Trip to northern MO

One of my favorite past times is riding with my husband, Richard, on our GoldWing motorcycle.  So, when deciding to go visit a good friend in northern MO, we thought riding the bike was a great idea!  We left early on Monday morning, May 2 and 12 1/2 hours later, we made it to Greg and Brenda Larson's farm in Mercer, MO.  They have an 80 acre farm where they are raising Icelandic sheep!

 
While we were there, we were fortunate to have some lambs born.  That was definitely one of the highlights of my time there!  Of course, spending time with Brenda was the best part!

One night, we had fish from the pond, mushrooms from the woods and a pie made from raspberries and apples growing on the farm and all the eggs used in preparation were fresh from their hens!  Now that's the way to have dinner! 

They also have Old English Sheepdogs, 3 in fact:  Millie, Sheba (the 2 girls) and Jock.  In case you didn't know, north MO has some pretty cold weather during the winter and the dogs grew a very warm coat to stay warm.  Now that warmer times are a'coming, they needed a hair cut.  Brenda had just gotten her clippers so she and Greg worked on Millie.  She had a LOT of hair and a good part of the cut hair landed on my fleece jacket!  When they were finished, poor Millie didn't even look like herself.  After we left, the other two finally got their hair cuts.

Our time on the farm was way too short for me.  The morning we left, there was a beautiful mist hanging over the large pond.  A great picture to remember as we headed home.