Picnic at B's Ranch

A few weeks ago I had given you a tantalizing glimpse of a weekend picnic with the B's. Here are some of the other photos I took on that gorgeous day in Iowa.

To get there we drove through the bustling town of Modale, IA. Note the traffic jam at the solitary stop sign in the town.

The sign the welcomes visitors to LB's Park:

Here's the view from just inside the gates of the Park (which is private land owned by the B's!).

The picnic area where our lunch-time companions were squirrels and honey bees.

LB also uses the Park to hunt deer. Here's a deer stand (machan to some) that he constructed.

Elsewhere on his property is a huge Walnut tree. Collecting walnuts and shelling them was a lot of fun (note all the walnuts lying around on the ground).

Proof that LB also owns a few cattle...cowpie!!

And also grows a few acres worth of corn.

Food was cooked over an open flame in the woodlot (baked beans and sausages).

On the drive back, I came across many of these grain silos that store the corn after it is harvested, a very common sight in this part of the world.