Audubon Adventure

Over fall break I went with friends Ryan and Naomi to Ryan's hometown of Audubon, Iowa to check out his farm, the town, and all the nerdy touristy stuff along the way. It was great fun and a really nice distraction from the stress of school. Check out the pictures :)


Here's the route we took. We took the long way. The REALLY long way. But we got to see a lot of cool stuff


Me at the site of the very first train robbery. It was Jesse James, of course.


Tree in the middle of the road!!!! A surveyor stuck his walking stick in the ground to mark the section corner in 1850. The stick took root and 157 years later, there's a tree there.


Plow in the oak. Waaaaay back during the Civil War, a farmer was called to war and left his plow out and a tree started to grow over it. There are still pieces of it showing like this one


This windmill was originally in Denmark. Someone paid to have it taken apart, shipped over, and reassembled.


Another view of the windmill. This is one of my favorite pictures of the day.


This little mermaid statue is an homage to the real little mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. It's a tribute to Hans Christian Andersen's story - before Disney got ahold of it.


ELK! There's an elk enclosure at Nathaniel Hamlin Park. There's like a gazebo overlooking the enclosure and you can drop elk feed down some tubes for them. I love elk. Especially this little one.


Blacksmith shop at Nathaniel Hamlin Park


Large and in charge - Albert the Bull is the world's largest bull. He's 30 feet high and weighs 45 tons.


In Ryan's church


Mr. Audubon himself!


One of Ryan's farm kitties! KITTIES!


The farm!!!


Satchel! I love this dog. :D