovered when some farmer’s pigs fell into it.  The pigs fell about 70’ and were still alive.  So the farmer paid some young boys to go into the cave and retrieve the pigs.  Later some cavers from Iowa explored the cave.  The cave was opened in 1936 to the public.  There is a 60’ waterfall in the cave.  This cave does not have that much to offer.  If you do not like tight or closed in places, this cave is not for you.  We had to walk down 250 steps and back up again.

waterfall

saddle created by swirling water