Once upon a time, when I first started working at EPI, I took a day trip with some of the folks I worked with to Elgin, Iowa (turns out I was wrong). I mostly remember an animal conservation place that had a lot of animals in cages that were native to Iowa such as owls, foxes, skunks, raccoons, etc. I have often wanted to revisit this place as I enjoyed looking at all the animals. So when some friends of ours, Rooney and Jenny, had a day off we took a day trip. We loaded in their truck, the girls and I in the back seat and Rooney, Jenny, and Wendell in the front seat.
So I took my camera a long and must say.. I hardly got any good, in focus, pictures but here are some fun ones from the day.
They did have a neat house from the 1800's that was on display. We could walk through the 1 1/2 room house and see how people lived. Now if you think my house was small, or even my yard, you should have seen this one. It made my house seem like a mansion and yard like an acreage : )
They also had a shed with a lot of old farming equipment. Now some people would love that kind of 'junk' but I wasn't so fond. They did have a covered wagon which was neat to see after reading Little House on the Prairie this summer.
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Oh.. I give up.
This last picture was of the second place we went to since Elgin didn't really pan out, we drove over near Morewood Campground. They had a neat little place there with the animals but still not the 'Elgin' trip I remembered. Not sure where I went years ago. I might have to ask some of my old co-workers who went with me.
So.. one fun trip from this summer. If I remember correctly it was one of those days that was about 100 degrees out... not so fun for an 'outdoor' activity but we made it fun! Thanks to Jenny and Rooney for taking us!
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