Category: Iowa
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Betsy gets a facelift before attending GNR 2015 – Forest City, IA
This part of our adventure had been anticipated for several months, as we decided way back in January that we’d attend our first Winnebago Grand National Rally (GNR).  Our planning indicated we would be in the area at about the right time, and we also wanted to get some paint work done on Betsy at CDI Paint…
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Back on the road to Iowa
After Steve’s trip down memory lane we actually managed to walk two trails before leaving Yankton, SD.  The Auld-Brokaw and the Lewis and Clark trails both meandered along the Missouri River.  The town of Yankton is located on one of the last free-flowing, natural stretches of the Missouri, the longest river in the U.S. On our way…
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Pelicans – in Iowa?
Corn or beef are probably what comes to mind when you think of Iowa, right?  But wildlife?  Not so much.  Well, that was the pleasant surprise I got during our stay in Amana, Iowa.  But allow me to digress for a moment… Our only stay in Iowa was at the town of Amana, to learn about the colony that…
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“Nothing Runs Like a Deere” – and much more in Iowa
This is a two-part post – first Steve’s account of our factory tours at John Deere, then back to me for our other excursions. [Steve] Our first stop in Iowa got me to thinking about what kinds of tours we might want to take while staying in this part of the country for the first…
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Tri-states means triple the fun!
Our slow southern migration continued to our next stop at Kieler, Wisconsin, which just happens to lie at the junction of three states – Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.  We established our one-week home base at Rustic Barn Campground and RV Park (Steve’s review here).  The unsettled weather while here added some spice to our “activities planning”, but I used…
