We were able to get William’s car into the shop to get his brakes fixed and today our plan was to bring it down to him. And with this weekend also being the Iowa Barn Tour weekend, the plan was to go and visit this one barn along the way. Sounds like a great plan right?
With the car ready to go and the directions to the farm in hand, we were off. Now there’s quite a few barns on this tour, but the one that I wanted to visit was a round barn. It’s no secret that I really love barns and to see a round one that was restored – how cool would that be? Well after a couple of road construction detours along the way, we finally found it without much trouble. Since I’ve never been to a barn tour before it sounded like a great adventure! The barn that we were visiting was built in 1916 and was 66 feet in diameter. The silo was in the middle and the purpose of the barn was for milking cows. I asked how many cows they milked on the farm and they weren’t quite sure, but eventually they used it for pigs up until the mid 1970’s. I’m telling you it was so cool! They had a ladder that you could climb up into the hay loft and of course up I went. With the sun light coming in the windows and hitting all the wood work of the roof, it was definitely a craftsman barn! Here are some of the photo’s that I took
The Hayward Barn, Dysart Iowa
Downstairs in the main part of the barn. This is where they milked their cows
Silo unloader that they used for the cows in the later years
Barn ladder leading to the main floor
Upstairs in the hay loft
Another loft picture
After we checked out the barn, it didn’t take too long and we were at William’s apartment at college. It seems like forever since I saw him because I didn’t get much of a chance to visit with him the last time he was home. We hung out there for awhile, switched cars and made our way back home again. Even though it was a quick trip, it’s always nice to stop in and see him! 
The photo of the day is that of one of our kitties. This kitty’s name is Smooch and she is always playing. She loves for you to hold her and if you check out the photo below you’ll know that it’s hard to say no to her! All the little kitties play on the porch all day and I took the picture from inside our house looking through the french doors to the outside porch. I was a little worried that the doors might be showing up too dusty, but I guess they weren’t too bad.
Smooch hanging out on the table on our porch this morning just watching what was going on in the house