Morel Mushrooms on April Fool's Day

I was visiting my mom on 4/1/12, and we went for a walk in the county park. That morning, I spent about 1.5 hours searching my local woods, and came up with nothing.

She has a few spots that she sees mushrooms in every year, that are not in very wooded areas. We decided to check them, since people have been reporting finding morels in Iowa.

I couldn't believe my eyes when we found 10! Some were growing right in the grass. I wish I had her luck!