Interstate State park Taylors falls MN Family road trip 2017
This was a family road trip to interstate park in Taylors falls MN.
Taylors Falls
Hiking through Taylors Falls, MN.
Music: I See Fire (Kygo Remix) by Ed Sheeran
Aerial footage of Taylors Falls, MN / St. Croix Falls, WI border St. Croix Valley.
The St. Croix Valley on the border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Taken using a DJI Phantom Vision 2+ v.2 Using the Vision Plus Ground Station app (Android) for GPS waypoint, altitude, and speed on autopilot. Most footage between 200 - 300 ft. Stock DJI HD Camera and gimbal.
Minnesota Drive In Minute
2010RoadTripUSA. Part 56. Minnesota Drive In Minute. September 2010. Music by Raymond Scott.
Taylors Falls is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of U.S. Route 8 and Minnesota State Highway 95. The population was 1011 at the 2005 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.4 km²), of which, 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) of it (7.69%) is water.
Taylors Falls is located adjacent to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin at the Dalles of the St. Croix River, an area of forested bluffs and high cliffs. The first interstate state park in the United States, aptly named Interstate Park, was jointly founded by the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin in 1895 and straddles the border of the two states immediately south of the city.(wikipedia)
The Drive-In Restaurant, located on Bench Street in Taylor's Falls, will be celebrating its 53rd anniversary this summer. The Drive-In nurtures fond memories of that golden era, with carhops, 50's music, root beer in frosted mugs, and good old-fashioned hamburgers.
When Allan Anderson opened his Drive-Inn on July 5, 1956, James Dean was starring in the 50's classic Rebel Without a Cause at the St. Croix Auditorium Theatre. A Drive-Inn restaurant was a new concept and the idea was intriguing for the Anderson's, who were intent on making it a family business.
When the Drive-Inn first opened, customers were not quite sure what to do! It wasn't long before they learned where to park their cars and how to order from the carhops. Inside workers poured the root beer into glass mugs while cooks fried the hamburgers. A small root beer cost 5¢, a large 10¢ and hamburgers were 25¢.
The large rotating root beer mug sign was installed in 1963. It was purchased from a Hastings Frostop Drive-In that had gone out of business. The giant classic rotating mug still greets guests today!
The Drive-In was closed for a year in 1987 and purchased by the sister and brother team of Gail and Wade Vitalis in 1988. This new family breathed life into the Drive-In, re-making it as The Drive-In Restaurant with a theme which reflected the 50's era. Customers were once again greeted by carhops wearing poodle skirts while 50s music played in the back ground. Guests could drink ice cold root beer from a frosty cold mug and get hand-packed burgers on fresh bakery buns.
In 1993, Wade and his wife, Carol Vitalis bought The Drive-In Restaurant and added an 18-hole adventure mini-golf course featuring waterfalls, ponds and challenging multi-level holes. It was named Adventure Falls Mini-Golf. A club house was added to the Adventure Falls mini-golf site. The buildings siding and interior was constructed entirely from recycled barn wood.
Wade and Carol Vitalis and their three kids still operate the family business in much the same fashion the Anderson family did in 1956. It is a very popular destination for families looking to eat great food, do some mini-golfing and enjoy the St. Croix River.
The greater than life American experience of eating in your car, being waited on by a car hop and drinking homemade root beer still lives on at the Drive-In Restaurant in Taylor's Falls. Our family invites your family to be a part of this history!(taylorsfalls)
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Taylor Falls, WI
Alpine Slide at Wild Mountain (Taylor's Falls MN)
Experience the journey on the alpine slide.
Saint Croix River in Taylors Falls, Minnesota
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Fire Tower, Itasca State Park, Minnesota (Trip 1 Vid 19) United States
This a walk to and climb up a fire lookout tower in Itasca State Park in Minnesota. If you want to skip the walk and go directly to the fire tower, click 9:20 .
St. Croix River Dalles
Border between Minnesota and Wisconsin the St. Croix river is one of the cleanest rivers in the United States.
Gooseberry Falls MN and St. Croix River
We drove up the north shore of Lake Superior to Gooseberry Falls State Park. There were lots of families at the park with a great place for kids to play. There are miles of hiking trails around the park with great view of the river.
We also had the opportunity to go out on to the St Croix river at sunset!!!
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