A day at the Iowa Beach.....

It was one of those perfect days..sunny...warm..not a cloud in the sky...light breeze...perfect day at the beach...only this is IOWA. Jeff's dad has been talking to us all summer about a bonfire on the sandbar down at the river...so this afternoon we packed up a picnic and headed down there!

Alex and Grandpa did some fishing...

We got a big old beach bonfire going...

Alex and Grandpa moving to a better fishing spot..

I think this is it! Between Bryn and Grandpa, I think they caught 7 fish...with a STINKY aged cheddar cheese bait...nastiness...but it worked.

What an amazing afternoon and evening..sitting on the beach blanket..eating grilled hamburgers, watermelon out of Alex's garden and caramel brownies that Bryn made...We stayed til long after dark and then endured the dark creepy walk through the woods back to the truck!

Iowa "beach" Picnic

Jeff hauled some wood down to get a bonfire going...we scrounged around the "beach" and woods to find the rest...

Jeff and Alex built a sand castle

Getting started...

Jeff decided to make a sand man...pretty cute huh?