WINONA, Minn. – The Lake Park geese are carrying lots of stored-up fat on their frames in these last days of fall before winter. Forecast is a day in the 50s before Thanksgiving Then, well, then it gets seasonally cold again.

A park all to themselves. No joggers. No picnickers. Just a goose haven along the back entrance to the Winona hospital on Lake Winona.  Image: Steve Lunde