Through a random accident of scheduling, our last interview happened to be with David Lindgren, whose plant is near Neillsville on Highway 10. Neillsville, as it turns out, is home to Chatty Belle, the world’s largest talking cow. She’s about 16 feet high by 20 feet long, which is plenty big.
Now, it should be understood [...]
Archive for May 17th, 2008
Chatty Belle of Neillsville
Posted in Photos, Talking Cows, Travel Log on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Western Wisconsin Roundup
Posted in Photos, Travel Log on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This was our last week of frantic road-tripping, and it’s been bittersweet. On one hand, we’ve driven more than 7,500 miles, and we’re tired. On the other hand, we’ve met some wonderful people and tasted some amazing cheeses, and it’s kind of hard to think we won’t be going out to any more plants… at [...]
A Sight for Sore, Frostbitten Eyes
Posted in Photos, Travel Log on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spring arrived with a vengeance for our last week of roadtripping. Here’s an abridged selection of my favorite shots (Becca got oodles of good ones this week).
She took this spring landscape somewhere in northeastern Wisconsin:
The budding plant was snapped on the banks of the St. Croix river, as we crossed back to Minnesota from Wisconsin [...]
The Map Turned Blue
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Gaze upon the glory that is the completed cheesemaker interview map. We did our last interview, with David Lindgren of Lynn Dairy, on Friday. So, every blue pin indicates a cheesemaker we’ve driven out to visit, interview and photograph.
Astute observers may count only 43 map pins, although there are 44 active master cheesemakers. We won’t [...]
