Organizer Loren Konda gave the Gazette an after-action report for the Garretson Tractor Ride 2022.
“We had 34 tractors participate with 11 extra riders,” Konda said. “Down a little from last year when we had 39 tractors. We had people come from Sioux Center and Orange City Iowa, Hurley and Wessington Springs South Dakota, as well as a lot of local folks. We ate at Marvin’s Manifolds in Garretson, where he and his sisters provided lunch for all. We had a morning pit stop at Boucher Prairie, and our afternoon pit stop was at Palisades Lutheran church for cookies and a water break, and they sure rolled out the red carpet for us too. We returned to Kibble John Deere by way of 4th Street Garretson for root beer floats for everybody at around 4 p.m. It was a fantastic day for it and it turned out about as well as I could have hoped.” Photos contributed by Tara Dee Hough.
