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Ravishing Red Hat Ladies of Lewis
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By Lila Kunze
March 19
We're off to seek fun, fellowship and food once again. Where are nine Ravishing Red Hat Ladies of Lewis headed? It's a mystery! We leave Lewis headed north, destination unknown. Only our drivers know the way.
We arrive at a farm near Glidden. A home and farmstead nestled in a grove of trees. We're going to visit a farm?
We are welcomed by Robert and Mary Van Horne. As we enter, we see Mama bear and papa bear, feet up relaxing reading a book and a magazine. The Van Hornes are big game hunters and farmers. They had well over 100 trophies to show us. He has hunted since he was a small boy and still hunting at the age of 82, later this summer he and wife will be going to Africa to hunt big game. He has hunted in Canada, Alaska, Russia and also New Zealand and the Arctic.
We are invited down a couple of steps into a hallway lined with plaques honoring Mr. Van Horne for his contribution to conservation and preservation of wild life.
Into the next room, the first things to catch your eye were two most handsome muscular white Artic wolves we have ever seen, Oh yes, they had four legs.
On the ceiling beams were several baboons at play. I'm sure they're wondering what type of animals with funny Red Hats have invaded. There is a cape buffalo that looks like he has taken a mud bath. With his nose in the air is a 20 foot tall giraffe, and at our feet is a huge crocodile that he had shot in Africa.. He explained that you must shoot a crocodile in the brain, which is the size of a golf ball to kill it instantly.
The trophy room proved to be to small so the Van Hornes built on a larger log building and connected to the house. Walking though the next portal, we see a big brown bear he shot in Alaska. The bear had his mouth open and looks directly at you and Van Horne said evidently this bear had been in a fight as both ears were gone. There were a number bears in this room,including a large polar bear he had shot in the Arctic, it took over two years to get it back to the states because of government regulations. Oh my, a full grown elephant. Gather round girls, we must have our picture with this gorgeous fella. Hidden in the comer is a horse in stripped pajamas, a zebra of course. Standing nearby was a ostrich, also a male and female lion, some eland, two leopards, impala and on the wall were heads of a rhinoceros and a hippopotamus, big horn sheep and standing, two fallow deer, one from the state of Texas and one shot in New Zealand. Van Home has all of the animals sent to a taxidermist in Montana.
After taking many pictures of animals from A to Z we said our good-byes to Robert and Mary. Preparing to leave we see wild turkeys around the corner which had come to feed. The tom turkey spread his plume to show us he was boss, he had six females with him.
Off to Carroll for lunch. Perk Central bistro and boutique. We found our table ready and decorated especially for Red Hat Ladies. After lunch, we must do some shopping in a small town with big city shops. Some gals were seen carrying packages.
Then it was time again to eat, better find pie, Darrell's Place in Hamlin our next stop. After home made pie and a cup of coffee , our sweet tooth satisfied, we are headed back to Lewis.
We look forward to our next day together. We will be pleased to have our Queen Mum home and other winter travellers home to share fun with us. Bye, until we meet again
We're off to seek fun, fellowship and food once again. Where are nine Ravishing Red Hat Ladies of Lewis headed? It's a mystery! We leave Lewis headed north, destination unknown. Only our drivers know the way.
We arrive at a farm near Glidden. A home and farmstead nestled in a grove of trees. We're going to visit a farm?
We are welcomed by Robert and Mary Van Horne. As we enter, we see Mama bear and papa bear, feet up relaxing reading a book and a magazine. The Van Hornes are big game hunters and farmers. They had well over 100 trophies to show us. He has hunted since he was a small boy and still hunting at the age of 82, later this summer he and wife will be going to Africa to hunt big game. He has hunted in Canada, Alaska, Russia and also New Zealand and the Arctic.
We are invited down a couple of steps into a hallway lined with plaques honoring Mr. Van Horne for his contribution to conservation and preservation of wild life.
Into the next room, the first things to catch your eye were two most handsome muscular white Artic wolves we have ever seen, Oh yes, they had four legs.
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The trophy room proved to be to small so the Van Hornes built on a larger log building and connected to the house. Walking though the next portal, we see a big brown bear he shot in Alaska. The bear had his mouth open and looks directly at you and Van Horne said evidently this bear had been in a fight as both ears were gone. There were a number bears in this room,including a large polar bear he had shot in the Arctic, it took over two years to get it back to the states because of government regulations. Oh my, a full grown elephant. Gather round girls, we must have our picture with this gorgeous fella. Hidden in the comer is a horse in stripped pajamas, a zebra of course. Standing nearby was a ostrich, also a male and female lion, some eland, two leopards, impala and on the wall were heads of a rhinoceros and a hippopotamus, big horn sheep and standing, two fallow deer, one from the state of Texas and one shot in New Zealand. Van Home has all of the animals sent to a taxidermist in Montana.
After taking many pictures of animals from A to Z we said our good-byes to Robert and Mary. Preparing to leave we see wild turkeys around the corner which had come to feed. The tom turkey spread his plume to show us he was boss, he had six females with him.
Off to Carroll for lunch. Perk Central bistro and boutique. We found our table ready and decorated especially for Red Hat Ladies. After lunch, we must do some shopping in a small town with big city shops. Some gals were seen carrying packages.
Then it was time again to eat, better find pie, Darrell's Place in Hamlin our next stop. After home made pie and a cup of coffee , our sweet tooth satisfied, we are headed back to Lewis.
We look forward to our next day together. We will be pleased to have our Queen Mum home and other winter travellers home to share fun with us. Bye, until we meet again
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