Ely

So after spending sometime by the barns we headed into town to get a little tour of the firehouse. Jim used to work there ( he's the chief ) and still does volunteer work.

Pretty tree outside.

All the coats ready to go.

Jim's

Some of these with the black border were from my sisters phone. My phone died once we went inside. It was at 40% but I guess the building sucked all the power out. 

Trying on the gear.

Of course we sat in the trucks.

Getting more of the tour.

One of the offices where they have meetings.

Fireman stuff..

awwwwwww

What they have in their fridge.

Back to the house.  Have I mentioned Jim's love of Roy  Rogers?

He has SO much stuff.

Anything you can think of.

Inside the house. So many cute touches.

He built the closet since he took the real closet over with memorabilia.

Very proud.

This room was through the regular room, through the closet, and onto another door that was the add on. You can see the wood that was used on the house when it was built.

More of the wood that was from the 1900's holding up he house. 

Our last day

Friday was my last day. We woke early enough and packed everything up and Headed down the street to get a rental car for my mom and sister. We were spending our last few hours in Ely visiting my Aunt Marie who's actually my godmother. She lives in a little house on the side of her Brothers house which has a few Barns and sheds. We may call it hoarding but he is also a collector. Visiting Dicks Barn's are always the best!

My kinda weather!

We meet down the street at this lil coffee shop which was amazing and I had the best salted caramel mocha of my life! 

It was basically a little house turned into a coffee shop. Everyone knew everyone in there.  

Their houses were just right down the street. This house is Amazing and has so much history. It had so many rooms and hidden gems like a 2nd Kitchen. sun rooms, 3 basements, and add on that still had the original Wood trunks that were used to build it. From what I remember he said it was build in the early 1900's. 

This was the main barn.

Side view of 3 of the barns.

the side of the house from Marie's. 

Another barn/Shed

checking it all out...

Marie, Dick, and mom

Tons of stuff!

2nd barn which was filled with tons of toys that you'd get from cereal boxes. He said they donate them and even pass them out on Halloween. I got a few books for the kids. 

Barn number 3. 

Barn/shed number 4.

Yes I climbed to the top! Who wouldn't?

Baylen or any boy would have been in heaven in here! 

And yes I took home one to many hot wheels. 

You can tell by the layers of dirt they've been there a while. 

One side of the barn was full of tools.

And anything you can think of.

Yup, barn number 5. This one was off property but just down the street.

This is whats inside the last one

Mostly frames and suitcases. More to come tomorrow!

Day 6

Thursday was our last full ( mine, my mom and sister left on Saturday ) in Iowa. We drove up an hour and a half to visit Aunt Crystal and Aunt Kathy.

On the way

We made a quick stop at a target ( we should have kept count at all the targets we visited..ha ha ) for some stuff and also to check out this store next door.

It was kinda like an REI. Mom was sharing her Nuts with the wild "statue" life.

After visiting with everyone for a bit at Aunt Crystals new place we went into this lil old towne area for lunch.

Everyone.

Our "bar: we ate at. 

LOVE this house!

On the way home we drive through mom's lil city she grew up in. We went in the back way ( once again thanks to Siri's crazy directions! ) and stumble across this house and covered bridge. Of course we had to get out and take pics. I mean bridges like this are not to be found in Southern California! 

The people who owned the home built it. 

Right across the street was this very old church and cemetery

Right out of a movie.

all the trees next to it. We also drove into town to visit mom's parents graves. Those pics to come tomorrow since something surprisingly well happened.