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Notes from guest on their visit to Possibility Farm Bed and Breakfast
Combines. . . I've been watching them from the passenger seat, seeing their dust clouds over the corn fields and watching their
immense power to chew up and harvest what has been planted. I've been taking pictures as Avery drove and I've been staring down
farmers, trying to get them to pull over to show me what they are doing.
As we headed south and west deeper and deeper into South Dakota Avery and I both looked through hotel, motel and B&B guides. I
found one near Huron, she found one near Carpenter. They both interested us individually. After about two hours of driving in
straight lines through the country we pulled over. She described a bed and breakfast she wanted to check out, and it was the same
one I had been looking at - just under a different location. The name was Possibility Farm and we turned Felix in that direction, as
the sun set in the west we drove into the sunset, we will see what happens next...anything is possible.
Day 18: Riding the combine
Thursday - October 2nd - Possibility Farm, Carpenter, South Dakota
It's payday, so today we go to work! Actually, today is the day we get to spend time with our favorite South Dakotans, Harold and
Darla. Harold and Darla run "Possibility Farm" which is a Bed and Breakfast. In their spare time (about 16 hours a day) they are
professional farmers. They have buffalo and they have thousands of acres of corn and soy beans. Included in our stay at Possibility
Farm was a visit to the buffalo grazing area and later on a trip to a field to check out a combine doing its thing during this harvesting
season.
These buffalo are real! As you can also see in the pictures, they are real close to us. They are really really close to us, like maybe
five or ten feet from us. Harold drove us out to their field in his pickup truck. He got out and reached in the back and grabbed an ear
of dried corn. The herd started to run towards us. They stopped short of knocking the truck over and started to mill about, knowing,
waiting for a treat. Harold asked us to help feed them, so we tossed ear after ear of corn to them and they slowly wandered closer
and closer to us. It was an amazing experience. They are mighty and proud and just stare at you like you are a big mac, only they
don't want to eat us. (Little did they know that we would soon be eating' them as Darla prepared buffalo burgers for lunch. Avery
even tried one! I also bought some buffalo jerky to take with me on the road - Mmm...like buttah)
Next up on our tour was a look at combines harvesting soy beans. Harold drove us out to a field in his pickup truck, jumped into a
second pick up truck and let Avery take over at the wheel of his truck. We then drove about 6 miles or so to a giant section. A
section is a field that measures one mile long by one mile wide. A half section is a half mile long by a mile wide and a quarter is a half
mile long by a half mile wide. The combines were running around the border closing in slowly on the center. The four pictures below
are as follows:
A. Avery standing in front of one of the combines (they own two), just before boarding the combine for an hours worth of driving
B. My view of the field from the co-pilots seat of the second combine; Avery is far off in the distance
C. My view of the combine at work picking beans and leaving the plant behind
D. A large pile of soy beans just before we dumped them into the large carrying container
Comments by Dee of her and Bud's visit to SD and Possibility Farm in fall of 2004. . .
. . . And we could not come to SD without stopping by to see Harold & Darla Loewen's Bed & Breakfast where we stayed that first trip
out to the Prairie. They are truly wonderful people. We learned that they've had a white buffalo born in their heard this year. This
was most interesting to hear since the Indians worship the white buffalo and consider it a miraculous sign.
It was already dark and so we were disappointed that we didn't get a chance to see their white buffalo calf. I laughed and told Darla
she had better start filling her freezer with her Carmel sweet rolls (that she's famous for) cause business was about to pick up!
As we sat at their kitchen table, catching up with dear friends, But told Darla that we'd visited several Bed & Breakfast since our first
stay at theirs. Each time , he realizes how he misses Possibility Farm. He looked at Darla and told her, "That cook humming in the
kitchen was hard to beat!" I smiled. Bud, who says he has trouble expressing himself, had just summed up the key magnetism of
Possibility Farm, the relaxing and cheerful atmosphere that radiates from its owners. . . .
as Dee and Bud were leaving. . .We paused just before passing Harold & Darla's and saw the white buffalo calf! It was too far away
to get a good photo (although I tried). It was thrilling to actually see the white calf. As we passed Harold and Darla's house we blew
the horn. Through their picture window, we saw them sitting at their breakfast table, both waving farewell to their Tennessee bound
friends
Combines. . . I've been watching them from the passenger seat, seeing their dust clouds over the corn fields and watching their
immense power to chew up and harvest what has been planted. I've been taking pictures as Avery drove and I've been staring down
farmers, trying to get them to pull over to show me what they are doing.
