There she is finally getting her knee fixed from a January fall in Breckenridge. Hopefully she'll be back on the links and the slopes in no time. With the Covid I'm not allowed to wait around at the hospital so... I made a pilgrimage. They say 10,000 pigs meet their maker every day in Austin Minnesota. Hormel calls SPAM "ham and pork shoulder" but I don't know. That leaves a lot still on the hog as they say. The interstate surface is pounded by hog haulers and there's a healthy local industry power washing out the trailers after delivery. They say animals know when they're going to slaughter, You can guess the results? Blue Earth MN is home to whoever now owns the Green Giant Company. City fathers put this up in the 70's in hopes to keep the canning plant. Might have worked. Minnesota River valley is big in agriculture. Remember the jingle? "From the Valley...Ho Ho Ho, Greeeeeen Giant." Stayed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the Hotel on Ph...