Time Travel Wednesday, CoJo

Yesterday was Time Travel Wednesday. I met Colonel Josiah Snelling (1782–1828) for lunch at Buon Giorno pasta bar. The Colonel enjoyed sausage & sun-dried tomatoes atop bow-tie pasta. CoJo intimated that the heavy limestone blocks used to fortify the frontier fort bearing his name, did little to belie America's intent on westward expansion.

We ate in the forgotten town of Mendota near the confluence of the Minnesota River and Mississippi River. Few autograph seekers recognized the crusty old Colonel, so we followed our pasta dishes with a desert of cream-stuffed cannolis.

Knowing CoJo lived in comfort inside the fort walls, I observed that my cannoli was roughly the dimensions of an enlisted man's bunk.