Celebrating Tic's Birthday in Sheldon, IA

Friday, September 16, 2016

Today is Tic's birthday. He does not like people to treat him special, so it is a challenge to do so.  

We started our day with another walk near Floyd River in Sheldon, IA.
It rained over 5 inches here in Sheldon yesterday.  Flood warnings were out for hours.  We aren't sure what to expect on our walk.

Here is the start of our walk.
 

When we got past the trees and corn fields we saw the Floyd River. As you can see it is definitely out of its normal path and has created an additional flow path.   

Here's another view showing the low areas around the river under water.
 

We like this huge tree along our walk.  The flood waters were almost to the edge of the sidewalk at the curve in the sidewalk.
 

After we got past the huge tree, we came upon this flooding.  As you can see the water is way out of its banks.  You can see the walkway continuing on the other side of the water.
 

Looking back from where we are looking at the flooded sidewalk, you can see the river flowing fairly rapidly.  See the currents in the river?
 

There was a patch of flowers along the walkway.  Tic did a great job catching the butterflies and bees. See above and below.

A friend of ours called this picture "Flight of the Bumble Bees".
 

The fungus on this tree is unique.  The same friend named this picture "Spiral Staircase for the Fairies". 

After our walk, Darrell & Lila (Tic's brother & sister-in-law) and I "took" Tic to lunch as a little celebration.  

This is Darrell and Lila.  We have been here since Monday and have really enjoyed getting to spend time with them.

The Old 60 is in Sheldon, IA.  It only serves lunch on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays.  Tuesday through Saturday it serves dinner.

We had a great lunch.  Forgot to get pictures of our steak sandwiches on square ciabatta bread.  However, we did get pictures of our celebration desserts.

Darrell and Lila shared this huge brownie with ice cream and whipped cream topped with a cherry that is already eaten.  

Tic and I shared a bread pudding with ice cream.  Yummy!!! 

Darrell and Lila came back to the coach with us and visited a large part of the afternoon.  It was a good day!