LAND AUCTION IN IOWA

Last Monday we traveled to Iowa to be there for the auctioning off of all the land that was the Neir farm for years. Rog's folks bought the land in 1959. The buildings had been sold earlier after Rog's parents moved to Hutchinson but they still had approximately 150 acres of land.

We drove to Kansas City and met our sons, Roger and John, and had lunch with them in St. Joseph, MO. We then drove on to Cherokee, IA. Don and Roberta drove up from Texas for the auction. We stayed in a motel in Cherokee and had dinner that evening with the auctioneer, Mr. Jim McGuire. He filled us in on what to expect and answered any questions we had.

We then went back to our rooms and most everyone wanted to go swimming. They had a volleyball net over the pool so the guys(Don,Roger,John & Rog) had several good games of water volleyball. I think they had some sore feet, aches and pains the next day.

Tuesday morning Rog & John got up early to go out and make a prayer walk around the boundaries of the farm. There had been a wind storm several days earlier so that some of the corn was laying down and there had been rain as well so the walk was quite challenging. They spent almost 2 hours walking 2 miles and were pretty wet and skinned up from the adventure.

At 9:30 Tuesday morning, we arrived at the corner where 2 roads cross for the auction. The auctioneer was there shortly after we arrived and soon people started coming from every direction. There were probably 50-75 people in attendance. The auction was scheduled for 10:30 and was over within the hour. The buyer of the land was from Washington.

Verdell(Rog's cousin) and his wife wanted to have lunch with us so we had lunch and then went to meet with the auctioneer at his office to sign papers. After that we were on the road again to return home. We had a very enjoyable time with our boys and look forward to seeing the rest of our children and grandchildren this next weekend in Kansas City.