Short Getaway

Bill and I left Thurs. afternoon for a short getaway with first stop being Independence, Iowa to see Big Bud, the world's biggest farm tractor. It is currently on display at Heartland Acres until the end of July.








Big Bud is 27' long, 20' wide, 14' tall and weighs over 130,000 lbs. The tires are 8' in diameter. It can work more than 1 acre per minute at speeds up to 8 mph. I think they said they could easily work 500-600 acres per day with it. We saw a video of owners using it with a huge cultivator on their farm in Montana.

One of the things the owners really liked about it was that it was made for the average farmer to be able to work on it easily.

Heartland Acres also had lots of restored antique tractors on display, old cars, all the old stuff like a party line phone like my Grandma & Grandpa Dunk had, the old wringer washing machine and all the old tools used for farming plus some live animals.

After driving through some really scenic and peaceful Wisconsin dairy country, we drove along the Great River Road north to the fun river town of La Crosse, Wisconsin. Pictures from there tomorrow!

We got home this evening just in time to pick up frozen cinnamon rolls that several of us are letting rise overnight and baking tomorrow. These are for the RAGBRAI bicycle riders that will come through our town Mon. morning. Bill's brother, Jim, is doing the trip this year! More on that later too.

Made chocolate chip cookies tonight to take to church tomorrow for Vacation Bible School this next week. Lots of baking lately.