A Sunday Visit to the Fort Madison, Iowa Area

 On Sunday morning, October 17, Bill woke up early and went to the front of the boat to get this snapshot of the sun rising above the mighty Mississippi.  It was the start of a crystal-clear day in southeast Iowa.

The tour we chose for today was the "Lee County Agritourism Experience" so we were soon off to the Farm you see on the sign above.

They were selling hundreds of pumpkins and gourds   They had a corn maze and plenty of fun areas for children to explore.

We saw this good-looking young couple by this truck so we got a photo!!!

The farm had numerous activities for young children including this "corn pool" filled with shelled corn for the kids to play in like sand at Lake Michigan.

The  store at Harvestville  Farm had a huge variety of canned goods but we have all the food we can manage back on the boat.

                     

After Harrisville Farm we got to visit a real working dairy farm and see the livestock.  Above are Francis and Karen in the barn holding the calves.  Bill had already seen it all having grown up in rural Cass County Michigan, and Francis had farming experience as a child.  The dairy farm also operated their own small cheese manufacturing process in a brand new building just down the road.

On Monday we visit another Iowa city on the Mississippi.....Davenport.

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