It was great to get back out there shooting after a month-long hiatus from roaming the countrysides.  The air was brisk, clouds abundant and an occasional snow flurry would burst out from the sky to mix it up a bit.  There was no shortage of our usual fav’s – barns, old cars, rusted metal and the ever-present barbed wire and fence posts.  It was all quite familiar and relaxing traversing the back roads of Goodhue,  Olmsted, and Fillmore counties with my special lady – chasing the light and all things shiny.

The final destination for this early March Saturday was Preston, MN and the Jailhouse Inn.  If you’ve never been, I would highly recommend.  John and Lois have a wonderful B&B nestled in the picturesque Root River valley.  There are a handful of nice restaurants in the Preston/Lanesboro area to have dinner, but go early or be prepared to wait.  Every resident of the tri-county area seemed to be in town for dinner that Saturday evening.  I should have known this having grown up in small town america.  You can also opt for a tasty pizza pie at Chics Pizza, which we did; I didn’t want to risk a case of the hangries.