Iowa in Fall

[Pretty Iowa farm land]

From Chicago, Mom and I rented a car and drove about 5 hours over to Iowa to visit the A family out on their farm home.

[Another beautiful landscape!]

It was a beautiful drive across the Mississippi River and through the fall landscapes.

[The Farm Family photo]

[L: Me and Cousin K ride dirt bikes around the farm
R: Cousin E prefers the 4-wheeler, although she
did get the hang of the dirt bike as well!]


During our visit we canned apple pie filling, played some board games, rode dirt bikes and 4-wheelers, and relaxed out in the fall sun.



[Canning in detail...]



Poor Cousin-in-law D crashed the dirt bike and punctured his leg...




[Clowning around Cousin-in-law D and his injured leg]



On our last day there we all went for a tour of Spook Cave by boat.



[Cousins in a cave]


The cave was a water filled one with low ceilings in several parts (we had to duck down in the boat), and sheltered many bats and some big frogs.




[Boat full of laughs]



With all the personalities in our little boat, it was a very humorous ride through the cave!




[Ghost family]