Yesterday we went on a daytrip to Alexandria. Spent a good part of the day touring the Glacial Ridge area where the advancing gracier fromn N Dakota and Canada snowplowed rocks, dirt, sand southward tens of thousand of years age. When the gracier retreated it left behind mounds of earth, rocks, ice behind. When the ice melted the flowing water left valleys and crevices. Where heavy huge chunks of ice etc sank and left a depression there were "kettles" formed when the ice melted. Many of these depressions became our present day lakes and ponds. This area is called the "Alexandria Moraine" and is beautiful with rolling hills upon hills upon hills with lakes, ponds, and streams. Jim and Lily hiked up and down some of these hills which can be quite steep. Mostly you could just see the tip of Lily's white tail above the tall grasses. Lily had a ball. Jim said she climed the steep hills easily digging in her fron claws and usinf those fine, study beagle leg muscles. Part of this area also is proteced original prarie grass with Bluestem etc.
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