Just the Two of Us: A Perfect Weekend

Oh what a wonderful weekend for us. It doesn't happen very often that just the two of us get to do something together not to mention to spend a lot of time together over a weekend. Especially this time of year when Brad is crazy busy with harvesting and just general farm work. But this weekend, was a rare occasion and we got to spend some time together. We spent Saturday evening together at Lark Ranch and Sunday we spent the day "Jeepin'".

Saturday afternoon when Brad came home for lunch he asked me what I had planned for that night, I didn't have anything in mind so I asked him what he was thinking and he said that he thought we could go to Lark Ranch. Lark Ranch is in Loogootee and they have a corn maze, hay ride, petting zoo, fun activities for kids, a pumpkin patch, and food stands. I was all for a trip there as it has been a few years since we have gone. So I asked a few people if they wanted to join and everyone had other plans and couldn't go so just the two of us went. We started out or "date" with supper at McDonald's, I know super classy. We then made the haul to Loogootee to Lark Ranch. It was very busy, but we got in and decided that since it was so close to dark we decided to go through the maze first. We wondered through the maze for about 45 minutes. It was too dark to really see anything and we had forgot our flashlight, so we  found our way to the entrance/exit. We then walked around to see all the other things there was to do, but since we don't have kids, didn't need any pumpkins, can see farm animals any time we want, and didn't need to eat we decided to go on the hayride. So we waited in line and got on the ride that went around some of the "farm", it lasted about 30 minutes. When we got back from the hayride we decided that we had had enough, so we left. As we were driving back we decided that we needed some pumpkin pie blizzards so we stopped at DQ! It was so fun to just be the two of us and get to spend some much needed alone time together! I felt like the luckiest girl ever to get to spend that kind of time with my guy during his busy season!

Us in the corn maze!

Sunday morning we got up and decided that we were going to go on what we figure to be the last "topless" Jeep trip of the year. So we had breakfast and packed a picnic lunch and headed out we decided to take the same route we took on the Poker Run last month and go up to Buzzards Roost for our picnic. Once again it was going to just be the two of us! So we took off about 11:30 a.m., and headed to Troy and took back roads up to Rocky Point. We stopped at the Riverfront Grille and picked up some sandwiches to take for our picnic. We then continued to Buzzards Roost. We arrived and picked out our picnic table and ate our lunch We then took a small hike down the trail it was pretty steep so we just went a little way down it before turning around and coming back. We then got back in the Jeep and headed toward Alton where we were able to cross 3 one lane bridges! So neat! We then headed back towards home on Highway 62 and then took a few back roads around home. We got back home around 5:30 p.m. It was such a wonderful day, it was so beautiful with all the leaves changing colors. And it was fun to just be the two of us again. And we never would have thought that we would be able to go topless jeeping in October!



Us on the trail at Buzzard Roost



View from the trail.

All in all we had a great weekend. It's not often that we get to do things like that, but when we do, I LOVE to take full advantage of the opportunity! I look forward to being able to have another weekend like this again! I know they are far and few between but a girl can hope!