(Brighton, IL USA) A boy and his dad warm themselves near a fire surrounded by bales of straw. In rural areas of the US, people host annual outdoor parties that include a roaring fire, some sort of food that can be cooked over the fire and drinks of some kind. There is also a wagon lined with straw pulled by a farm tractor that takes partygoers on the gravel backroads. This boy and his dad arrived early and were trap shooting at clay shotgun targets before darkness fell.

(Brighton, IL USA) Three friends sit on a bale of straw during an annual fall bonfire and hayride. Many rural US residents host annual outdoor fall parties that generally include a large outdoor fire, some sort of food that can be cooked over the fire, beer and a ride on a straw filled farm wagon pulled by a tractor Sometimes partygoers in the wagon will stop at rural mailboxes and fill them full of straw from the wagon. L to R Bill Huebener, Bob Sancamper, Art Tunnicliff.