Picking corn, hunting pheasants - it's fall in Iowa.

We spent the weekend in Estherville  at Michael's brother's, parked in his driveway, enjoying Dean and Linda's hospitality.
Our drive down from the cities on a sunny (but windy - what kind of gas mileage does a GMC get in a strong                                            headwind?) Saturday morning gave us a front seat look at  Midwest farming in action.

Get this --Estherville, Iowa has a claim to fame!
It's the place where, in 1879,
a large meteorite fell to earth.
It's one of the largest recorded meteorites
known to have landed in the world.

Tomorrow we say good-bye to Nina's new friend, Precious, and her family to head north and west.