Why would anyone vacation in Iowa, you ask?
Tage's mom (Grandma Dee) was born and raised in Iowa (actually, just across the border in LeRoy, MN) and his aunt Von and uncle Dean live there now. Tage spent a summer with them in high school and they made quite an impact on the person he is today.
Looks like any other house, right?
Until you look past the house back to the barn and silo's...
...and past the barn and silo's to the corn fields...
...and past the corn fields to the enormous windmills!
I've always wanted to see one of those things up close. They are huge!
We always plan our trip around pheasant season. Sadly, the last two seasons have been awful for hunting but it doesn't stop the boys from going out. Here is Tage and his cousin Jay getting ready to head out to the tree stand for deer hunting.
Of course if the hunting is slow there is always golf to pass the time.
Mason and I had fun running (er, crawling) around the farm while the boys were out.
"Town" is 5 miles away from the farm and is basically a gas station, library, and the grocery store above. How cute is Peachey's Family Market?!
Last week's grocery deals-- this sign cracked me up.
Mason's favorite part of the trip was the target-practice buck.
Mommy's favorite part of the trip was lots of time with my boys-- and plenty of naps!
Even more from vacation tomorrow!
Psst I spent every summer there from 1 to 15 then sporadicaly there after until now. Essentially they were my other family in the summer :O)
ReplyDeleteI do know that, I just meant there was one summer there in particular (um, after you pretty much flunked out of freshman year...) that had a particularly important impact on you. :)
ReplyDeleteJust making sure the continuity is present :O) and having a .6 grade point average is hardly flunking.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool little midwest town! That farm is so neat! Love the windmills they have. I have always wanted to see one up close also (like the ones on 580). What a neat trip. Do you guys make this drive every year?
ReplyDeleteWe do... I didn't make it last year because I was 6 months pregnant and sitting for that long wasn't going to happen. :)
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