When Joyce Blair Anderson was only 2 years old, her happy place was in a saddle on the back of a pony. Her family owned Blair Pony Farm north of Glenwood where they bought and sold ponies to area farmers. Joyce stops to pet Finn, a friendly dog brought in for a visit by Kay Feuchtenberger, an employee at the assisted living facility that Joyce calls home (Holly Ridge). Photo by Faith Anderson “Back in the ‘50s and ‘60s, every farm had a pony or two for the kids,” said Joyce.

When “take me out to the ball game” includes using a wheelchair, it can seem like more trouble than it’s worth to go. You might think it best to stay home and not attempt such an outing when you or someone you’re with uses a wheelchair or has another disability. But for a Twins baseball game you should reconsider. If literally rolling out a red carpet would make handicapped visitors to Target Field feel more comfortable the Twins would have one at every entrance. Even the tic

Driving along the park road, arranged in a drunken crazy eight pattern over 150 miles long and dotted with wildlife pull-offs, you could see plenty: a moose tending her young, dazzling white-capped Rocky Mountain peaks, an osprey homing in on a fish or a 300-foot waterfall. The biggest traffic jams are caused by bison loitering on the roads while people from all over the country and world snap photos of the majestic beasts. The park’s most famous attraction, the Old Faithful