Being in Red Wing always takes me back... It has probably been about 4 years since I've been there last, but my memories of Red Wing began long before then.
When I was a kid, my Aunt Nancy lived in Red Wing pretty much from when I could remember. I recall a few places she lived and worked before she ended up moving across the Mississippi River to Wisconsin once she met her boyfriend, Scott. Both when she lived in Red Wing and Wisconsin (Hager City and Ellsworth), we always at least drove through Red Wing, but often took time for a meal and/or shopping. One place that sticks out in my memory is Liberty's Restaurant in downtown Red Wing, and we ate there often as kids and again on Saturday for lunch!
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| Birthday girl in black on the left |
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| The rest of our group that was hard to see in the first picture. |
After my childhood memories of Red Wing, I also recall Red Wing fondly as I drove through it about twice a week during my year in school at University of Wisconsin - River Falls (from 2002-2003). Red Wing was where I crossed the Mississippi River into Wisconsin for the last stretch of my drive to school. I came home pretty much every weekend since Brent and I were engaged and were wedding planning on the weekends for our July 2003 summer wedding (and we were definitely in the "we have to see each other any chance we get" stage in our relationship:)). So, most Friday and Sunday evenings (or the occasional Monday morning if I was lazy), I came to this intersection in Red Wing: Heading North to Wisconsin on the way to school, or heading South on Hwy 58 to Rochester.
We've had other fond memories of Red Wing through the years like celebrating our third anniversary at the Golden Lantern Inn Bed & Breakfast, which was the first time we left Luke overnight when he was five months old. And, four years ago for my birthday gift from Brent, seeing Martina McBride in concert at Treasure Island.
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