As we headed south and west deeper and deeper into South Dakota Avery and I both looked through hotel, motel and B&B guides. I
found one near Huron, she found one near Carpenter. They both interested us individually. After about two hours of driving in
straight lines through the country we pulled over. She described a bed and breakfast she wanted to check out, and it was the same
one I had been looking at - just under a different location. The name was Possibility Farm and we turned Felix in that direction, as
the sun set in the west we drove into the sunset, we will see what happens next...anything is possible.
Day 18: Riding the combine
Thursday - October 2nd - Possibility Farm, Carpenter, South Dakota
It's payday, so today we go to work! Actually, today is the day we get to spend time with our favorite South Dakotans, Harold and
Darla. Harold and Darla run "Possibility Farm" which is a Bed and Breakfast. In their spare time (about 16 hours a day) they are
professional farmers. They have buffalo and they have thousands of acres of corn and soy beans. Included in our stay at Possibility
Farm was a visit to the buffalo grazing area and later on a trip to a field to check out a combine doing its thing during this harvesting
season.
These buffalo are real! As you can also see in the pictures, they are real close to us. They are really really close to us, like maybe
five or ten feet from us. Harold drove us out to their field in his pickup truck. He got out and reached in the back and grabbed an ear
of dried corn. The herd started to run towards us. They stopped short of knocking the truck over and started to mill about, knowing,
waiting for a treat. Harold asked us to help feed them, so we tossed ear after ear of corn to them and they slowly wandered closer
and closer to us. It was an amazing experience. They are mighty and proud and just stare at you like you are a big mac, only they
don't want to eat us. (Little did they know that we would soon be eating' them as Darla prepared buffalo burgers for lunch. Avery
even tried one! I also bought some buffalo jerky to take with me on the road - Mmm...like buttah)
Next up on our tour was a look at combines harvesting soy beans. Harold drove us out to a field in his pickup truck, jumped into a
second pick up truck and let Avery take over at the wheel of his truck. We then drove about 6 miles or so to a giant section. A
section is a field that measures one mile long by one mile wide. A half section is a half mile long by a mile wide and a quarter is a half
mile long by a half mile wide. The combines were running around the border closing in slowly on the center. The four pictures below
are as follows:
A. Avery standing in front of one of the combines (they own two), just before boarding the combine for an hours worth of driving
B. My view of the field from the co-pilots seat of the second combine; Avery is far off in the distance
C. My view of the combine at work picking beans and leaving the plant behind
D. A large pile of soy beans just before we dumped them into the large carrying container
Comments by Dee of her and Bud's visit to SD and Possibility Farm in fall of 2004. . .
. . . And we could not come to SD without stopping by to see Harold & Darla Loewen's Bed & Breakfast where we stayed that first trip
out to the Prairie. They are truly wonderful people. We learned that they've had a white buffalo born in their heard this year. This
was most interesting to hear since the Indians worship the white buffalo and consider it a miraculous sign.
It was already dark and so we were disappointed that we didn't get a chance to see their white buffalo calf. I laughed and told Darla
she had better start filling her freezer with her Carmel sweet rolls (that she's famous for) cause business was about to pick up!
As we sat at their kitchen table, catching up with dear friends, But told Darla that we'd visited several Bed & Breakfast since our first
stay at theirs. Each time , he realizes how he misses Possibility Farm. He looked at Darla and told her, "That cook humming in the
kitchen was hard to beat!" I smiled. Bud, who says he has trouble expressing himself, had just summed up the key magnetism of
Possibility Farm, the relaxing and cheerful atmosphere that radiates from its owners. . . .
as Dee and Bud were leaving. . .We paused just before passing Harold & Darla's and saw the white buffalo calf! It was too far away
to get a good photo (although I tried). It was thrilling to actually see the white calf. As we passed Harold and Darla's house we blew
the horn. Through their picture window, we saw them sitting at their breakfast table, both waving farewell to their Tennessee bound
friends
| A Farm Vacation Bed and Breakfast "A working farm and ranch raising buffalo, and cattle; growing wheat, corn and soybeans." |
| Possibility Farm 18653 408th Avenue Carpenter, SD 57322-7909 Phone: (605)352-6356 Cell Phone: (605)354-1152 Toll Free: 1-888-759-9615 Fax: (605)352-0474 Email: info@possibilityfarm.com www.possibilityfarm.com |