TraveLog: Crossing Northfield Off Our List
We headed down to Northfield today, partially to celebrate Lisa’s birthday, but also just get out of town for a bit. We’ve been meaning to visit it for a few years now, and in retrospect we could’ve waited a few more. While granting the town that yes, it was Sunday, and, yes, half the town was closed, we still have no idea what the big idea is.
Sure, the colleges were nice, and the downtown was kind of quaint, but a lot of cities have that. Sure, Jesse James gang, but blah blah blah whatever. The most interesting thing that came out of the trip was that Faribault has potential. (Mathias was sleeping, so we took the long way in.) They have a well-preserved, albeit vacant, downtown that could be cool if they get something in it.
Hopefully we’ll have more to write about from next weekend’s trip.
dear lord you’re a goofy chap. it’s supposed to be a small, pretty town where not much happens. get it? small, idyllic place where you don’t get all that big city noise?
Comment by c — 20080813 - Wednesday @ 9:13 am
Fair point. We were expecting a small, idyllic place… But I think our confusion was that, considering all of Northfield’s hype, we didn’t really see what was better about it than the multitudes of other college towns around these parts. Maybe I’m biased by familiarity, but I find River Falls more interesting than Northfield.
Comment by Mark — 20080813 - Wednesday @ 10:18 am