Getting Simpler

 A few weeks ago I was standing by a nice replica of a Red River cart. Quite the masterpiece if I must say so. Of course being one of my main interests sure made my day. Hard to imagine back in the day, pre settlement for this neck of the woods, how the folks lived and thrived. I guess the 500 mile trip from Winipeg to St Paul could be called the once a year shopping trip. The moderns might have a hard time with that one nowadays. 

Now almost 200 years later the area is crowded with people. Most have nothing to do with farming. I yearn for a time when the land would be important again instead of a place to slap an over priced house on and act like they are important, Nope, this could be almost a paradise of small farms and homesteads but people would rather be basically slaves to the modern system. Too bad. But as long as we are out here there will be a place apart from the modern system. And getting simpler daily.