It's that time of year again, time for the annual Grumpy Old Men Festival in Wabasha, Minnesota. I had a great time last year. When you get there, make sure you take a break from ice fishing long enough to feed at the hotdish lunch at the United Church of Christ and to check out the minnow races at
Wabasha, Minnesota was the fictional setting of the Grumpy Old Men movies, so the city celebrates its fame with a festival in February that includes ice fishing, minnow races, and hot dish.
Winter can be a great time to visit Minnesota’s Mississippi River valley, if you aren’t already sick of cold weather. Snow softens the rough edges of rocky bluffs. The floodplain is decorated like cake frosting with piles of snow sculpted into graceful formations by unforgiving winds. The inviting waters of the Mississippi River and its sloughs are transformed into vast
