After literally pulling the kids out of the Spam museum, we pushed on to the town of Wykoff Minnesota. A town ACTUALLY settled by Norwegian farmers. Wykoff has a population 450 and an active historical society run by what appears to be most of the grown women in the town. About 25 years ago the town realized they had no more use for their local two room jail, once used to house drunks and loud republicans. The women of the town decided to overhaul the building and transform it into a VERY unique B&B.
We found the one gift shop and tea parlor on Main street, met Maxine and got the key to the jail. It was a complete blast spending the night there. There were two rooms, one with a queen sized bed and the other with two bunks inside the jail cell (which could close but not lock). All of the bedding was black and white striped and the overall feel was cozy and from another time.
Vinny and I decided to take a walk around in the evening and realized we were in a really good place as the local diner had a sign welcoming Al Franken to the senate (finally!!!).
In the morning we were sent to the local diner for breakfast. Vinny was speechless when the waitress told him he could order anything he wanted! After a great breakfast, we headed over to Ed's Museum which really needs a post of it's own.
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The B&B sounds AWESOME! Did the Spam Museum have a tribute to the Monty Python song? (SPammity Spam... wonderful Spam...) Or is that an SNL skit? Lorene from the PHS basketball bleachers says hi. Jo comes home tomorrow! Do you want the long table that is in the hallway at school? So much to tell you... (ha)
ReplyDeleteAccording to my conversation with Kerrie, there is a section devoted to the play Spamalot, which is of Monty Python origin (as is the original Spam song)
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Very, very cool!
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