We left for Stearns shortly after 8 AM. It took about 45 minutes to get there. We looked around a little and I went into a restaurant to ask directions to the Blue Heron Mine and town. The little waitress didn't have a clue, but gave me directions she got from the cook. She didn't know when the museum opened. "On train days it opens at 9, but the tran don't run today, so I don know."
Mine #18, Blue Heron Mine
We went to the depot and discovered the train was running and would leave at 11. The train ticket , $11.50 included the $5.00 price of the museum. Robert wasn't thrilled about going on the train, but was willing if I wanted to go. We bought tickets and went to the museum which turned out to be a gem. We spent the hour plus there and then returned to the depot and listened to some poor Bluegrass music until train time.
We spent 45 minutes each way on the train, which I enjoyed, no navigating required. The #18 mine was interesting and some of the ghost sites. But all in all the museum was the best.
In the evening we drove north to Renfro for a 9:00 PM show of Bluegrass and country music. But, it turned out to be poor overly amplified country. Not at all what I had hoped for.
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