Apple Orchard, Animals and Fishing

This past weekend were spent at three of our favorite spots- the apple orchard/ Down to Earth Garden Center and the Mississippi River. ** Apple Orchard/ Down to Earth- On Saturday morning Blake and Randy headed down to the hunting land to do some hunting preparations- setting up a ground blind and checking foodplots. So Bennett, Marlee and I decided to have an adventure of our own by first going to see some exotic animals at Down to Earth Garden Center and then onto the Apple Orchard. Bennett thought it was so cool that one of the animals had his name. (see picture of wallaby ) :) Other animals we saw were fox, tortoises, a dingo, and kangaroo. From there we headed over to the apple orchard where we took a wagon ride, played on the haystack and climbed up in the really big tractor. ** Saturday night was date night for Randy and I, and since it was too hot to go hunting we decided to take the boat out on the Mississippi River and do some fall fishing. The weather was beautiful and the fish were biting. We caught 20 good-size bluegills that will make 3 delicious meals for this winter.